Portable Optical Device With Interactive Wireless Remote Capability

• US 20140184788A1
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Talon Precision Optics, LLC
• Original Assignee: TrackingPoint, Inc. (Talon Precision Optics, LLC)
• Inventors: McHale, John Francis, Schauble, Jason Peter, Lupher, John Hancock
• Granted Patent: US 10,337,830 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/135
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/38 Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance telescopic sights in general G02B; Supports or mountings therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/02 using an independent line of sight
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/04 for dispersing fire from a battery ; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/06 with rangefinder rangefinders per se G01C
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/08 with means for compensating for speed, direction, temperature, pressure, or humidity of the atmosphere measuring G01
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/165 using a TV-monitor

Abstract

A firearm scope comprises an optical sensor to capture video data, a display, a transceiver configured to communicate data wirelessly through a communication channel, and a controller. The controller can be configured to provide a portion of the video data to the display, provide media content including the video data to the transceiver for wireless transmission, receive a signal from the communication channel in response to the wireless transmission, and selectively modify the portion of the video data to the display in response to receiving the signal.

Claims

1. A firearm scope comprising:

an optical sensor to capture video data;

a display;

a transceiver configured to communicate data wirelessly through a communication channel; and

a controller configured to;

provide a portion of the video data to the display;

provide media content including the video data to the transceiver for wireless transmission;

receive a signal from the communication channel in response to the wireless transmission; and

selectively modify the portion of the video data to the display in response to receiving the signal.

2. The firearm scope of claim 1, wherein the portion of the video data includes overlay data, and wherein the media content provided to the transceiver includes the overlay data.

3. The firearm scope of claim 1, wherein the signal includes a designation of a target within the video data, and wherein the controller selectively modifies the portion of the video data to highlight the target in response to receiving the signal.

4. The firearm scope of claim 1, wherein the signal includes a view adjustment, and wherein the controller selectively modifies the portion of the video data in response to the view adjustment.

5. The firearm scope of claim 4, wherein the view adjustment comprises at least one of a zoom setting and a view change signal designating a new portion of the view area for presentation to the display.

6. The firearm scope of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to adjust a tag location of a visual marker on a target in response to receiving the signal.

7. A portable optical device comprising:

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

a display configured to display a portion of the video data;

a transceiver configured to communicate data through a wireless communication channel; and

a controller configured to;

provide the portion of the video data and overlay data to the display;

provide media data including the video data and the overlay data to the transceiver for communication through the wireless communication channel;

receive a signal from the wireless communication channel in response to the media data; and

selectively modify at least one of the overlay data and the portion of the video data in response to receiving the signal.

8. The portable optical device of claim 7, wherein the overlay data includes a reticle and view data.

9. The portable optical device of claim 8, wherein the view data includes at least one of a temperature, a range to a target, an incline parameter, a wind parameter, a barometric pressure, a muzzle velocity, and a scope operating mode indicator.

10. The portable optical device of claim 7, wherein the transceiver is configured to send and receive data to and from a computing device through the wireless communication channel

11. The portable optical device of claim 7, wherein the signal includes a target designation, and wherein the controller adjusts the portion of the video data to indicate the target designation.

12. The portable optical device of claim 7, wherein the media data is sent to a computing device through the wireless communication channel for multi-cast transmission to a plurality of computing devices.

13. The portable optical device of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to modify the overlay data provided to the display based on the signal by adjusting a visual marker within the portion.

14. The portable optical device of claim 13, wherein adjusting the visual marker includes designating a target within the portion of the video data.

15. The portable optical device of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to modify the portion of the video data provided to the display based on the signal by adjusting a field of view to define a new portion of the video data.

16. A method comprising:

receiving media content from a gun scope at a computing device;

providing the media content to a display of the computing device;

receiving a user input corresponding to the media content at the computing device; and

sending a signal to the portable optical device in response to receiving the user input.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the media content includes an approximately real-time video feed from the gun scope.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the signal includes at least one of a field of view adjustment, a zoom adjustment, a target designation, and a tag location setting configured to initiate an operation within the gun scope.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving media content from multiple gun scopes substantially concurrently at a computing device;

receiving a user input at the computing device; and

selectively sending a target designation signal corresponding to the user input to a selected one of the multiple gun scopes to designate a selected target.

20. A computer-readable storage device comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive media data from a firearm scope;

provide the media data from the firearm scope to a display;

receive a user input corresponding to the media data; and

send a signal related to the user input to the firearm scope.

21. The computer-readable storage device of claim 20, wherein:

the media data from the firearm scope includes a video feed; and

the user input includes a target designation signal designating a target within the video feed for transmission to the firearm scope.

22. The computer-readable storage device of claim 20, wherein the user input includes a field of view adjustment input and wherein the signal sent to the firearm display includes a field of view control signal configured to alter a field of view within the firearm scope.

23. The computer-readable storage device of claim 20, wherein the instructions further include instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

receive media data from multiple firearm scopes simultaneously;

present the media data from a selected one or more of the multiple firearm scopes simultaneously;

receive the user input corresponding to the media data of one of the multiple firearm scopes; and

send the signal to the one of the multiple firearm scopes in response to receiving the user input.