Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F41—WEAPONS
  • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
  • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
  • F41G3/06—Aiming or laying means with rangefinder

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a rifle scope for an individual weapon intended to allow very high precision shooting for hunting, target shooting and anti-personnel shooting.
• Modern shooting techniques allow very long-range shooting by snipers equipped with new weapons in caliber 12.7m / m, for example.
• any sniper rifle finds that moving his eye relative to the line of sight central of the telescope, reveals a black halo preventing the aiming. This is all the more visible the smaller the diameter of the lenses constituting the objective.
• the subject of the invention is a rifle scope for an individual weapon, essentially characterized in that it is equipped with at least one stepping micro-motor intended to vary the angle of the rifle relative to to the axis of the weapon and to the initial axis of sight, thus making adequately vary the whole of the telescope and thus makes vary the original position of the reticle of the telescope from the point of origin of sight to the point target sight.
• a laser rangefinder which transmits the shooter / target distance to a computer having in memory the arrow of the bullet at this distance;
• a first stepping micro-motor is placed in such a way that it makes it possible to rotate the telescope about a horizontal axis in order to correct the shooting in raising or lowering with respect to the zero point, as a function of the distance and the arrow of the ball;
• a second stepper micro-motor is placed in such a way that it allows the telescope to pivot around a vertical axis in order to correct the azimuth shot to the right and to the left relative to the zero point depending on the wind direction and / or target movement;
• the telescope includes rechargeable or non-rechargeable batteries and solar cells intended to recharge them;
• the telescope includes a camera with zoom, an LCD screen which can be articulated around its attachment, screen on which the aiming reticle is displayed and various information concerning the shooting, a calculator, a rangefinder invisible laser beam, a visible laser pointer, an audio-video recording system, an audio-video transceiver, solar cells, rechargeable or non-rechargeable electric power packs, three external sockets, a rack allowing to fix all the elements of the telescopic sight, the fixing of the whole on the weapon of destination, and a protective cover of the whole.
• FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a rifle scope according to a first embodiment of one invention
• FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a variant of the window of Figure 1;
• FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a rifle scope according to a second embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a variant of the window of Figure 3;
• the rifle scope 1 comprises a body 30 mounted on a support frame 8 and for example disposed in a protective cover 9.
• the body 30 is pivotally mounted around a pivot d 'horizontal axis 7 itself integral with the frame 8.
• optical means such than a lens and an eyepiece.
• the scope further includes, carried by the body 30, an original reticle provided with its adjustment knobs 19, an LCD screen 12 the purpose of which is to display information to the shooter (distance shooter / target, ammunition engaged, state battery charge, signal from a computer shown in Figures 6 and 7) and which is placed in the vicinity of the reticle or eyepiece.
• a laser rangefinder with invisible beam 4 a computer 6, rechargeable or non-rechargeable electric power supplies 5, solar cells 10 are carried by the support frame 8.
• Two micro-stepping motors 2 and 3 are interposed between the support frame 8 and the body 30 in order to be able to adjust the position of the entire telescope relative to said frame 8.
• a socket 17 is provided to be able to position, at the shooter's choice, three flexible contactors: a reset switch for the computer, a system start-up contactor and a munition selection switch (standard, perforating, explosive , incendiary, etc.) which can be automatic or manually controlled;
• a second socket 18 is provided, for connecting the telescope to a programming unit (FIG. 8), in order to record the parameters which the calculator needs (type of ammunition, bullet, weight, bullet arrow, selection of the model of reticle, etc.).
• Step motors are preferably used for their positioning accuracy and for maintaining their position in relation to other types of micro-motors, although these can be used without going beyond the ambit of 1 invention.
• a variant of the first embodiment is shown in FIG. 2 and differs from this mode only by the installation of certain constituent elements.
• a visible ray laser pointer 15 is mounted on the support frame 8 while the invisible ray laser rangefinder 4 is placed directly on the cover of the telescope.
• the aiming reticle is no longer linked to adjustment knobs.
• the riflescope shown in FIG. 3 is still placed in a protective cover 9 and is composed of an LCD screen 12 which can be oriented around its attachment (FIG. 5), intended to visualize the target and to display the aiming reticle as well as all the information necessary for shooting ( Figures 6 and 7), a video camera 11 equipped with a motorized zoom, a laser rangefinder 4 with invisible beam, a laser pointer 15 visible beam, a computer 6, a programming unit (figure 8), a barcode, colorimetric, or magnetic ammunition detector, rechargeable or non-rechargeable power supply batteries 5, cells solar 10, one or two micro-stepping motors 2 and 3, a support 8 with two bases for connecting the scope to the weapon.
• the calculator has in memory different types of crosshairs that the shooter will choose to display according to his taste or the shooting circumstances.
• the assembly comprising the camera, the zoom, the laser pointer and the laser rangefinder is monobloc and is fixed on a mobile stage, which on one side is held by the stepper motor 2 for raising or lowering in elevation of the assembly around a horizontal axis, and on the other side can be held by the other stepper motor 3 for an orientation in azimuth to the right or to the left around a vertical axis.
• Another socket 17 is provided, in order to be able to position, where the shooter desires, three flexible contactors for resetting to zero and for switching on the telescopic sight and for selecting the ammunition (standard, perforating, explosive, incendiary, etc.). )
• a third socket 18 is provided, connecting the telescope to a programming unit (FIG. 8) in order to record the parameters which the shooter needs (type of ammunition, bullet, weight, arrow of the ammunition, etc.).
• the laser pointer is intended to have a deterrent effect when it is used by the police, for example.
• a variant of the second embodiment is shown in FIG. 4 and differs from this mode in that it further comprises a video cassette recorder 13 and an audio-video micro transceiver 14.
• the video recording system 13 is provided in order to ability to control the action, for example during training or during interventions.
• the audio-video transceiver 14 is provided so that a command post, for example, can follow the actions taken, or also send information on the screen intended for the soldier.
• the common principle is the displacement using micro-stepper motors of all or part of the telescope instead of displacement features forming the reticle in other systems.
• the shooter aims his target through the telescopic sight 1 in a conventional manner, by actuating the start button, the shooter triggers the laser rangefinder 4 which calculates the shooter / target distance, and transmits information to the calculator.
• Said computer 6 having in memory the arrow of the bullet at this distance, therefore determines the new position of the aiming reticle as a function of the distance and of the arrow of the bullet and therefore moves using the micro-stepper motor 2, the set of telescope 1 in order to bring the aiming reticle to the intended aiming location so that the bullet arrives at the target at the determined location.
• the micro-motor 3 makes it possible to modify the orientation of the telescope as a function of the wind and / or the direction of movement of the target.
• the device according to the invention therefore makes it possible to vary the angle of the scope as a whole with respect to the axis of the weapon and to the initial aiming axis in elevation and / or in azimuth.
• the operating principle of the second embodiment is identical to that of the riflescope of the first mode, only the camera-zoom assembly and the laser rangefinder are moved by the micro-stepper motors 2,3 according to the same principle as previously.
• the impression of movement of the scope is not at all perceived by the shooter. Due to the principle of the video screen which can be viewed from any angle of view, the shooter no longer needs to have the gaze aligned in the axis of the scope as with a conventional scope, it can aim regardless of its position relative to the screen. For example, a soldier equipped with such a device, can at the corner of a street, position the weapon in the direction of a sector to be controlled while remaining himself protected behind the wall forming the corner of the street .

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