SHORT-WAVE INFRARED BASED SCOPE

摘要

An infrared-based scope configured to obtain and display video imagery that allows a user to estimate wind speed and direction over a trajectory to a target based on observed air motion in the video imagery. In certain examples, the scope further includes electronics configured to calculate the wind speed using video image processing techniques.

主权项

1. An infrared scope comprising:
an illuminator configured to emit an infrared illumination beam along a trajectory toward a target; an imaging detector configured to receive reflected infrared electromagnetic radiation from the illumination beam and to generate images of a scene including the target from the electromagnetic radiation, the image further including scintillation cells in the trajectory; a processor coupled to the imaging detector and configured to generate video imagery from the images generated by the imaging detector, movement of the scintillation cells in the video imagery being representative of wind speed and wind direction across the trajectory; and a display coupled to the processor and configured to display the video imagery.