AXR Headset and Digital Sight for Situational Target Acquisition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current military sights and medical care systems face limitations in situational awareness and expertise during asymmetric combat and field medical scenarios, with existing sights causing loss of situational awareness and requiring improved target acquisition and remote medical assistance.
Innovation Solution
An augmented and extended reality (AXR) headset system with a digital sight and computer vision AI, capable of wireless communication, target acquisition, and real-time medical consultation, incorporating inertial measurement units, gyroscopic stabilization, and eye-tracking for enhanced situational awareness and remote expertise.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a traditional sight is attached to a firearm for target acquisition, then aiming capability is improved, but situational awareness is lost and physical posture becomes contorted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional sight attachment to a three-dimensional volumetric display that occupies space in front of the user's eyes. This volumetric approach allows the user to view target acquisition information without being constrained to a fixed viewing position, thereby maintaining situational awareness while achieving precise aiming capability.
2Reliability
If expert medical care is provided in field scenarios, then patient outcomes are improved, but resource availability and expertise access are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an AXR headset as an intermediary device that connects field medics with remote medical experts. The headset captures real-time visual data of the patient and transmits it to specialists, who can then provide guidance and assistance, effectively bridging the gap between limited field resources and expert medical care.
3Speed
If red dot sights are used for target acquisition, then aiming speed is improved, but parallax error occurs at finite distances
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic focus adjustment in the collimating optics, allowing the system to adapt the focal point based on target distance. This dynamic capability enables the sight to maintain parallax-free operation at various finite distances while preserving the fast acquisition speed characteristic of red dot sights.
Data Source
AI summary
An AXR headset may be used for remote applications on the battlefield for warfighters permits better target acquisition and visualization system comprising an AXR headset and a digital sight capable of being mounted on a weapon, the digital sight in communication with the AXR headset. The digital sight may be an existing weapon sight with an additional digital camera added, or the digital sight may be a sighting module of a digital nature capable of sending target information to the AXR headset.