US2012117848A1PendingUtilityA1

Electronic sight for firearm, and method of operating same

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jun 7, 2004Filed: Apr 4, 2007Published: May 17, 2012
Est. expiryJun 7, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Phillip CoxJames M. Florence
F41G 3/06F41G 1/38F41G 3/08
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Abstract

A firearm sight receives information regarding a factor, and then automatically adjusts the relative positions of a digital reticle and an image on a viewing section to compensate for the influence of the factor on a projectile trajectory. A different feature involves automatically adjusting a characteristic of the reticle based on the image. Another feature involves automatically adjusting the digital image to distinguish a portion thereof aligned with the reticle from an adjacent portion thereof. Yet another feature involves causing the firearm sight to generate an audible sound. Still another feature involves presenting information on the viewing section which represents the position of the firearm sight on the surface of the earth.

Claims

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1 - 7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . An apparatus comprising:
 a viewing section which permits a user to view a digital image of a scene in association with a digital reticle; and   structure responsive to said digital image for automatically adjusting a characteristic of said digital reticle.   
     
     
         9 . An apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein said characteristic of said reticle includes at least one of the color, brightness, size or form thereof. 
     
     
         10 . An apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein said structure effects said adjusting of said reticle so as to improve the contrast between said reticle and a portion of said image in the region of said reticle. 
     
     
         11 . An apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein said structure is responsive to a portion of said image in the region of said reticle for effecting said adjusting of the characteristic of said reticle. 
     
     
         12 . An apparatus according to  claim 8 , including a firearm sight, said viewing section and said structure being respective portions of said firearm sight. 
     
     
         13 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . An apparatus comprising a firearm sight having structure that can generate an audible sound. 
     
     
         17 . An apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein said audible sound is an imitation of a sound made by an animal. 
     
     
         18 . An apparatus according to  claim 16 ,
 wherein said structure contains definitions of a plurality of audible sounds which are each an imitation of a sound made by a respective different animal; and   wherein said structure generates said audible sound from a selected one of said definitions.   
     
     
         19 - 28 . (canceled) 
     
     
         29 . A method comprising:
 presenting for a user on a viewing section a digital image of a scene in association with a digital reticle; and   automatically adjusting a characteristic of said digital reticle in response to said digital image.   
     
     
         30 . A method according to  claim 29 , including selecting as said characteristic of said reticle at least one of the color, brightness, size or form thereof. 
     
     
         31 . A method according to  claim 29 , wherein said automatic adjusting includes improving the contrast between said reticle and a portion of said image in the region of said reticle. 
     
     
         32 . A method according to  claim 29 , wherein said automatically adjusting is carried out as a function of a portion of said image in the region of said reticle. 
     
     
         33 - 34 . (canceled) 
     
     
         35 . A method comprising generating of an audible sound from a firearm sight. 
     
     
         36 . A method according to  claim 35 , including selecting as said audible sound an imitation of a sound made by an animal. 
     
     
         37 . A method according to  claim 35 , including:
 providing definitions of a plurality of audible sounds which are each an imitation of a sound made by a respective different animal;   selecting one of said definitions; and   carrying out said generating of said audible sound using said selected definition.   
     
     
         38 - 40 . (canceled)

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