Patents Assigned to Steiner-Optik GmbH
  • Patent number: 11629932
    Abstract: A long-range optical device (1), in particular a telescopic sight, comprising a reticle (6), the position of which is adjustable, and an associated reticle adjustment device (7) for adjusting the position of the reticle (6), a magnetic device (16) comprising a plurality of magnetic elements (16a, 16b), a detection device (18) associated with the magnetic device (16), wherein the magnetic device (16) is mounted so as to be movable relative to the detection device (18) and/or the detection device (18) is mounted so as to be movable relative to the magnetic device (16), wherein the detection device (18) is configured to detect the relative movements between the magnetic device (16) and the detection device (18) and, based on detected relative movements between the magnetic device (16) and the detection device (18), to generate reticle position information describing the position of the reticle (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Haag, Matthias Ruckdeschel
  • Patent number: 11346636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a long-range optical device, in particular telescopic sight, comprising a reticle, the position of which can be adjusted, and comprising an associated mechanism for adjusting the reticle, comprising a first magnetic element in the form of a ring magnet, a second magnetic element in the form of a bar magnet, motion-coupled to the reticle and movably mounted relative to the first magnetic element, wherein a variable magnetic characteristic value is formed as a function of the relative position between the first and the second magnetic element, a detection unit, which is configured to detect a change in the magnetic characteristic value formed in the first or second magnetic element, a determination unit to determine reticle position information describing the position of the reticle based on a magnetic characteristic value of the first and/or second magnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Hofmann, Peter Haag
  • Patent number: 11204221
    Abstract: A communication system for transmitting detected object information items (OI) between two communication partners, comprising: a first communication partner, formed as a target distance measuring device having a communication device and an object detection device, wherein the object detection device detects remote objects and generates an OI describing a respective detected remote object, and the communication device transmits a generated OI to a second communication partner, a second communication partner, formed as a telescopic sight device having a communication device and a display device displaying a visual field which varies depending on the orientation of the to sight device, wherein the communication device is configured to receive OI transmitted by the first communication partner and the display device is configured to display received OI, wherein objects located outside the visual field at a given orientation of the telescopic sight device are displayable marked as outside the visual field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Haag, Matthias Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20210239428
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a reticle, comprising: an adjustable reticle, a reticle adjustment device comprising an adjustment actuation element movably mounted, a combined click and lock device which comprises a first click device element equipped at least in sections with a click surface formed by a three-dimensional surface or surface structuring, and a second click device element mounted to be movable relative to said first click device element and engages with the click surface of the first click device element, wherein the combined click and lock device is designed to, in a first operating mode, generate acoustic and/or haptic feedback perceptible to an operator, in the case of movement of the adjustment actuation element in at least one adjustment-movement degree of freedom, and is designed to, in a second operating mode, lock movements of the adjustment actuation element in the at least one adjustment-movement degree of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventors: Gerd LOTTES, Werner MAYR-WENT
  • Publication number: 20210231404
    Abstract: A long-range optical device (1), in particular a telescopic sight, comprising a reticle (6), the position of which is adjustable, and an associated reticle adjustment device (7) for adjusting the position of the reticle (6), a magnetic device (16) comprising a plurality of magnetic elements (16a, 16b), a detection device (18) associated with the magnetic device (16), wherein the magnetic device (16) is mounted so as to be movable relative to the detection device (18) and/or the detection device (18) is mounted so as to be movable relative to the magnetic device (16), wherein the detection device (18) is configured to detect the relative movements between the magnetic device (16) and the detection device (18) and, based on detected relative movements between the magnetic device (16) and the detection device (18), to generate reticle position information describing the position of the reticle (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventors: Peter HAAG, Matthias RUCKDESCHEL
  • Patent number: 10976134
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a reticle, comprising: an adjustable reticle, a reticle adjustment device comprising an adjustment actuation element movably mounted, a combined click and lock device which comprises a first click device element equipped at least in sections with a click surface formed by a three-dimensional surface or surface structuring, and a second click device element mounted to be movable relative to said first click device element and engages with the click surface of the first click device element, wherein the combined click and lock device is designed to, in a first operating mode, generate acoustic and/or haptic feedback perceptible to an operator, in the case of movement of the adjustment actuation element in at least one adjustment-movement degree of freedom, and is designed to, in a second operating mode, lock movements of the adjustment actuation element in the at least one adjustment-movement degree of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Lottes, Werner Mayr-Went
  • Patent number: 10976133
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a reticle, comprising: —an adjustable reticle, —an adjusting means set up to adjust the reticle, wherein the adjusting means includes an adjustment actuation element, movably mounted in an adjustment movement degree of freedom, —a blocking means assigned to the adjusting means set up to block movements of the adjustment actuation element, wherein the blocking means includes a blocking element transferrable into a blocking position, in which this effects that movements of the adjustment actuation element are blocked in the adjustment movement degree of freedom, and into an unblocking position, in which this effects that movements of the adjustment actuation element are not blocked in the adjustment movement degree of freedom, wherein the blocking element, in the blocking position, cooperates frictionally with the adjustment actuation element or with a component of the adjusting means coupled with the adjustment actuation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Hofmann, Peter Haag
  • Publication number: 20210080226
    Abstract: A communication system for transmitting detected object information items (OI) between two communication partners, comprising: a first communication partner, formed as a target distance measuring device having a communication device and an object detection device, wherein the object detection device detects remote objects and generates an OI describing a respective detected remote object, and the communication device transmits a generated OI to a second communication partner, a second communication partner, formed as a telescopic sight device having a communication device and a display device displaying a visual field which varies depending on the orientation of the to sight device, wherein the communication device is configured to receive OI transmitted by the first communication partner and the display device is configured to display received OI, wherein objects located outside the visual field at a given orientation of the telescopic sight device are displayable marked as outside the visual field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventors: Peter HAAG, Matthias HOFMANN
  • Patent number: 10852101
    Abstract: A communication system for transmitting detected object information items (OI) between two communication partners, comprising: a first communication partner, formed as a target distance measuring device having a communication device and an object detection device, wherein the object detection device detects remote objects and generates an OI describing a respective detected remote object, and the communication device transmits a generated OI to a second communication partner, a second communication partner, formed as a telescopic sight device having a communication device and a display device displaying a visual field which varies depending on the orientation of the telescopic sight device, wherein the communication device is configured to receive OI transmitted by the first communication partner and the display device is configured to display received OI, wherein objects located outside the visual field at a given orientation of the telescopic sight device are displayable marked as outside the visual field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Haag, Matthias Hofmann
  • Patent number: 10775134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a long-range optical device, in particular a telescopic sight 1, with at least one objective lens 2 and at least one eyepiece 3 and with an adjustable reticle 6 arranged between the objective lens 2 and the eyepiece, wherein the reticle 6 is coupled to a manually operable fast reticle adjustment, wherein a display device 14 is arranged in the field of view of the long-range optical device 1, through which a distance value set by a setting device 4, 15 of the fast reticle adjustment can be read when using the long-range optical device 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Hofmann, Tobias Eberhardt
  • Publication number: 20200191570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a capsule for a compass and use thereof. The capsule has a housing designed in multiple parts for receiving at least one scale device (10) for reading at least one geographical indication, wherein the scale device (10) is arranged mounted on a mounting device (8), and the housing has a cover part (2) for upper closure of the housing and a base part (4) for lower closure of the housing, wherein the cover part (2) and base part (4) are permanently connected to each other via a perforated shell surface (6). Furthermore, the capsule has a pressure equalization element (18) arranged around the housing and spanning the shell surface (6) at least in part for equalizing pressure fluctuations of a liquid medium arranged in the compass capsule (1), wherein the pressure equalization element (18) is designed in an elastic manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias RUCKDESCHEL, Werner MAYR-WENT
  • Publication number: 20200041228
    Abstract: The invention relates to a long-range optical device, in particular telescopic sight, comprising a reticle, the position of which can be adjusted, and comprising an associated mechanism for adjusting the reticle, comprising a first magnetic element in the form of a ring magnet, a second magnetic element in the form of a bar magnet, motion-coupled to the reticle and movably mounted relative to the first magnetic element, wherein a variable magnetic characteristic value is formed as a function of the relative position between the first and the second magnetic element, a detection unit, which is configured to detect a change in the magnetic characteristic value formed in the first or second magnetic element, a determination unit to determine reticle position information describing the position of the reticle based on a magnetic characteristic value of the first and/or second magnetic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias HOFMANN, Peter HAAG
  • Publication number: 20200018569
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a reticle, comprising: an adjustable reticle, an adjusting means set up to adjust the reticle, wherein the adjusting means includes an adjustment actuation element, movably mounted in an adjustment movement degree of freedom, a blocking means assigned to the adjusting means set up to block movements of the adjustment actuation element, wherein the blocking means includes a blocking element transferrable into a blocking position, in which this effects that movements of the adjustment actuation element are blocked in the adjustment movement degree of freedom, and into an unblocking position, in which this effects that movements of the adjustment actuation element are not blocked in the adjustment movement degree of freedom, wherein the blocking element, in the blocking position, cooperates frictionally with the adjustment actuation element or with a component fo the adjusting means coupled with the adjustment actuation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias HOFMANN, Peter HAAG
  • Publication number: 20200011639
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a reticle, comprising: an adjustable reticle, a reticle adjustment device comprising an adjustment actuation element movably mounted, a combined click and lock device which comprises a first click device element equipped at least in sections with a click surface formed by a three-dimensional surface or surface structuring, and a second click device element mounted to be movable relative to said first click device element and engages with the click surface of the first click device element, wherein the combined click and lock device is designed to, in a first operating mode, generate acoustic and/or haptic feedback perceptible to an operator, in the case of movement of the adjustment actuation element in at least one adjustment-movement degree of freedom, and is designed to, in a second operating mode, lock movements of the adjustment actuation element in the at least one adjustment-movement degree of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd LOTTES, Werner MAYR-WENT
  • Publication number: 20190285383
    Abstract: A communication system (1) for transmitting detected object information items (OI) between two communication partners (2, 3), comprising: at least one first communication partner (2), which is formed as a target distance measuring device (6) having a communication device (12) and an object detection device (9), wherein the object detection device (9) is configured to detect remote objects (7, 7A, 7B) and to generate an object information item (OI) describing a respective detected remote object (7, 7A, 7B), and the communication device (12) is configured to transmit a generated object information item (OI) to a second communication partner (3), at least one second communication partner (3), which is formed as a telescopic sight device (13) having a communication device (17) and a display device (15) displaying a visual field (16) which varies depending on the orientation of the telescopic sight device (13), wherein the communication device (17) is configured to receive object information items (OI) transmit
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventors: Peter HAAG, Matthias HOFMANN
  • Patent number: D847246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventor: Manfred Fischbach
  • Patent number: D847247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventor: Manfred Fischbach
  • Patent number: D898794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventor: Manfred Fischbach
  • Patent number: D898795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventor: Manfred Fischbach
  • Patent number: D906395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: STEINER-OPTIK GMBH
    Inventor: Manfred Fischbach