EP2116805A1 - Vorrichtung zur Sicherheitsbetriebsverwaltung - Google Patents

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EP2116805A1
EP2116805A1 EP08165129A EP08165129A EP2116805A1 EP 2116805 A1 EP2116805 A1 EP 2116805A1 EP 08165129 A EP08165129 A EP 08165129A EP 08165129 A EP08165129 A EP 08165129A EP 2116805 A1 EP2116805 A1 EP 2116805A1
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Roberto Moriconi
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/14—Indirect aiming means
    • F41G3/16—Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire
    • F41G3/165—Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire using a TV-monitor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/26—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying
    • F41G3/2605—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a view recording device cosighted with the gun
    • F41G3/2611—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a view recording device cosighted with the gun coacting with a TV-monitor

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for managing security operations which are normally carried out in the field by specially trained military forces or the like.
  • These special corps comprise a number of men (generally just a few, but sometimes they may include 10 or more men) who move in the field and respond to the orders sent them remotely from an operative control station; the latter may be located in the field close to the areas where the operations are taking place, or else it may be located in protected areas.
  • security operation management systems have been known for a long time which are based on images taken in the field by the special corps' men, which images are sent remotely to the operative station, from which appropriate instructions can then be returned, typically by radio.
  • a limitation of this system described in the aforementioned French document lies in the fact that it requires modifications to the weapons used by the men; in fact, images are taken by using a CCD (Charge Couple Device) detector arranged on the gunsight and connected through a cable to a signal processing unit housed in a cavity obtained in the butt of the light machine-gun.
  • CCD Charge Couple Device
  • the very same cavity also houses the remote image transmitter; the entire assembly is powered by batteries carried by the special agents.
  • the weapons may be subject to shocks or be exposed to water, mud or other foreign matters that may compromize the proper operation of the electronic components.
  • the weapon is fitted with a gunsight that comprises, among other things, a miniaturized video camera and a short-range transmitter for sending the video signal to a homologous receiver installed in a knapsack-type portable unit carried by the men belonging to a special corp; from here, the video signal is then sent to a remote operative station.
  • a gunsight that comprises, among other things, a miniaturized video camera and a short-range transmitter for sending the video signal to a homologous receiver installed in a knapsack-type portable unit carried by the men belonging to a special corp; from here, the video signal is then sent to a remote operative station.
  • the mobile unit is equipped with a long-range video transmitter which sends the signal to the operative station; orders are then sent by radio from the operative station as previously described, or information may be sent to the mobile unit, which is provided with a suitable receiver.
  • the mobile unit also includes a short-range transmitter coupled to a homologous receiver that receives undefined data, arranged on the gunsight.
  • this solution is suitable for remote image transmission, which takes place in two modes: a short-range mode between the gunsight and the mobile unit carried by the men, and a long-range mode between the mobile unit and the operative station.
  • the present invention aims at improving this state of the art: the object is to provide an apparatus for managing security operations of the aforementioned type, wherein the men in the field can communicate with the operative control station not only orally by radio: it is thus possible to provide a safer and more reliable operation management, in the event that voice communications are not possible or that it is preferable to act in the utmost silence.
  • the apparatus comprises a first part generally consisting of a gunsight 1 of a weapon, a second part consisting of a portable auxiliary unit 2, and a third part consisting of an operative control station 3, which in this example is arranged in a van.
  • portable auxiliary unit 2 communicates with gunsight 1 for receiving and transmitting a series of signals.
  • These signals include a signal sent to auxiliary unit 2 by a GPS locator 20, which is advantageously integrated into a carrying case, which represents the preferred configuration of the portable unit, though it may also have a different shape (knapsack or the like).
  • Unit 2 also receives signals from the men engaged in security operations, both through a tactile signalling device 21 comprising one or more push-buttons, which will be described later on, and by radio through a headset 24 with a microphone and an earphone, included in the men's equipment; radio communications preferably take place over VHF/UHF channels.
  • a tactile signalling device 21 comprising one or more push-buttons, which will be described later on
  • radio through a headset 24 with a microphone and an earphone, included in the men's equipment; radio communications preferably take place over VHF/UHF channels.
  • Gunsight 1 installed on weapon 11, visible in Figs. 1 and 3 comprises a known telescope 4 to the rear end of which an optical assembly 5 according to the invention is mounted.
  • the latter comprises a semi-reflecting mirror lens 6 which allows only a fraction of the luminous radiation to travel to a person's eye along the axis of telescope 4, while deflecting the other fraction perpendicularly thereto.
  • mirror 8 (dashed line in Fig. 3 ), which directs them towards a miniaturized video camera 10 of a per se known type: advantageously, mirror 8 allows the image to be turned over in the opposite direction to that determined by the semi-reflecting lens 6, so that camera 10 can shoot an image that corresponds to the real one.
  • the video signal of the image shot by camera 10 is sent by radio to portable unit 2, where it is displayed on a screen or monitor 13.
  • gunsight 1 also comprises luminous emitters 15, preferably LEDs, which are activated accordingly by auxiliary unit 2 in response to orders received from the operative control station 3.
  • the colours of emitters 15', 15" and 15''' are preferably green, yellow and red (i.e. the traffic light colours) in order to define different operative levels for the men in the field: in fact, the luminous emitters are visible to the man looking into the telescope, and are positioned adjacent to lens 6, as shown in Fig. 4 .
  • Luminous emitters 15', 15" and 15''' may however be more or even less than three, and have different colors from green, yellow and red; what counts it that these luminous emitters can be activated remotely upon orders given from the operative control station.
  • optical assembly 5 is also fitted with an adapter ring nut 17, through which it can be mounted to different telescopes or other supports, such as frames for infrared viewers commonly used by special corps.
  • portable auxiliary unit 2 shown in Fig. 1 , as aforementioned it is preferably provided in the form of a carrying case or another transportable container which can be easily dissimulated, such as a bag, a knapsack or the like.
  • portable auxiliary unit 2 comprises audio and video communication means designated as a whole by reference number 26, which comprise a microphone, an antenna, a loudspeaker, a radio transceiver, etc., for transmitting and receiving audio and video communications to/from gunsight 1 and operative station 3; additionally, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, unit 2 is also equipped with an analog/digital converter 27 and any other electronic components (CPU, data interface, audio and video interfaces) for transmitting and receiving data and for processing it in coded form in order to prevent interception and external disturbance.
  • audio and video communication means designated as a whole by reference number 26, which comprise a microphone, an antenna, a loudspeaker, a radio transceiver, etc., for transmitting and receiving audio and video communications to/from gunsight 1 and operative station 3; additionally, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, unit 2 is also equipped with an analog/digital converter 27 and any other electronic components (CPU, data interface, audio and video interfaces) for transmitting and receiving data and for
  • the video information received from gunsight 1 or from station 3 can be displayed on screen 13 of auxiliary unit 2 and examined by the men in the field.
  • operative control station 3 is installed in a van 30, which is equipped with all the antennas and apparatuses required for controlling the operations carried out in the field.
  • antennas 31 and 32 can be hidden when not in use; for this purpose, bigger antenna 31 is a telescopic one, whereas smaller antenna 32 can be folded onto the roof of van 30; of course, the antennas may be dissimulated and kept out of sight in different manners as well.
  • van 30 is equipped with a direction desk 35 that includes an electronic computer 36 (a PC or the like), and large screens 37 for displaying selected images taken by means of gunsights 1 associated with the various men in the field.
  • a direction desk 35 that includes an electronic computer 36 (a PC or the like), and large screens 37 for displaying selected images taken by means of gunsights 1 associated with the various men in the field.
  • the images taken by all men engaged in security operations are also displayed on a series of small screens 38 (eight in the example shown, but their number may be different), thus providing a general view of the situation, while large screens 37 display the same images that are being displayed on selected small screens 38.
  • the controls available on direction desk 35 allow to activate or deactivate remotely emitters 15', 15" and 15''' associated with each gunsight 1 through radio signals sent to portable auxiliary unit 2, which works as a radio bridge to the gunsight itself.
  • audio communications take place by radio (UHF/VHF) between the control station and headsets 24 worn by the men in the field: to this end, desk 35 includes microphones 41 and loudspeakers (not shown in the drawings).
  • radio UHF/VHF
  • station 3 is also equipped with a multichannel video recording system 43 through which it is possible to record the images shot in the field; advantageously, control station 3 is prearranged for a cable connection to data transmission networks 45.
  • the above-described apparatus operates as follows.
  • optical assembly 5 can be easily installed on any telescope 4, the apparatus can be used for operations wherein the men in the field have to use weapons of various types, as well as in different situations; in fact, as explained above, optical device 5 may also be applied to a man's helmet or to special frames such as those used for viewers, among which infrared viewers for night vision.
  • the images seen by the men through gunsight 1 are the same as those displayed remotely by operative control station 3.
  • operative control station 3 can give orders to the men in the field by communicating with them by radio (VHF/UHF) or by video (by sending images to portable unit 2), or else by turning on/off luminous emitters 15', 15", 15''' of each gunsight.
  • operative station 3 can therefore communicate with the men in the field in different modes, i.e. voice and luminous or acoustic signals; in response, the men can communicate with station 3 in the same way, since they can talk by radio or send signals by pressing push-buttons 21 according to the status of luminous emitters 15', 15" e 15''' (signalled by station's indicator lights 40).
  • the apparatus according to the invention can operate in a bidirectional manner not only through voice communications, but also through visual and acoustic communications.
  • luminous emitters 15', 15" and 15''' are visual communication means which may be used in addition or as an alternative to radio voice transmissions.
  • the communication taking place through the luminous emitters and the signals emitted by push-buttons 21 represents an additional safety factor for the apparatus according to the invention, in that it allows information to be exchanged even when VHF/UHF radio communications are cut off or cannot be used because the utmost silence is required.
  • optical assembly 5 allows the invention to be applied to any type of weapon fitted with a telescope or another similar support, thus being functionally flexible and finding easier application than the known systems described in the aforementioned patent documents; it should also be pointed out that both the gunsight and the weapon or other mounting support require no particular modification or adaptation, resulting in evident advantages in terms of implementation costs.
  • the gunsight is therefore unchanged in its basic functions, and can work without requiring no other operations by the men who use the weapons on which it is mounted; the men's movements and the accuracy of aim are not affected by optical assembly 5, also due to the fact that the weapons are of the usual type, i.e. unchanged from the original configuration.
  • optical assembly 5 which, as already mentioned, can be easily applied to the telescopes of common gunsights or even to helmet-mounted viewers.
  • the apparatus according to the invention can handle several men simultaneously and separately; this is due to the fact that all communications between operative control station 3 and each man's portable unit 2 and gunsight 1 fitted with an optical assembly 5 take place over respective channels having preset frequencies.
  • a further important result attained by the apparatus according to the invention is that by using luminous signals which can be seen simultaneously on both gunsight 1 and control station 3 it is also possible to immediately understand if a man in the field can be reached through radio and video communications.
  • Fig. 1 the configuration shown in Fig. 1 is the most common one, it may however not be suitable for use in places which are inaccessible to van carrying operative control station 3: for example, impervious mountainous regions or roadless areas.
  • a portable operative station 50 like the one shown in Fig. 6 , which is provided in the form of a carrying case or the like, just like unit 2.
  • This mobile control station 50 can substantially carry out the same functions as the one installed in van 3, for which purpose it is equipped with a series of screens 52 that display the images taken by gunsights 1 associated with the men in the field, as well as one set of green, red and yellow indicator lights 53 for each screen similar to those provided in van 30, designated by reference number 40.
  • mobile control station 50 allows to select which image among those being displayed on the smaller screens is to be displayed on a larger screen 54 .
  • Portable operative station 50 is also fitted with a built-in microphone and antenna (not shown in the drawings) for communicating by radio (VHF/UHF) with the men in the field, plus an electronic computer 55 (PC) for processing the data received from or to be sent to the outside.
  • a built-in microphone and antenna not shown in the drawings
  • PC electronic computer 55
  • Portable operative station 50 can interact in a bidirectional manner with the men, by using both audio/video transmission and luminous emitters 53: it follows that, from this point of view, it behaves just like the example previously described and offers the same advantages; for clarity, reference should be made in this regard to the description of said previous example.
  • this apparatus is a portable one, it offers the advantage that it does not require the presence of transportable unit 2, so that in this aspect the resulting apparatus is simpler than the one of Fig. 1 .

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FR2137192A1 (de) * 1971-05-14 1972-12-29 Aerospatiale
DE2625489B1 (de) * 1976-06-05 1977-05-05 Heidenhain Gmbh Dr Johannes Anordnung zum feststellen der abweichungen von der geradheit oder ebenheit von teilen
US4398821A (en) * 1979-10-15 1983-08-16 Steward Erle R Instrument for measuring angles
DE3317001A1 (de) * 1983-05-10 1984-11-15 Wegmann & Co GmbH, 3500 Kassel Einrichtung zur ueberwachung ein oder mehrerer schusswaffen, sowie der die schusswaffen betaetigenden schuetzen
EP0215130A1 (de) * 1985-03-08 1987-03-25 Motoi Kuroiwa Schiessüberwachungskamera und vorrichtung
US4963021A (en) * 1986-05-06 1990-10-16 Omron Tateisi Electronics Company Photoelectric switching apparatus
FR2671397A1 (fr) 1991-01-03 1992-07-10 Cine Panavionic Systeme de conduite de tir pour arme individuelle servie par un tireur.
EP1693639A1 (de) 2005-01-25 2006-08-23 ITL Optronics Ltd. Waffenzielvisierbau und derartiges einschliessendes Waffensystem

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DE1942199A1 (de) * 1969-08-19 1971-03-04 Polaroid Corp Binokular-Entfernungsmesser
FR2137192A1 (de) * 1971-05-14 1972-12-29 Aerospatiale
DE2625489B1 (de) * 1976-06-05 1977-05-05 Heidenhain Gmbh Dr Johannes Anordnung zum feststellen der abweichungen von der geradheit oder ebenheit von teilen
US4398821A (en) * 1979-10-15 1983-08-16 Steward Erle R Instrument for measuring angles
DE3317001A1 (de) * 1983-05-10 1984-11-15 Wegmann & Co GmbH, 3500 Kassel Einrichtung zur ueberwachung ein oder mehrerer schusswaffen, sowie der die schusswaffen betaetigenden schuetzen
EP0215130A1 (de) * 1985-03-08 1987-03-25 Motoi Kuroiwa Schiessüberwachungskamera und vorrichtung
US4963021A (en) * 1986-05-06 1990-10-16 Omron Tateisi Electronics Company Photoelectric switching apparatus
FR2671397A1 (fr) 1991-01-03 1992-07-10 Cine Panavionic Systeme de conduite de tir pour arme individuelle servie par un tireur.
EP1693639A1 (de) 2005-01-25 2006-08-23 ITL Optronics Ltd. Waffenzielvisierbau und derartiges einschliessendes Waffensystem

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