Abstract: A reflex sight that incorporates an Infrared or low light camera using one, or any combination of, VIS-NIR, NIR, SWIR, LWIR and VLWIR wavelength ranges such that the IR image is projected by a Heads Up Display through a beamsplitter and onto the surface facing the observer of the sight's reflective optic giving the sight Infrared sighting capabilities is disclosed.

Abstract: Handheld optical devices (HOD) such as binoculars, spotting scopes and riflescopes that have an integrated camera wherein the camera, via Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi, sends an image to a mobile phone, which then processes the image with a third party computer application for real time identification of the object being viewed are disclosed.

Abstract: A boresight alignment system for an aiming device that aligns the bore of the weapon to the optics, in this case the reticle, by incorporating the use of a HUD to produce the reticle in an aiming device, thus allowing electronic adjustment of the reticle that can be stored in the aiming devices memory and eliminating the necessity for manual adjustments of azimuth and elevation settings is disclosed.

Abstract: A system that projects a specifically filtered Heads-Up Display or some other form of display or illuminating device created reticle onto one of the specifically coated focal points of an observational device or riflescope. The reticle producing Heads-Up Display is filtered with a thin film coating limiting the spectral emission of the display to the transmission specification of the coating. A second coating with a reflectivity corresponding to the filter coating's transmission is placed on the focal plane upon which the Heads-Up Display reticle is to be projected. The reflective coating can be placed on, but not limited to, the reticle displaying surface of the optical device is disclosed.

Abstract: A boresight alignment system for an aiming device that aligns the bore of the weapon to the optics, in this case the reticle, by incorporating the use of a HUD to produce the reticle in an aiming device, thus allowing electronic adjustment of the reticle that can be stored in the aiming devices memory and eliminating the necessity for manual adjustments of azimuth and elevation settings is disclosed.

Abstract: A plurality of multiparameter lighting fixtures that are integrated into an indoor shooting range such that they project realistic lighting conditions at both the shooter's location and the target's location and wherein the individual shooter can select a wide variety of simulated law enforcement or hunting lighting conditions is disclosed.

Abstract: Handheld optical devices (HOD) such as binoculars, spotting scopes and riflescopes that have an integrated camera wherein the camera, via Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi, sends an image to a mobile phone, which then processes the image with a third party computer application for real time identification of the object being viewed are disclosed.

Abstract: A rifle scope target enhancement filtration filter device wherein the ambient spectra's expected target reflected spectra is enhanced and the ambient spectra's expected background reflected spectra is lessened by thin film coatings on the plastic or glass filter is disclosed.

Abstract: A target spotting device incorporating target acquisition improvements using patterned dichroic coatings wherein a color is assigned to an individual Bullet Drop Compensation reticle and/or other reticle elements to improve the observer's rate of target acquisition is disclosed. These dichroic patterns coatings can also be used individually or with etch and fill, chrome, anti-reflective chrome or holographic reticle elements. Patterned dichroics coatings can be incorporated into both 1st or 2nd focal plane reticle locations.

Abstract: A target spotting device incorporating target acquisition improvements using patterned dichroic coatings wherein a color is assigned to an individual Bullet Drop Compensation reticle and/or other reticle elements to improve the observer's rate of target acquisition is disclosed. These dichroic patterns coatings can also be used individually or with etch and fill, chrome, anti-reflective chrome or holographic reticle elements. Patterned dichroics coatings can be incorporated into both 1st or 2nd focal plane reticle locations.

Abstract: A combination patterned reflective dichroic filter and optical coating, and method of making the same, is disclosed by starting with a filter substrate, laying down a pattern of dichroic filter material, but stopping short of completing the layers required for the spectral characteristics of the filter. The spectral characteristics are completed by adding a blanket coating of a material such as an anti-reflective material. In an alternative embodiment the blanket coating can be applied prior to addition of the dichroic filter material.

Abstract: An improved light beam combiner is disclosed that creates a more uniform light source across the UV, Visual, and NIR range. It is an optical mechanical device made up of a standard high low dielectric thin film which, when placed at a 45 degree angle between a Deuterium lamp and a Halogen or Tungsten lamp, reflects the UV portion of a Deuterium lamp and passes the visual portion while also allowing the visual energy of a Halogen or Tungsten lamp to pass resulting in a more uniform light source for use in spectroscopy.

Abstract: An environmentally stable Silver containing mirror or thin-film optical filter having very high reflection values over a large spectral and angular range, and a method for constructing the mirror, or thin-film optical filter, comprising using a substrate that has been exposed to an Argon rich ion stream to prepare the surface. A medium index material is then deposed on the surface with Argon ion bombardment. The Silver is then deposited until it is opaque. A second deposition of the medium index material is next done with the Argon ion bombardment. The coating is then followed with a standard ion assisted deposed optical film to maximize reflection at the desired wavelength and angle of incidence.

Abstract: An environmentally stable Silver containing mirror or thin-film optical filter having very high reflection values over a large spectral and angular range, and a method for constructing the mirror, or thin-film optical filter, comprising using a substrate that has been exposed to an Argon rich ion stream to prepare the surface. A medium index material is then deposed on the surface with Argon ion bombardment. The Silver is then deposited until it is opaque. A second deposition of the medium index material is next done with the Argon ion bombardment. The coating is then followed with a standard ion assisted deposed optical film to maximize reflection at the desired wavelength and angle of incidence.

Abstract: A variable bandwidth tunable optical filters comprised of two transparent optical substrates, upon each of which is deposited a linearly variable multilayer interference filter coating which varies in total thickness from end to end in a wedged fashion. This wedge imparts a corresponding variation of the center wavelength of the filter bandpass with respect to the linear position of the coated filter substrates. The variable bandpass tunable filter can be adjusted to a specific center wavelength by moving the filter pair together linearly through the incident beam. The bandwidth of the filter pair is maximized when the two filters are spectrally aligned, and is determined by the bandwidth of the individual filters. The variable bandwidth of the tunable filter can be adjusted by introducing a relative linear offset between the linearly variable filter pair.

Abstract: A monolithic patterned dichroic filter array is mounted on a wafer by combining microelectronic and microlithography techniques. A wafer is coated with a photoresist. The assembly is masked, and the unmasked photoresist, after exposure to ultraviolet light, is developed to expose a predetermined section. That section of wafer is then over developed to create an undercut in its walls and to expose the underlying wafer. Dichroic filter material is then deposited onto the wafer by a cold process, and the photoresist layer is then removed, leaving only the dichroic filter material on the wafer. The process is repeated to create an array. The finished wafer is then bonded to a linear or two dimensional detector array, or to a glass window that is then bonded to a linear or two dimensional detector, to create a high performance spectral detector for spectroscopic imaging.

Abstract: A dichroic filter array is mounted on a wafer by combining microelectronic and microlithography techniques. A release layer of copper is evaporated onto a wafer, and the release layer is coated with a photoresist. The assembly is masked, and the unmasked photoresist, after exposure to ultraviolet light, is developed to expose a predetermined section of the release layer. That section of release layer is then overetched to create an undercut in its walls and to expose the underlying wafer. Dichroic filter material is then deposited onto the wafer by a cold process, and the release layer is then removed, leaving only the dichroic filter material on the wafer. The process is repeated to create an array.