US20070180751A1 - "Moving red dot" sighting device - Google Patents
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- the invention concerns a “moving red dot” sighting device.
- red dot technique which consists in projecting, through the sighting optics, a light point, or more generally a light reticle, in such a manner that the shooter only has to align this point visually with the target so as to fire precisely without any parallax error.
- the actual color of the reticle may vary, provided it is visible.
- the red dot is not necessarily a dot.
- red dot will thus be used in the broad sense to indicate the light reticle, whereby the sighting device can use any visible light source whatsoever and any form of reticle.
- the so-called “moving red dot” sights with which have been introduced so far for firing ammunitions with a curved trajectory are usually based on the use of an LCD screen or a series of LEDs placed in the focal plane of a lens, whose moving image is superimposed in the sighting field of the shooter by a system of fixed mirror or prism and a beamsplitter.
- a disadvantage of such a bulky sighting device is that it is not very appropriate to be used on an individual light fire arm.
- Another disadvantage of such a sighting device is that, when it is placed on the upper rail of a gun, it is usually not compatible with the use of an external scope and it cannot be used when aiming with two eyes open.
- the invention aims to remedy one or several of the above-mentioned disadvantages and to provide an improved sighting device with a moving red dot which is compact and which can be used on an individual fire arm.
- an improved “moving red dot” sighting device comprising a fixed light source and a reflecting blade, whereby the light source produces a collimated light beam which is projected onto the reflecting blade so as to obtain a red dot or reticle visible to the shooter thanks to the reflection on the reflecting blade, whereby the beam is projected onto the reflecting blade by means of a rotating mirror whose inclination angle in relation to the light beam can be adjusted.
- the shooter In order to aim at a target, the shooter observes the target while searching the right elevation for his fire arm at which the red dot is aligned with the target, which is a sign that the fire arm is situated in the right firing position.
- the shooter can aim with two eyes open by observing directly the target with the non-aiming eye and the red dot projected onto the blade with the aiming eye.
- the reflecting blade is preferably a semi-transparent beamsplitter plate, which enables the shooter to observe the target as well as the red dot through the beamsplitter with the aiming eye, while the shooter can also aim with two eyes open, whatever he prefers.
- the sighting device preferably comprises a device to adjust the inclination angle of the rotating mirror in relation to the light beam, which makes it possible to adjust the sighting device by adjusting the angle of the mirror as a function of the distance of the target and the type of ammunition.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an improved sighting device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a section according to line II-II in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 represents the sighting device from FIG. 1 , but in a firing position
- FIG. 4 represents a variant of a sighting device according to the invention.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 represent views in the respective directions of the arrows F 5 and F 6 in FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 6 corresponds to FIG. 5 , but for another position of the fire arm
- FIGS. 7 and 8 are two views similar to those in FIGS. 1 and 2 , but for a variant of a sighting device according to the invention.
- FIG. 9 is a view similar to that in FIG. 5 , but for a sighting device according to FIGS. 7 and 8 ;
- FIG. 10 is another variant of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 11 is a view according to arrow F 11 in FIG. 10 ;
- FIGS. 12 and 13 are figures similar to FIG. 11 , but for targets at a larger distance;
- FIG. 14 is a variant of FIG. 11 .
- FIGS. 1 and 2 represent an improved “moving red dot” sighting device 1 which comprises a case 2 to be mounted on a fire arm 3 , whereby the case 2 extends longitudinally, mainly parallel to the axis of the barrel of the fire arm 2 .
- a fixed light source 4 Inside the case 2 is situated a fixed light source 4 , producing a collimated light beam 5 whose optical axis X-X′ is in this case parallel to the axis of the barrel of the fire arm 3 .
- the light source 4 is a collimator composed of a converging lens 6 and of a lamp or another luminous source 7 of quasi punctual shape with reduced dimensions, for example in the order of one tenth of a millimeter, situated in the focal point 8 of the lens 6 and producing the red dot.
- the collimated light beam 5 has a diameter A in the order of 15 to 20 millimeters, which offers the advantage that the cross dimensions of the width and the height of the sighting device 1 are reduced in relation to the known sighting devices.
- a mirror 9 is placed in the collimated beam 5 at an angle B in relation to the optical axis X-X′ of the produced light beam 5 .
- the mirror 9 is mounted in a rotating manner in the case 2 and it is fixed to that end on a transversal shaft 10 mounted in a rotating manner between the side walls 11 of the case 2 .
- One far end 12 of the shaft 10 of the mirror 9 goes through one of the lateral walls 11 of the case 2 and is provided with an adjusting device 13 for the inclination angle B of the rotating mirror 9 in relation to the produced light beam 5 , for example in the form of a turning knob with which the shooter can position the mirror 9 as a function of the distance of the target.
- control button 14 will be provided with a scale 15 to that end, representing the distance of the target.
- Different adjusting buttons comprising scales that are appropriate to different types of ammunition can be realized so as to take the ballistic characteristics thereof into account.
- the light beam 5 is projected through a window 16 in the case 2 onto a reflecting blade 17 so as to produce a red dot or reticle, visible to the shooter in the reflecting blade 17 which is mounted on a far end 18 of the case 2 at a fixed angle C of for example 45°, in relation to the optical axis X-X′ of the produced light beam 5 .
- the reflecting blade 17 is mounted on the case 2 by means of a rotary hinge 19 which makes it possible to flip down the reflecting blade 17 on the case 2 of the sighting device 1 when the latter is not operational, such that the whole becomes more compact.
- the reflecting blade 17 is preferably a beamsplitter that is semi-transparent.
- the use and working of the sighting device 1 are as follows.
- the initial angle B of the mirror 9 is preferably 45°.
- the angle D is at that time 0°.
- the shooter 18 estimates the distance. of the target and sets the appropriate inclination B of the mirror 9 by means of the graded control button 14 .
- the light beam 5 is projected onto the reflecting blade 17 and is reflected as illustrated in FIG. 3 towards the shooter so as to produce a red dot or reticle that the shooter can observe to infinity when the eye of the shooter is situated in the light beam 5 reflected by the reflecting blade 17 .
- the deviation of the angle D of the beam amounts to two times that of the angle B of the mirror 9 .
- the angle D increases from 0° to 30°.
- the inclination B of the mirror which is a function of the distance of the target, thus determines the angle D at which the red dot can be seen by the shooter, and thus the elevation angle E that is provided to the fire arm 3 , as represented in FIG. 3 , when the shooter aligns the red dot or the reticle with the target 21 which, in the case
- the reflecting blade 17 is a semi-transparent beamsplitter, is visible through said blade 17 .
- the shooter will have to aim with both eyes open in order to observe the target with one eye and the red dot with the other.
- the shooter can always aim with both eyes open.
- An advantage of the sighting device 1 according to the invention is that, since quasi punctual luminous source 7 is always situated in the focal point 8 of the lens 6 of the collimator, geometrical aberrations are minimized, and the lens 6 may have a small opening and thus a relatively small diameter and focal distance.
- the cross dimensions of the sighting device 1 determined by the diameter A of the collimated beam, may thus be small.
- the adjusting device 13 for positioning the mirror 9 consists of a motor controlled by a ballistic calculator, not represented in the figures, for an automatic adjustment.
- This calculator when the distance of the target 21 is transmitted thereto, calculates the angle B to provide to the mirror 9 and activates the positioning motor.
- the calculator can perform the ballistic calculation to determine the elevation angle E, taking into account the properties of the ammunitions that are being fired.
- the calculator can be combined with a range finder that automatically measures the distance of the target 21 when it is activated by the shooter.
- the sighting device 1 as represented is disadvantageous in that the collimator, and thus the collimated beam, has a small diameter, which has for a result that it may be difficult for the shooter to find the angle E which guides the eye 20 into the beam 5 , in other words to find the red dot.
- the sighting device 1 can be adapted in the following manner.
- a first adaptation consists in placing a fore-sight 22 in the point of convergence 23 of the axes of the reflected beams on the reflecting blade 17 , as indicated in FIG. 4 .
- the point of convergence 23 actually corresponds to the symmetrical position of the axis of rotation 10 in relation to the reflecting blade.
- a second adaptation is illustrated by means of FIG. 5 and consists in providing a narrow reflecting blade 17 , placed in a matt, diffusing frame with two lateral strips 25 ′, in such a manner that the incident part of the light beam on the reflecting blade 17 which overflows the reflecting blade 17 will be diffused by the frame 25 and will appear as a reference 26 in the form of a red spot that can be seen by the shooter, irrespective of the position of the latter's eye 20 .
- the shooter will only have to align the reference formed by the spot 26 with the fore-sight 22 to find the red dot or reticle, which enables him to aim at the target 21 without any parallax or azimuth errors occurring, as represented in FIG. 6 in the case of a semi-transparent beamsplitter.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 show a variant of a sighting device 1 according to the invention, in which the point of reference 26 is made brighter by concentrating or condensing the lateral edges of the collimated beam 5 in the frame 25 , for example by making the beam 5 go through two cylindrical lenses 27 positioned on either side of the optical axis X-X′ of the beam 5 , or through any other optical device.
- the point of reference 26 is also made narrower, as illustrated in FIG. 9 , which makes it easier to align it with the fore-sight 22 .
- An alternative solution to concentrate the luminous point of reference 26 is provided by the beam of a laser diode or laser pointer, situated in the same horizontal plane as the luminous source 7 of the red dot, and projected parallel to the optical axis X-X′ of the collimator onto the frame of diffusion 25 of the sighting device 1 .
- This laser beam can be laterally expanded by an appropriate optical device, so as to form a linear spot or a line which constitutes the luminous reference ( 26 ).
- FIG. 10 represents another variant in which the luminous source 7 of the collimator for producing the red dot or reticle consists of a LED 28 with an appropriate intensity and emission angle, placed behind a mask 29 situated in the focal point 8 of the collimator and in which is formed a circular hole 30 or a hole of any other shape at the optical axis X-X′.
- This variant makes it possible to realize a luminous source 7 with limited dimensions, which is important in view of the precision of the sighting device 1 .
- the angle at which the red dot is projected to infinity and thus its apparent size at a given distance is in proportion to the size of the luminous source 7 of the collimator and inversely proportional to the focal distance of the latter.
- a circular luminous source 7 having a radius of 0.5 mm will produce a red dot whose apparent radius is:
- the luminous source 7 must have limited dimensions, in order to provide a red dot with an apparent size which is compatible with the aimed target 21 , which means that it must have a radius in the range of 0.1 to 0.2 mm.
- the dimensions of the luminous source 7 determine the quantity of light gathered by the lens 6 of the collimator, and consequently, the brightness of the luminous points of reference 26 projected onto the diffusing frame 25 of the sighting device 1 .
- the requirement of a small red dot and the necessity to obtain references 26 that are sufficiently bright for the preliminary alignment of the aiming axis with the fore-sight 22 .
- a mark or reticle with a larger surface inside of which the shooter has to visually place the target 21 .
- It may be formed, for example, of two pointers 31 framing the target 21 , as illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 12 , which figures represent the perception of the reticle and the target 21 by a shooter who is aiming at a target at different distances, for example at 100, 200 and 300 meters respectively.
- additional scales or marks 32 , 33 can be included in the reticle, which enable the shooter to shift his firing axis so as to correct, when firing at long range, the trajectory error due to the rotation of the ammunition around its axis, better known as the Magnus effect.
- FIG. 14 shows an example of a reticle which comprises an additional scale 33 on a horizontal axis 34 , to be used when firing over more than 300 meters in the case of low-velocity grenades.
- a simple reticle such as the one of FIG. 11 is automatically moved in the lateral direction by a device controlled by the ballistic calculator as a function of the type of ammunition used and the distance of the target, such that the deviation of the trajectory of the ammunition due to the Magnus effect is corrected.
- the position of the reticle can also be moved perpendicularly to the optical axis by an adjusting device, so as to harmonize the sighting device with the launcher.
- a reticle with a marked horizontal axis 34 offers an additional advantage in that it forms a line of reference that helps the shooter, when aiming, to maintain his fire arm in a strictly vertical position, thus avoiding what are called “cant” errors which occur when the fire arm is laterally inclined.
- This effect can be multiplied by making use of a mask which is free to pivot round the optical axis X-X′ of the collimator, and which is ballasted with an unbalanced mass, which has for an effect that the reticle is kept at level, “in the manner of a plumb-line”.
- this calculator may provoke, by means of an appropriate mechanism or device, an inclination of the reticle or of a horizontal line of reference round the optical axis of the collimator in proportion to the vertical deflection of the fire arm, possibly amplified with regard to the latter, such that it will be better perceived by the shooter while aiming.
- the masks 29 which correspond to these various reticles. can be realized by means of photolithography, which makes it possible to obtain dimensions in the order of one tenth of a millimeter, with resolutions of one hundredth of a millimeter.
- reticles must not necessarily be red, but that reticles having another color, for example yellow-green, may also give a good contrast.
- a non-monochromatic light source or “white” light can also be used.
- case 2 may have any shape whatsoever.
- the frame 25 can also be replaced by one or two lateral diffusion strips 25 ′.
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