Electronic weapon site

• US 8,065,807 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2010
• Issued: 11/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jerry Rucinski
• Original Assignee: Jerry Rucinski
• Inventors: Rucinski, Jerry
• Primary Examiner(s): Fulton; Christopher
• Application Number:
  US12/727,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20100236535A1
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 332/65, 124/87
• US Class Current: 33/265
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1492 with cameras; mounting of cameras on bows
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/467 for bows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings

Abstract

A weapon sight to facilitate alignment a weapon with a target comprises a housing further comprising a video camera for generating a first video signal corresponding to a first field of view, a processor for processing the first video signal into a second video signal corresponding to a second field of view and outputting the second video signal to a video display, and a reticle disposed on the video display, wherein one of the first or the second video signals is electronically positionable with respect to other of the second or first video signal.

Claims

1. A weapon sight to facilitate alignment a weapon with a target, the weapon sight comprising:

a housing, the housing further comprising a video camera for generating a first video signal corresponding to a first field of view;

a processor for processing the first video signal into a second video signal corresponding to a second field of view, and outputting the second video signal to a video display;

a reticle disposed on the video display;

wherein one of the first or the second video signals is electronically positionable with respect to other of the second or first video signal.

2. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the second field of view is less extensive than the first field of view thereby corresponding to a cropped video of the first field of view.

3. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the second field of view is reduced to 25% of the first field of view.

4. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the second video signal is electronically rotatable on the video display.

5. The weapon site according to claim 4, wherein:

the memory comprises removable memory.

6. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the processor includes memory for storing one of the first or the second video signals.

7. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the video comprises a single image.

8. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the display comprises a touch screen display.

9. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the frame rate of the video camera is adjustable from a range of from 30 frames per second to 1 frame per second.

10. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the weapon is a bow.

11. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the display displays more than one reticle.

12. The weapon site according to claim 1, wherein:

the reticle is stationary and centrally disposed on the display.

13. A bow sight to facilitate alignment with a target, the bow sight comprising:

a housing, the housing further comprising a video camera for generating a first video signal corresponding to a first field of view;

a processor for processing the first video signal into a second video signal corresponding to a second smaller field of view and outputting the second video signal to a touch screen video display;

a stationary reticle centrally disposed on the video display;

wherein the first video signal is electronically positionable with respect to the second video signal through user inputs via the touch screen display.

14. The bow sight according to claim 13, wherein:

the second field of view is reduced to 25% of the first field of view.

15. The bow sight according to claim 14, wherein:

the second video signal is electronically rotatable on the video display.

16. A method of sighting a weapon comprising:

providing a weapon sight comprising a video camera for generating a first video signal corresponding to a first field of view, a processor for processing the first video signal into a second video signal corresponding to a second field of view;

receiving the first video signal comprising the first field of view;

processing the first video signal comprising the first field of view into the second video signal comprising the second field of view;

outputting the second video signal to a video display;

displaying the second video signal on the display;

displaying a reticle on the display;

establishing a first point of reference representative of a desired position on a target by positioning the reticle at the desired position;

establishing a second point of reference representative of an actual position of a landed projectile on the target, while simultaneously positioning the reticle on the first point of reference;

determining an offset of the second point of reference in relation to the first point of reference;

offsetting one of the first or the second video signals with respect to other of the second or first video signal such that the second point of reference coincides with the first point of reference;

displaying the coincident reticle on the display.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein:

the second field of view is less extensive than the first field of view.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein:

the receiving step includes recording the first video signal.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein:

the displaying step includes displaying a fixed and centrally positioned reticle on the display.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein:

the display comprises a touch screen display having user inputs for establishing the second point of reference.

21. The method according to claim 16, wherein:

the determining step further comprises determining the offset by calculating the pixel offset of the first point of reference and the second point of reference.

22. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of:

storing the determined offset in a non volatile memory.

23. A weapon sight to facilitate alignment a weapon with a target, the weapon sight comprising:

a housing, the housing further comprising a video camera for generating a first video signal corresponding to a first field of view, the housing further comprising a display;

an reticle disposed on the display;

a processor for processing the first video signal into a second video signal corresponding to a second field of view, and outputting the second video signal to a video display;

a non volatile memory for storing the position of at least one of the reticle disposed on the display and the first or the second video signal;

wherein one of the first or the second video signals is electronically positionable with respect to other of the second or first video signal.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein further:

the reticle is electronically adjustable and the non volatile memory.