Composite optical device for sighting targets and measuring distances

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9200869-B2
Application number	US-201013264357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2010
Priority date	May 19, 2009
Publication date	Dec 1, 2015
Grant date	Dec 1, 2015

Abstract

The present invention aims to provide a composite optical device which includes the day-time optical device, thermal imaging optical device, laser application device and displaying device while reducing the volume and weight, further comprising attenuator that can control the amount of light for easy display on the display. The present invention also aims to provide a composite optical device with enhanced efficiency of transmitting laser and easy operability by installing the attenuator at an appropriate location. To attain the object of the invention, the composite optical device for day and night time sighting and measuring distance, having a laser application device, a day-time optical device, a thermal imaging optical device and a display, comprises a laser transmitting optical device comprising a beam shaping lens 120 for shaping and sighting the laser emitted from a laser source 110 , a focus lens 130 installed in front of the beam shaping lens 120 for controlling the emitting angle of the laser, and a folding mirror 140 installed in front of the focus lens 130 for reflecting the laser passed through the beam shaping lens 120 and focus lens 130 to a first beam splitter 270 , a day-time optical device installed between a objective unit 290 and a eye-piece 210 , the eye-piece and objective unit being arranged seeing each other, comprising a objective lens 280 for transmitting the light reflected from the first beam splitter, a first beam splitter 270 , a first attenuator 260 , a second beam splitter 250 , relay unit 240 , eye-piece lens 230 , and a second attenuator 220 , which are located between the first beam splitter and the eye-piece 210 in the order described above, and a display 300 installed on one side of the second beam splitter 250 to transmit a specific image to the second beam splitter 250.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composite optical device for day and night time sighting and measuring distance, having a laser application device, a day-time optical device, a thermal imaging optical device and a display, which comprises:
the day-time optical device installed between an objective unit and an eye-piece, the eye-piece and the objective unit being arranged seeing each other, the day-time optical device comprising an objective lens, a first beam splitter, a first attenuator, a second beam splitter, a relay unit, an eye-piece lens, and a second attenuator sequentially installed between the objective unit and the eye-piece so as to control an amount of light from outside the composite optical device;
the laser application device comprising a beam shaping lens for shaping and sighting a laser emitted from a laser source, a focus lens installed in front of the beam shaping lens for controlling an emitting angle of the laser, and a folding minor installed in front of the focus lens for reflecting the laser passed through the beam shaping lens and the focus lens to the first beam splitter; and
the display installed on one side of the second beam splitter to transmit a specific image to the second beam splitter, the second beam splitter reflecting the specific image transmitted from the display to be superposed on the eye-piece lens.

2. The composite optical device for day and night time sighting and measuring distance of claim 1 , wherein the first beam splitter, the objective lens and the objective unit are shared by the laser application device and the day-time optical device.

Assignees

• Yang Dong Won
• Kwak Dong Min
• Yoon Joo Hong
• Kang Kyung Mok
• Agency Defense Dev

Inventors

• Yang Dong Won
• Kwak Dong Min
• Yoon Joo Hong
• Kang Kyung Mok

Classifications

• G02B27/0189

  Sight systems · CPC title

• F41G1/38

  Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance (telescopic sights in general G02B); Supports or mountings therefor · CPC title

• F41G1/35 Primary

  for illuminating the target {, e.g. flash lights} · CPC title

• F41G1/473

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

• G02B23/105

  Sighting devices with light source and collimating reflector (reflecting sights for small arms having light source F41G1/34) · CPC title