Rotating Camera Sight Mount for Concealed Target Acquisition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current firearm sight systems fail to provide soldiers with an effective means to surveil an entire area from a safe position while maintaining the use of their firearm, leading to a high percentage of American casualties in urban combat scenarios, as they require the soldier to expose themselves to locate or engage targets, and existing solutions are often bulky, exclusive, and lacking in versatility and adaptability.
Innovation Solution
A tactical reflex or red dot camera sight system with a rotatable smart device mount that allows for 360-degree viewing and locking into various angles, combined with a rear viewing camera, enabling soldiers to maintain situational awareness and target acquisition without exposing themselves, using a smartphone or tablet as a sight screen and incorporating infrared capabilities for night vision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a soldier looks over or around protective cover to locate targets, then target acquisition is possible, but the soldier exposes themselves as a target
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera as an intermediary device mounted on the firearm. The camera captures images of the target area and transmits them to a display device, allowing the soldier to acquire targets without directly viewing or exposing themselves to the target area. This intermediary system resolves the contradiction by enabling target acquisition while maintaining concealment behind protective cover.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy of the target area through the camera system. Instead of directly observing the target, the soldier views a copied image transmitted from the camera. This copying mechanism allows accurate target acquisition while the soldier remains hidden, eliminating the need to expose themselves to locate targets.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a soldier changes positions or transverse from one location to another, then they can access new areas, but they must peek around corners exposing themselves as a target
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system serves as an intermediary that enables the soldier to survey different locations and corners without physically exposing themselves. The camera can be positioned to view areas around corners or from different angles, transmitting images back to the soldier who remains concealed. This resolves the contradiction by providing adaptability to access new areas while eliminating exposure during movement.
3Reliability
If a soldier remains behind protective cover, then they are protected from enemy fire, but they cannot locate or engage advancing hostile combatants
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system acts as an intermediary that bridges the gap between protection and target engagement. The camera is mounted on the firearm and can be positioned to view around or over protective cover, capturing images of advancing combatants and transmitting them to the soldier. This allows the soldier to remain protected while maintaining the ability to locate and engage targets through the transmitted images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional aspect by using a mounted camera system that operates in a different spatial dimension than direct line-of-sight observation. The camera can be positioned at various angles and heights on the firearm, creating multiple viewing dimensions that allow target acquisition while the soldier remains concealed behind protective cover.
4Measurement precision
If conventional firearm sights are used, then the firearm can be used accurately, but the soldier cannot surveil the entire area from a safe position
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated system. The camera is mounted on the firearm in a position that allows it to serve both as an accurate aiming device (maintaining firearm precision) and as a wide-area surveillance device (enabling monitoring of the entire area). This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by enabling both accurate fire and comprehensive surveillance from a concealed position.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the sighting function and surveillance function into a single integrated camera system mounted on the firearm. Rather than using separate devices, the unified camera system performs both functions simultaneously, allowing the soldier to maintain accurate aim while surveilling the entire area without exposing themselves.
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
The system allows for fast and accurate target acquisition while maintaining a wide field of view, reducing the risk of casualties by enabling soldiers to remain behind protective cover and monitor surroundings, including potential dangers from any direction, both day and night, with enhanced safety and control.
Implementation Method 1
a camera lens centered behind a projected reticle whereby the reticle is reflected off of the inside of a window or lens such that an image of a target
Implementation Method 2
with infrared capabilities for night vision
Data Source
AI summary
Reflex type sights for firearms engineered to possess advanced tactical abilities as well as various accessories including rotatable smart device mounts that provide the user with the abilities to view target image in the screen of the smart device from any position user could position himself in relation to firearm, as well as, other accessories that provide abilities such as rotatable camera sights that provide the user with their target image at a full 360 degree radius as well, that lock back into their perfectly sighted-in position when locked back into their parallel position to weapon's rail, as well as other accessories providing additional tactical abilities, such as becoming integral to other accessories that include additional cameras and viewing screens that provide the user with a surveilled image, behind the user at the same time. This, as well as, other types of reflex type camera sights with multiple secondary abilities and advanced sighting abilities.