Apparatus and method for calculating aiming point information
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1. A ballistics calculator system for computing targeting information to hit a target, comprising a processor, said processor comprising:
- a ballistics computer program for analyzing information to accurately aim a firearm at a target using a target acquisition device with a reticle, said program using information regarding the target acquisition device and reticle being used, wherein said type of target acquisition device and reticle comprises;
a) a reticle, comprising;
1) a simultaneously visible primary vertical cross-hair and a simultaneously visible primary horizontal cross-hair;
2) a plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances said simultaneously visible primary vertical cross-hair wherein said primary vertical cross hair and said secondary horizontal cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs; and
3) a plurality of simultaneously visible secondary vertical cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs wherein said secondary vertical cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs; and
b) an output using an intersection of a least one of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs and at least one of said secondary vertical cross-hairs to identify an aiming point for hitting the target.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges.
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1. A ballistics calculator system for computing targeting information to hit a target, comprising a processor, said processor comprising:
- a ballistics computer program for analyzing information to accurately aim a firearm at a target using a target acquisition device with a reticle, said program using information regarding the target acquisition device and reticle being used, wherein said type of target acquisition device and reticle comprises;
a) a reticle, comprising; 1) a simultaneously visible primary vertical cross-hair and a simultaneously visible primary horizontal cross-hair; 2) a plurality of simultaneously visible secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances said simultaneously visible primary vertical cross-hair wherein said primary vertical cross hair and said secondary horizontal cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs; and 3) a plurality of simultaneously visible secondary vertical cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs wherein said secondary vertical cross-hairs are selected from the group consisting of etched cross-hairs, engraved cross-hairs, and printed cross-hairs; and b) an output using an intersection of a least one of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs and at least one of said secondary vertical cross-hairs to identify an aiming point for hitting the target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
- a ballistics computer program for analyzing information to accurately aim a firearm at a target using a target acquisition device with a reticle, said program using information regarding the target acquisition device and reticle being used, wherein said type of target acquisition device and reticle comprises;
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3. The ballistics calculator system of claime 1, wherein said primary vertical and horizontal cross-hairs intersect at the optical center of the said reticle.
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11. The ballistics calculator system of 10, wherein said information regarding external conditions is selected from one or more of date, time, temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, target image resolution, wind-speed, wind direction, hemisphere, latitude, longitude and altitude.
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24. The ballistics calculator system of 22, wherein said distance between the shooter and target is greater than 100 yards.
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