Tactical Surveillance Sight with Multi-Positionable Smart Device Mount
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current firearm optics and accessories fail to provide soldiers with effective surveillance and targeting capabilities while remaining behind protective cover, leading to increased casualties in urban combat scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A tactical surveillance sight system that includes a multi-positionable smart device mount, allowing for a 360-degree unobstructed view and accurate target acquisition without exposing the user to incoming fire, using cameras and smart devices for image transmission and processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If soldiers look over or around protective cover to locate enemy combatants, then they can acquire target information, but they expose themselves as targets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera system as an intermediary device that captures images of the battlefield environment. The camera is positioned to view around corners and obstacles without requiring the soldier to expose themselves. These images are then transmitted to a display device, allowing the soldier to acquire target information indirectly through the camera's perspective, thereby eliminating the need to physically look over protective cover.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy of the battlefield scene through camera imaging. Instead of directly observing the environment, soldiers view replicated images displayed on electronic displays. This copying mechanism allows them to gather intelligence about enemy positions and movements without direct line-of-sight exposure, effectively decoupling the observation function from physical exposure.
2Reliability
If soldiers remain behind protective cover, then they maintain defensive safety, but they cannot locate or engage advancing enemy combatants
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system serves as a mediator that extends the soldier's surveillance capability beyond the protective cover. The camera is positioned to capture images from locations that would otherwise require the soldier to expose themselves, yet the soldier remains protected while viewing the captured images on a display device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the surveillance function from direct visual observation to electronic image transmission and display. By moving the information acquisition and processing to another dimension (electronic domain rather than direct visual domain), the system allows soldiers to maintain protective cover while achieving comprehensive surveillance through electronically transmitted images.
3Productivity
If traditional sights are used for targeting, then soldiers can engage targets, but they cannot maintain full defensive safety in urban combat scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system acts as an intermediary between the soldier and the target, allowing the soldier to acquire and engage targets without direct visual exposure. The camera captures images of potential targets, transmits them to a display, and enables the soldier to identify and engage threats while remaining behind protective cover, thereby reducing casualties in urban combat.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates electronic copies of target images that can be viewed and analyzed without direct observation. This copying allows soldiers to identify targets, assess threats, and make engagement decisions based on replicated visual information rather than direct sight, maintaining defensive safety while preserving target engagement capability.
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 enables soldiers to maintain full defensive safety and tactical control, reducing casualties and improving operational efficiency by allowing precise targeting and surveillance from protected positions.
Implementation Method 1
a reticle projector, positionally oriented to project its reticle image to be reflected off of the partially reflective inside surface, off the camera's viewing window
Data Source
AI summary
A firearm surveillance sight system is disclosed comprising a sight having a plurality of adjustably mounted cameras configured to provide a view of the environment surrounding the user via one or more smart devices. The sight is adjustably mounted to a mounting rail of a firearm, each of the one or more smart devices adjustably mounted to the mounting rail of the firearm or a helmet mounting rail positioned on a helmet of the user.