Custom DOPE Chart Printing for Optic Device Caps
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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 legibility and information density issues in existing methods, particularly in adverse conditions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for producing custom DOPE charts using a configuration interface that allows users to input and process environmental, gun, and ammunition data, generating a highly legible, durable, and waterproof chart display that can be securely attached to an optic device's cap.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
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 limited, especially in adverse conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses printed DOPE charts that replicate the essential information from hand-written logs but with superior legibility and information density. The printed format allows for smaller, more detailed text while maintaining readability, solving the contradiction between legibility and information density.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the DOPE chart by using waterproof, durable materials and printed text instead of hand-written entries. This allows the chart to maintain its legibility and information density under various environmental conditions (water, wind, etc.) while preserving all necessary shooting data.
2Adaptability or versatility
If shooters use pre-calculated DOPE charts, then they have readily available reference material, but the charts are tied to specific gun and ammo combinations and become useless when equipment changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent allows shooters to pre-input their gun and ammunition specifications into the system once. The system then automatically generates customized DOPE charts for those specific combinations, eliminating the need to manually recreate charts when equipment changes. This preliminary setup action saves time while maintaining full customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal system that can generate DOPE charts for multiple different gun and ammunition combinations. Rather than being tied to a single pre-calculated chart, the system adapts to various equipment configurations while maintaining the ability to produce customized charts quickly.
3Area of stationary object
If shooters hand-write DOPE values on circular discs, then they can fit the chart inside the riflescope cap, but the legibility and information density remain problematic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces hand-written entries on circular discs with printed DOPE charts that provide the same circular format for scope cap compatibility but with significantly improved legibility and information density through machine printing capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the method of text application from hand-writing to printing, allowing for smaller, more detailed text that fits within the circular scope cap format while maintaining readability. The printed format enables higher information density without sacrificing legibility in the constrained circular space.
4Strength
If shooters use waterproof permanent pens to record DOPE values on vinyl discs, then the chart becomes durable, but they must still hand-write the values, limiting legibility and information density
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the hand-writing process on waterproof vinyl with a printing system that produces durable, waterproof DOPE charts with superior legibility and information density. The printed format maintains the durability benefits while eliminating the legibility limitations of hand-written text.
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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.