Aiming apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for enabling a user to orient an aiming axis of an aimable device at a desired orientation with respect to a line of sight from the user to a target, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) an irradiator, adapted to be rigidly mounted on the aimable device and including;
(i) a first light source for emitting light of a first color, and(ii) a second light source for emitting light of a second color; and
(b) a viewer, operative to move independently of said irradiator when said irradiator is mounted on the aimable device, and including;
(i) an eyeport wherethrough the user observes the target, thereby establishing the line of sight,(ii) a viewer axis having a fixed orientation with respect to the line of sight when the user observes the target, the aiming axis having an actual orientation relative to said viewer axis, and(iii) an optical system, including a first input element, for receiving said emitted light of said first color, and a second input element, for receiving said emitted light of said second color, said optical system operative to project onto said eyeport an image, of said emitted light, representative of said actual orientation of the aiming axis relative to said viewer axis.
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Abstract
An apparatus for aiming a device such as a gun or a camera at a target without holding the device near the user'"'"'s face. The apparatus has two sections: a viewer and an irradiator. The irradiator is rigidly attached to the device to be aimed, and projects towards the viewer an indication of the direction in which the device is aimed. The viewer includes an eyeport, through which the user observes the target, and a mechanism for projecting on the eyeport an indication of the deviation from the target of the aim of the device to be aimed. Preferably, the irradiator includes two light sources collinear with the aiming axis of the device to be aimed, and the viewer mechanism is based on planar optics.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for enabling a user to orient an aiming axis of an aimable device at a desired orientation with respect to a line of sight from the user to a target, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) an irradiator, adapted to be rigidly mounted on the aimable device and including; (i) a first light source for emitting light of a first color, and (ii) a second light source for emitting light of a second color; and (b) a viewer, operative to move independently of said irradiator when said irradiator is mounted on the aimable device, and including; (i) an eyeport wherethrough the user observes the target, thereby establishing the line of sight, (ii) a viewer axis having a fixed orientation with respect to the line of sight when the user observes the target, the aiming axis having an actual orientation relative to said viewer axis, and (iii) an optical system, including a first input element, for receiving said emitted light of said first color, and a second input element, for receiving said emitted light of said second color, said optical system operative to project onto said eyeport an image, of said emitted light, representative of said actual orientation of the aiming axis relative to said viewer axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for holding a device that has an aiming axis with the aiming axis at a desired orientation with respect to a user'"'"'s line of sight, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing the device with an irradiator that includes; (i) a first light source for emitting light of a first color, and (ii) a second light source for emitting light of a second color; (b) providing the user with a viewer, operative to move independently of said irradiator, and including; (i) an eyeport, (ii) a viewer axis, and (iii) an optical system, including a first input element, for receiving said emitted light of said first color, and a second input element, for receiving said emitted light of said second color; (c) positioning said viewer with respect to the user so that said viewer axis is oriented at a first intermediate orientation with respect to the user'"'"'s line of sight when the user looks through said eyeport, said optical system being operative to project onto said eyeport an image, of said emitted light, indicating a deviation of the aiming axis from a second intermediate orientation with respect to said viewer axis, the aiming axis being at the desired orientation with respect to the user'"'"'s line of sight when said viewer axis is at said first intermediate orientation with respect to the line of sight and the aiming axis is at said second intermediate orientation with respect to said viewer axis; (d) positioning the device relative to said viewer so that said optical system receives said emitted light and projects said image onto said eyeport, said light emitted by said first light source being received via said first input element and said light emitted by said second light source being received by said second input element; and (e) further positioning the device relative to said viewer so that said image indicates that the aiming axis is at said second intermediate orientation with respect to said viewer axis. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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