Scope Phone Mount with One-Way Mirror
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users find it difficult to align a phone's camera lens with a scope while using the scope to view a target, as simultaneously aligning the phone's camera and using the scope can be challenging due to the complexity of aligning optical components.
Innovation Solution
A phone mount apparatus that includes a housing detachably coupleable to a scope, featuring a one-way mirror and adjustable mounting plates with bars to align the phone's camera lens with the scope's channel, allowing for image stabilization and adjustment to fit various devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a phone is mounted directly to the scope without a one-way mirror, then the camera lens can be aligned with the scope channel, but the user's view through the scope is obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
A one-way mirror is introduced as an intermediary component between the scope channel and the camera lens. The mirror reflects the optical image from the scope to the camera while allowing the user to see through the scope unobstructed, thus mediating between the conflicting requirements of camera alignment and clear viewing.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution moves the camera alignment problem from the direct optical path dimension to a reflected dimension using the one-way mirror. Instead of aligning the camera directly in the user's line of sight, the camera is positioned at an angle where it receives the reflected image, separating the camera's optical path from the user's viewing path.
2Device complexity
If a fixed mounting plate is used, then the structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate different device sizes and orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is made adjustable with movable bars that can be repositioned along the plate surface. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the mounting plate to accommodate different phone sizes, camera positions, and orientations while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable mounting plate is designed to universally accommodate various visual recording devices (phones, action cameras, etc.) of different sizes and configurations. The same mounting plate structure can be used with multiple device types by adjusting the bar positions, providing multi-functionality.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the housing is rigidly fixed to the scope, then the alignment is stable, but the distance from the sighting device cannot be adjusted
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is designed with sliding tracks that allow it to move along the scope while maintaining a stable, locked position. This dynamic design enables both distance adjustment (by sliding to different positions) and alignment stability (by locking at selected positions), resolving the contradiction between rigidity and adjustability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy alignment of the phone's camera lens with the scope's channel, allowing users to capture images or videos without obstructing their view, providing stability and versatility for different device sizes and orientations.
Implementation Method 1
The one-way mirror may be positioned to allow an image from the sighting device to pass through the one-way mirror and reflect the image from the sighting device through the channel
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a housing detachably coupleable to an end of a sighting device. The housing may include a channel protruding from a side of the housing. The apparatus may include a one-way mirror disposed inside the housing. The one-way mirror may be positioned to allow an image from the sighting device to pass through the one-way mirror and reflect the image from the sighting device through the channel. The apparatus may include a mounting plate coupled to the housing. The mounting plate may include one or more adjustment bars that may be engageable with a visual recording device.