Patents by Inventor Walter D. Stoddard

Walter D. Stoddard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Magnification compensating sighting systems and methods
    Patent number: 9482516
    Abstract: A method is used to determine an aiming point for a sighting system used by a shooter to shoot a target. The method includes receiving a range signal that corresponds to a distance from the shooter to the target. A first position signal is received from a magnification system sensor. A first magnification setting based at least in part on the first position signal is then determined. Thereafter, a first aiming point based at least in part on both of the range signal and the first magnification setting is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: BURRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: John McCarthy, Walter D. Stoddard, Douglas F. Paterson
  • MAGNIFICATION COMPENSATING SIGHTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150002856
    Abstract: A method is used to determine an aiming point for a sighting system used by a shooter to shoot a target. The method includes receiving a range signal that corresponds to a distance from the shooter to the target. A first position signal is received from a magnification system sensor. A first magnification setting based at least in part on the first position signal is then determined. Thereafter, a first aiming point based at least in part on both of the range signal and the first magnification setting is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: John McCarthy, Walter D. Stoddard, Douglas F. Paterson
  • Magnification compensating sighting systems and methods
    Patent number: 8833655
    Abstract: A method is used to determine an aiming point for a sighting system used by a shooter to shoot a target. The method includes receiving a range signal that corresponds to a distance from the shooter to the target. A first position signal is received from a magnification system sensor. A first magnification setting based at least in part on the first position signal is then determined. Thereafter, a first aiming point based at least in part on both of the range signal and the first magnification setting is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Burris Corporation
    Inventors: John McCarty, Walter D. Stoddard, Douglas F. Paterson
  • MAGNIFICATION COMPENSATING SIGHTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120298750
    Abstract: A method is used to determine an aiming point for a sighting system used by a shooter to shoot a target. The method includes receiving a range signal that corresponds to a distance from the shooter to the target. A first position signal is received from a magnification system sensor. A first magnification setting based at least in part on the first position signal is then determined. Thereafter, a first aiming point based at least in part on both of the range signal and the first magnification setting is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: John McCarty, Walter D. Stoddard, Douglas F. Paterson