Weapon targeting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12488513-B2
Application number	US-202318125582-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2023
Priority date	Sep 6, 2014
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

A wearable electronic device displays an impact location that shows where a projectile fired from a weapon will hit a target and displays a bullseye location that shows a desired location where to hit the target. The wearable electronic device indicates firing the weapon when the impact location overlaps with the bullseye location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic scope that attaches to a rifle held by a user, the electronic scope comprising:
one or more sensors that determine an outdoor temperature and an altitude where the electronic scope is located; wireless communication that wirelessly receives, from a second electronic scope, a location of an object as a target; a laser rangefinder that determines a distance to the object; a processor that determines, based on the distance to the object, the outdoor temperature, and the altitude, an impact location where a bullet fired from the rifle will hit; and a display that shows the object seen through the display and displays a virtual reticle at the impact location where the bullet fired from the rifle will hit based on the distance to the object, the outdoor temperature, and the altitude determined by the electronic scope.

2 . The electronic scope of claim 1 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the virtual reticle along with a virtual image on the object, wherein the virtual image displayed on the object has a size and a shape of the object and is lit to make the object more visible to the user through the electronic scope.

3 . The electronic scope of claim 1 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the virtual reticle and a desired target impact location (DTIL) on the target that shows a desired location where to hit the target with the bullet fired from the rifle, and the DTIL displayed on the display moves in real-time and in synchronization with movement of the rifle such that the DTIL remains on the target as the rifle moves.

4 . The electronic scope of claim 1 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the virtual reticle and a desired target impact location (DTIL) on the target that shows a desired location where to hit the target with the bullet fired from the rifle, and the electronic scope generates a beeping sound in response to the virtual reticle moving over the DTIL displayed on the target.

5 . The electronic scope of claim 1 , wherein activation, by a finger of the user, of a switch located on a handheld portable electronic device that communicates with the electronic scope causes the processor to calculate a ballistic trajectory that determines the impact location where the bullet fired from the rifle will hit.

6 . The electronic scope of claim 1 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the virtual reticle in a first color and an augmented reality (AR) image in a second color over the object in order to enhance the object seen through the electronic scope, wherein the display displays the AR image as virtual lines that accentuate a perimeter of the object with light and the second color.

7 . An electronic scope that attaches to a rifle of a user, the electronic scope comprising:
one or more sensors that determine environmental conditions where the electronic scope is located; wireless communication that wirelessly receives, from another electronic scope, a location of an object that is a target; a processor that calculates, from the environmental conditions and a distance to the object, a ballistic trajectory of a bullet fired from the rifle to determine an impact location where the bullet will hit; and a display that shows the object through the display and simultaneously displays a first virtual image as a reticle or dot at the impact location where the bullet fired from the rifle will hit and a second virtual image that identifies the object as being the target.

8 . The electronic scope of claim 7 , wherein the second virtual image includes visible lines around a perimeter of the object to make the object more discernable through the electronic scope.

9 . The electronic scope of claim 7 , wherein the electronic scope receives, from the user holding the rifle, selection of multiple targets in a field of view of the electronic scope where the rifle is aimed, and the wireless communication wirelessly transmits the locations of the multiple targets to other electronic scopes.

10 . The electronic scope of claim 7 , wherein the processor recalculates the ballistic trajectory in response to the user moving the electronic scope from the target to another target.

11 . The electronic scope of claim 7 further comprising:
a compass; and
a global positioning system (GPS), wherein the wireless communication wirelessly transmits locations of targets to other electronic scopes in wireless communication with the electronic scope.

12 . The electronic scope of claim 7 , wherein the electronic scope receives, from a finger of the user holding the rifle, selection of a second target being displayed with thermal imagery in a field of view of the electronic scope where the rifle is aimed, and the electronic scope hits the second target with light from a laser to determine a distance to the second target.

13 . The electronic scope of claim 7 further comprising:
a laser rangefinder that determines the distance to the object, wherein the processor calculates the ballistic trajectory in response to the user placing a finger at a predetermined location on the electronic scope.

14 . A method executed by an electronic scope that connects to a rifle held by a user, the method comprising:
determining, with a laser rangefinder attached to the electronic scope, a distance to a target; transmitting, with wireless communication in the electronic scope, a location of the target to other electronic scopes in wireless communication with the electronic scope; determining, with one or more sensors in the electronic scope, environmental conditions that include altitude and temperature; calculating, in response to the user activating the electronic scope with a finger and based on the distance to the target and the environmental conditions, a ballistic trajectory that includes an impact location where a bullet fired from the rifle will hit; and displaying, with the electronic scope and while the target is shown through the display of the electronic scope, a virtual reticle or a virtual dot that shows the impact location where the bullet fired from the rifle will hit as calculated by the electronic scope.

15 . The method of claim 14 further comprising:
augmenting, with the display of the electronic scope, a perimeter of the target with an augmented reality (AR) image along the perimeter of the target, wherein the AR image includes light to make the target more visible through the electronic scope.

16 . The method of claim 14 further comprising:
receiving, from the finger of the user at a portable electronic device wirelessly connected to the electronic scope, activation of a weapon targeting system that causes the processor to calculate the ballistic trajectory.

17 . The method of claim 14 further comprising:
transmitting, with wireless communication in the electronic scope, a location of the target to other electronic scopes in wireless communication with the electronic scope.

18 . The method of claim 14 further comprising:
displaying augmented reality (AR) lines along a perimeter of the target to make the target more visible through the electronic scope.

19 . The method of claim 14 further comprising:
enhancing the target with the display by superimposing a virtual image over the target with the virtual image having a size and a shape of the target.

Assignees

• Lyren Philip

Inventors

• Lyren Philip

Classifications

• G06T11/10 Primary

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• F41G1/473

  for lead-indicating or range-finding, e.g. for use with rifles or shotguns · CPC title

• F41G1/467

  for bows · CPC title

• F41G3/12

  with means for compensating for muzzle velocity or powder temperature {with means for compensating for gun vibrations} · CPC title

• F41G3/08

  with means for compensating for speed, direction, temperature, pressure, or humidity of the atmosphere (measuring G01) · CPC title