Binocular Visual Target Acquisition Scope System
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Solution Overview
Problem
High power lenses or scopes in cameras provide a narrow field of view, making it difficult to find and maintain a visual target, especially for photographers using focal lengths of 400 mm, 600 mm, or higher, as the increased magnification reduces the field of view, complicating target acquisition and tracking.
Innovation Solution
A system combining a 1× magnification red dot or holographic scope with a high power scope, allowing for a wide field of view with one eye and simultaneous magnified viewing with the other eye, using a universal base and pivot assembly to adjust for the user's interpupillary distance, ensuring automatic optical plane alignment and easy target acquisition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If high power lenses or scopes with focal lengths of 400 mm, 600 mm, or higher are used, then magnification is improved, but field of view is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the viewing function into two separate optical paths: one for wide field of view (holographic scope) and one for high magnification (telephoto lens). Each eye receives a different view, allowing simultaneous access to both wide context and detailed magnified imagery without requiring a single optical system to compromise between these conflicting requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a single-dimensional viewing approach (one eye, one optical path) to a two-dimensional approach (both eyes, two optical paths). By utilizing binocular vision and combining two different magnification levels, the system creates a multi-dimensional viewing experience where the brain integrates both perspectives, effectively adding a temporal and spatial dimension to target acquisition.
2Power
If high power scopes are used, then magnification is improved, but target acquisition difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holographic scope provides a pre-acquired wide field of view that allows the user to locate and acquire the target before engaging the high magnification telephoto lens. This preliminary targeting action simplifies the subsequent magnified viewing, as the target has already been identified and positioned in the field of view.
Solution Approach 2:
The holographic scope acts as an intermediary tool that bridges the gap between naked eye viewing and high magnification viewing. It provides an intermediate viewing stage with moderate field of view and no magnification, allowing smooth transition and target acquisition before engaging the full power of the telephoto lens.
3Power
If high power scopes are used, then magnification is improved, but target tracking difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tracking function is segmented between two optical systems: the holographic scope handles wide-area monitoring and target location, while the telephoto lens handles detailed observation. This division allows continuous tracking awareness through the wide field of view while maintaining magnified detail on the target.
Solution Approach 2:
The brain receives continuous feedback from both eyes simultaneously - the wide field of view provides contextual feedback about target position and movement in the environment, while the magnified view provides detailed feedback about target characteristics. This dual feedback mechanism enables more effective and intuitive target tracking.
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AI summary
In a visual target acquisition scope system for an adjustable connection is provided between a unity magnification scope producing 1× magnification image viewed by one eye of the user and a photographic lens/viewfinder of a photographic camera viewed by another eye of the user. According to the system, while the user is looking at an object through the unity magnification scope with one eye and looking at the object through the photographic camera lens with the second eye, the target visible with the first eye is also visible with the second eye.