INTEGRATED SIGHT AND FIRE CONTROL COMPUTER FOR RIFLES AND OTHER FIRING MECHANISMS

摘要

Described are devices for automated ballistic targeting that are attached to a rifle for firing ballistic ammunition, in which such rifle may have one or more barrels for use with one or more types of ammunition. Various embodiments use one or more mirrors and an optical splitter all of which may be position-fixed or adjustable, a collimator sub-system, a data input unit, and a ballistic computer, in which the elements are configured to provide a calculated ballistic trajectory to hit a target, to correct elevation and azimuth, and to generate an aiming point that is super-imposed visually on an image of the target when the rifle is correctly aimed to hit the target (even where the ballistic trajectory requires that the aim be on an elevation or an azimuth off the target). In various embodiments, errors in roll maybe indicated and corrected. In various embodiments, periscope functionality may be used.

主权项

1. An automated ballistic targeting device for attachment to a rifle for a user to fire ballistic ammunition at a target, said rifle using one or more barrels with one or more than one type of ammunition, comprising:
one or more mirrors for determining correct elevation, wherein each mirror may be in a fixed or adjustable position; an optical splitter, which may be in a fixed or an adjustable position; one or more motive forces for adjusting the positions of adjustable mirrors or an adjustable optical splitter; a collimator sub-system; a data input unit; and a ballistic computer; wherein the data input unit is configured to send a target range and an ammunition type to the ballistic computer; wherein the ballistic computer is configured to calculate a ballistic trajectory; wherein at least one of the mirrors or the optical splitter is in an adjustable position; wherein the mirrors and optical splitter are configured together to produce an image of the target, and to show a user the correct elevation and azimuth of the rifle to hit the target; wherein the collimator sub-system is configured to generate an aiming point to be super-imposed visually on the image of the target, such that even when the ballistic trajectory requires the rifle be aimed off the target, the targeting device will nevertheless show the aiming point on the target; and wherein the optical splitter is further configured to super-impose, on the target, the aiming point generated by the collimator sub-system.