COMBINATION VIDEO AND OPTICAL SIGHT

摘要

A sight system is provided that includes an optical mode providing an optical image of a field of view and a video display mode providing video of the field of view acquired by an image sensor. The sight system can include optical components configured to present the field of view to the image sensor and to present substantially the field of view to a user through an eyepiece coupled to the sight system. The sight system can include a display configured to display to the user, through the eyepiece, video of the field of view acquired by the image sensor. The sight system can include a user interface feature configured to change from the optical mode to the video display mode when actuated by the user. Thus, the sight system can be configured to provide bore-sighted optical and video data to the user.

主权项

1. A sight system configured to provide a bore-sighted optical view and a bore-sighted video view to a user, the sight system comprising:
a housing; an image sensor supported within the housing; a display supported within the housing, the display operably coupled to an output of the image sensor to display video acquired with the image sensor; a front end optical system supported within the housing, the front end optical system configured to generate a real image of a field of view at a front end image location in the housing; an adjustable reticle positioned at the front end image location in the housing, the adjustable reticle configured to be positionable within the housing; an eyepiece optical system configured to provide to a user an optical image of the real image of the field of view of the front end optical system; an optical redirection element configured to be positionable between the front end optical system and the eyepiece optical system on an image side of the adjustable reticle; a relay optical system configured to:
relay the real image of the field of view of the front end optical system to the image sensor, andform an image of the adjustable reticle at the image sensor; wherein, in a direct-view configuration, the optical redirection element is positioned so as to not redirect an optical path between the front end optical system and the eyepiece optical system thereby providing an optical view of the real image of the field of view with the adjustable reticle, and wherein, in a display-view configuration, the optical redirection element is positioned to redirect at least a portion of light from the front end optical system to the relay optical system so that the image sensor acquires video of the real image of the field of view with the adjustable reticle.