Electronic Weapon Sight with Video Display and Reticle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic weapon sights are large, difficult to adjust, complicated to install, and lack configurability for left- or right-handed users, with decreased accuracy and unsuitability for low light conditions, while also failing to record shooting events effectively.
Innovation Solution
An electronic weapon sight with a housing containing a video camera and processor that generates and processes video signals for display, allowing adjustable reticles and recording capabilities, with ambidextrous mounting and IR capabilities, enabling accurate sighting and recording of shooting events in various configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional electronic sights are used, then sighting functionality is provided, but the device size becomes large and adjustment becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The sight system is divided into separate functional modules: a compact optical sight assembly and a separate video display unit. This segmentation allows the main sight to remain small while the display can be positioned separately for optimal viewing, resolving the contradiction between compact size and ease of adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The video display can be positioned in multiple spatial configurations relative to the sight assembly, allowing the user to adjust the display location without changing the compact size of the sight itself. This dimensional flexibility enables easy adjustment while maintaining a small form factor.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional electronic sights are used, then sighting functionality is provided, but installation becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The sight assembly is designed with universal mounting capabilities that can accommodate different weapon platforms. The standardized mounting interface and modular design simplify installation across various applications, reducing installation complexity while maintaining versatility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional electronic sights are used, then sighting functionality is provided, but configurability for left- or right-handed users is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The video display and reticle system are made dynamically adjustable, allowing the user to configure the sight for left- or right-handed operation by simply repositioning the display and adjusting reticle orientation through electronic controls, rather than requiring physical reconfiguration of the entire system.
Solution Approach 2:
The reticle can be electronically replicated and repositioned on the video display to create mirror-image configurations for left- or right-handed users. This electronic copying and transformation of the reticle image provides configurability without adding physical complexity.
4Measurement precision
If conventional electronic sights adjust the reticle with respect to the display, then alignment is achieved, but accuracy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The mechanical reticle adjustment mechanism is replaced with an electronic system that uses video processing and digital reticle repositioning. This substitution eliminates mechanical errors and provides more precise reticle alignment through electronic control, improving sighting accuracy while reducing mechanical complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A weapon sight to facilitate alignment a weapon with a target comprises a housing further comprising a video camera for generating a first video signal corresponding to a first field of view, a processor for processing the first video signal into a second video signal corresponding to a second field of view and outputting the second video signal to a video display, and a reticle disposed on the video display, wherein one of the first or the second video signals is electronically positionable with respect to other of the second or first video signal.