Automatic Sight Reticle Alignment via Image Comparison
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sight systems for projectile launching devices require a complex, cumbersome, and slow manual process for aligning the reticle with a target, which can be inaccurate due to user input errors and environmental factors.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a digital image system and sensors that captures images before and after firing, processes them to identify projectile impact, and automatically adjusts the reticle position for precise alignment, using thermal imaging for enhanced accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual adjustment of reticle alignment is used, then the user can control the alignment process, but the process becomes complex, cumbersome and slow
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic reticle alignment without requiring manual user intervention. The image processing system automatically compares pre-firing and post-firing images, identifies the impact point, and calculates the required reticle adjustment, eliminating the need for the user to manually adjust the reticle through complex input mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual adjustment system with an automated image processing and computational system. Instead of physically adjusting the reticle using mechanical input mechanisms, the system uses digital image comparison and automated calculation to determine and execute the alignment correction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple depressible buttons are used for adjusting reticle and image, then various adjustments can be made, but inaccurate inputs occur and the operation becomes complex and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines all necessary adjustments based on image analysis. The image processing system calculates the exact reticle position correction needed by comparing pre-firing and post-firing images, eliminating the need for the user to manually input adjustment values through multiple buttons, thereby preventing inaccurate inputs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical button-based input system with an automated computational system. Instead of requiring the user to press multiple depressible buttons to make adjustments, the system uses digital image processing and automated calculations to determine and execute all necessary adjustments, thereby improving input accuracy and reducing operational complexity.
3Manufacturing precision
If trial and error manual adjustment is used, then the reticle can be aligned through iterative steps, but the process is complex and involves inaccuracies in distinguishing impact locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual trial-and-error adjustment process with an automated image processing system. The system automatically compares pre-firing and post-firing images to precisely identify the impact point and calculate the required reticle adjustment, eliminating the complexity of iterative manual steps and reducing inaccuracies in distinguishing impact locations from other target features.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from image comparison to automatically determine the correct reticle alignment. By comparing the pre-firing image (showing the aiming point) with the post-firing image (showing the impact point), the system receives feedback about the deviation and automatically calculates the correction, eliminating the need for complex iterative trial-and-error steps.
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AI summary
An apparatus, for use with a projectile launching device, includes the sight, including a viewfinder that permits a user to view an image of a target in association with a reticle, a digital image system for capturing images of the target, multiple sensors to detect a firing time the apparatus for capturing multiple first images at or close to said firing time, wherein an image processor compares images captured after said firing time with said multiple first images, and to identify an indication of a projectile impact on said target, the apparatus being configured to capture multiple second images after said firing time and including said projectile impact indication, and wherein the apparatus includes a reticle adjuster to automatically position the reticle in the viewfinder in accordance with comparison between first images and second images and the associated positions of the reticle and the projectile impact indication.