Custom DOPE Chart Display for Optic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Shooters face challenges in accurately tracking and accessing DOPE (Data On Personal Equipment) values due to the variability of gun and ammo combinations, leading to illegible and information-dense hand-written logs, which are not durable or easily readable in adverse conditions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating custom DOPE charts using a user computer with a configuration interface, connected to a DOPE chart configuration database, allowing users to select options and preview their DOPE chart configurations, which can then be printed or engraved onto a durable, waterproof display for attachment to an optic device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If shooters use hand-written log books to track DOPE values, then they can record custom data for their specific gun and ammo combinations, but the legibility and information density are diminished, especially in adverse conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses printed DOPE charts that copy precise data from digital sources onto durable waterproof materials. These printed charts eliminate hand-writing legibility issues while maintaining custom data tracking capability. The charts can be printed with high precision from computer-generated data, ensuring all DOPE values are clearly readable in adverse conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs waterproof and durable materials for DOPE chart construction, combining water resistance with clear printing surfaces. This composite approach ensures the charts remain legible when exposed to moisture, sweat, or harsh environmental conditions while preserving all custom DOPE information.
2Productivity
If shooters use pre-calculated DOPE charts, then they have ready-reference data, but the charts are tied to specific gun and ammo combinations and become useless when equipment changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic DOPE charts that can be easily updated and regenerated when gun or ammo combinations change. Users can input new equipment parameters and generate updated charts quickly, ensuring the reference data always matches current equipment while maintaining quick-reference accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows shooters to pre-configure their equipment specifications and store multiple gun/ammo combination profiles. When equipment changes occur, users can quickly switch between pre-configured profiles or make minimal adjustments, rather than starting from scratch. This preliminary setup maintains productivity while adapting to equipment variability.
3Ease of operation
If shooters attach DOPE charts to optic covers, then the information is easily accessible during shooting, but the hand-written or printed material is not durable in adverse conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses waterproof, tear-resistant, and durable materials for DOPE chart construction. These materials can withstand exposure to moisture, sweat, friction, and harsh environmental conditions while maintaining readability and structural integrity when attached to optic covers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs flexible yet durable substrates for DOPE charts that can be easily attached to and removed from optic covers. These thin film materials provide waterproof protection while maintaining flexibility for easy handling and replacement, ensuring both accessibility and durability in field conditions.
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AI summary
A cover for use with an optic device to hold and display shooting information. The cover may have resilient retention members that allow a display to be releasably attached and detached from the cover. The display may be made from a single substrate or multiple substrates in order to make the shooting information contained thereon highly visible in a variety of conditions and shooting preferences. The display may further be customized by a user to include desired DOPE information and then printed onto the single or multiple substrates. A system and method for creating custom DOPE charts is also provided.