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Rifle scope, apparatus, and method including proximity detection and warning system

  • US 9,459,076 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2012
  • Issued: 10/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A rifle scope comprising:

  • an optical sensor configured to capture video data of a view area;

    a display;

    a transceiver configured to send a signal including location data associated with the rifle scope and to receive a signal including location data corresponding to a physical location of a second rifle scope; and

    a controller coupled to the optical sensor, the transceiver and the display, the controller configured to provide at least a portion of the video data to the display, the controller configured to determine a proximity of the second rifle scope based on the signal and to provide a visual cue to the display that corresponds to the physical location of the second rifle scope within the portion of the video data and that indicates the proximity, the controller configured to determine an aim point of a firearm determined from an orientation of the rifle scope relative to the view area and to selectively change at least one of a color parameter and a size parameter of the visual cue when the aim point approaches or moves away from the physical location of the second rifle scope.

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