Gun Sight Single Point Alignment Vernier Acuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional firearm sights require mental estimation and obscure the target view, making quick and accurate aiming time-consuming and difficult, especially when aiming at moving targets.
Innovation Solution
A gun sight system utilizing vernier acuity to provide a single point of alignment, featuring a front sight with a V-shaped notch and a rear sight with an inverted-V-shaped tip, allowing users to align a single point for accurate aiming without visual or mental estimation, while maintaining a panoramic view of the target and its surroundings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional iron sights with multiple alignment points are used, then alignment precision can be achieved, but aiming time increases and target visibility is obscured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential alignment function by providing a single rear sight reference point instead of multiple alignment references. This eliminates the need for complex mental estimation of multiple gaps and surfaces, reducing aiming time while maintaining precision through the simplified single-point alignment system
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring the shooter to align the front sight with multiple reference points on the rear sight, the patent inverts the approach by providing a single clearly defined rear sight point that aligns with a single front sight indicator, reversing the traditional multi-point alignment process into a simpler single-point task
2Device complexity
If traditional opaque iron sights are used, then structural simplicity is maintained, but target visibility is obscured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making only the necessary portions of the sight system opaque (the rear sight body and front sight base) while keeping the critical alignment points and target area visible. The rear sight feature and front sight indicator are designed to be visually distinct against the opaque background, providing clear reference points without obscuring the target
3Measurement precision
If multiple alignment references are provided in traditional sights, then alignment accuracy can be achieved, but mental estimation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential alignment reference points needed for accurate aiming, eliminating unnecessary visual elements. By providing a single rear sight feature and a single front sight indicator, the system removes the need for complex mental estimation of multiple gaps and surfaces while maintaining alignment accuracy through the simplified single-point reference system
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables quick, easy, and accurate aiming of both stationary and moving targets by leveraging the user's vernier acuity, reducing the need for mental estimation and maintaining maximum visibility, thus improving aiming speed and precision.
Implementation Method 1
The present disclosure provides a gun sight system that utilizes vernier acuity, and in various embodiments excitement of human eye receptors, to provide a single point sight for aiming that requires little or no visual and mental estimation
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a gun sight system that utilizes vernier acuity to provide a single point of sight for aiming that requires little or no visual and mental estimation such that the respective firearm can be quickly, easily and accurately aimed at a still or moving target. The sight system includes a front sight comprising a sighting structure extending substantially orthogonally from the end of the slide that includes a ‘V-shaped’ notch in a distal end. The system additionally includes a rear sight comprising a sighting stud extending substantially orthogonally from a rear of the slide includes a ‘inverted-V-shaped’ tip such that when a user looks longitudinally along the top of the slide, the user can align an apex of the rear sight ‘inverted-V-shaped’ tip with a nadir of the front sight ‘V-shaped’ notch with the target nested within the front sight ‘V-shaped’ notch to accurately aim the firearm.