Illuminated Bow Sight Level Light Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing archery bow sights require users to divert attention from the target to check the orientation, leading to potential misalignment due to brief focus shifts.
Innovation Solution
A level is positioned between a light source and the user's eye, with a bubble allowing more light to pass through when the bow is aligned, enabling orientation verification through peripheral vision without focusing on the level.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a level is used to indicate bow orientation, then the user can ascertain the level status, but the user must divert focus from the target to the level
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses light transmission through different media (opaque level medium vs. transparent bubble medium) to create visual signals. When the bow is correctly oriented, light passes through the transparent bubble to illuminate the target, providing orientation feedback without requiring the user to shift focus from the target.
Solution Approach 2:
The level is positioned between the light source and the user's eye, acting as an intermediary element. The light itself serves as the mediator that conveys orientation information to the user's peripheral vision while the user maintains focus on the distant target.
2Ease of operation
If the user redirects focus from the level back to the target, then the user can maintain target focus, but the bow may deviate from desired orientation during the focus shift
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination system operates continuously, providing constant orientation feedback through the user's peripheral vision. This allows the user to maintain both target focus and orientation awareness simultaneously without interruption or focus shifting, ensuring continuous bow stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent moves the orientation indication from the user's central vision (requiring focus shift) to peripheral vision (maintaining central focus on target). This spatial repositioning of the feedback mechanism allows simultaneous target acquisition and orientation monitoring.
3Measurement precision
If an illuminated level is used to provide orientation feedback, then the user can see the level status, but the user cannot simultaneously maintain focus on the target
Solution Approach 1:
The light beam serves as an intermediary that carries orientation information directly to the user's peripheral vision. This eliminates the need for the user to physically shift focus or redirect attention, as the orientation feedback is continuously available in the peripheral visual field while the user maintains central focus on the target.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the difference in light transmission properties between the opaque level medium and transparent bubble medium to create visible orientation feedback. When oriented correctly, light passes through the bubble to illuminate the target, providing continuous visual confirmation without requiring user attention shifts.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to maintain focus on the target while being notified of bow orientation, reducing the likelihood of misalignment by allowing light to strike the eye only when the bow is correctly aligned.
Implementation Method 1
The medium of the level is substantially more opaque than the medium of the bubble, allowing substantially more light to pass through the level and to strike the user's eye when the bow has substantially zero roll with respect to its desired orientation
Data Source
AI summary
An illuminated bow sight comprises a level and an illumination source disposed on an archery bow. This level is disposed between a user and a source of light in a manner to allow light to strike the user's eye when the roll of the bow along a front-to-back axis is substantially at the rate desired by the user, i.e., has substantially no roll with respect to its desired orientation. More specifically, the invention relates to a level having a bubble being disposed between a light source and the user's eye. The medium of the level is substantially more opaque than the medium of the bubble, allowing substantially more light to pass through the level and to strike the user's eye when the bow has substantially no roll with respect to its desired orientation.