DOT-SIGHT DEVICE WITH POLARIZERS
Disclosed is a dot-sight device with polarizers. The dot-sight device with polarizers includes: a reflecting mirror; a first polarizing unit provided in front of the reflecting mirror; a dot indication generator emitting a ray to the reflecting mirror to form a the dot virtual image; and a second polarizing unit provided in front of the dot indication generator, the first polarizing unit and the second polarizing unit being arranged so that a ray of the dot indication generator is passed through the second polarizing unit but blocked by the first polarizing unit. Thus, there is provided a dot-sight device with polarizers, in which a ray emitted from a dot indication generator is not discovered by the other party and thus a dot-sight observer is not discovered by the other party.
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This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0121802, filed Nov. 21, 2011, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dot-sight device with polarizers, and more particularly to a dot-sight device with polarizers, in which a ray emitted from a dot indication generator is not discovered by the other party, and thus a dot-sight observer is not discovered by the other party.
2. Description of the Related Art
The features of guns such as a rifle, a heavy machine gun, etc. depend on how quick an aimed shot is fired and how accurate a target is aimed. In general, the aiming of the guns is achieved by aligning a line of sight between the gun-sight and the foresight. The aiming based on alignment of the line of sight between the foresight located at an end of a gun barrel and the gun-sight located at a top of a gun body makes sharpshooting be possible according to abilities of an observer who uses the gun.
However, in the case of the aiming based on only the gun-sight and the foresight, even minor variation and shaking make it difficult to align the line of sight, and also short-distance firing or urgent situation make it difficult to do quick aiming.
That is, such an aimed-shot method requires complicated processes such as target capture and confirmation, alignment in the light of sight, aiming, etc. and requires time. Further, the foresight and the gun-sight are so small that accurate alignment therebetween is susceptible to minor shaking Moreover, if too much attention is paid to the alignment in the line of sight, the attention is drawn to the foresight and the gun-sight rather than a target or a front view and therefore vision needed for shooting or urgent situations becomes narrower.
To solve the foregoing problems, a dot-sight device has been proposed. The dot-sight device employs a lens of no magnification or low magnification in an optical sight, and uses a simple dot instead of a complicated line of sight.
The dot-sight device of optical no-magnification (low magnification) enables the simple and quick sight and it very useful in urgent situations or short distance. Specifically, it is possible to save time taken in conventional alignment in the line of sight, and the sight is achieved by positioning a dot (virtual image) on a target. Thus, an observer can afford to secure a view. Consequently, it is possible to quickly and accurately adjust a sight, and to secure a circumferential view needed for determining situations.
In detail, as shown in
An observer fires a shot when the virtual dot reflected from the reflecting mirror 7 is positioned on a gazing target point by no magnification through a protective window 9, that is, when the virtual image of the dot is aligned with the target. Thus, it is easy to adjust the sight.
However, in the case of the conventional dot-sight device, as shown in
Then, as shown in (a) and (b) of
The great parallax causes an error to become larger as a visual axis of an observer to a shooting target point in the reflecting mirror goes beyond the dot sight optical axis and gets closer to vicinity, with respect to an initial alignment state among an optical axis of the dot-sight device, a bullet shooting axis of the gun barrel, and the target point. Naturally, the excessive parallax deteriorates a hit degree to the target when the dot sight is used. In other words, the size of the reflecting mirror is limited by an inclined angle A1 of the reflecting mirror, in which the size of the reflecting mirror has to provide the parallax within a certain limit (i.e., a degree of parallax where a degree of deviation between the position of the target point and the position of the dot (an virtual image of the dot indication) is within the limit of eye's resolutions or within a shooting error reference).
However, if the dot indication generator is arranged as shown in (b) of
Also, as shown in
Particularly, the conventional dot sight cannot make the vertical distance at the position of the dot indication generator 5 in the dot sight optical axis C1 be shorter than D2 in order to prevent the rays emitted from the dot indication generator 5 from being exposed to the other party, and thus cannot make an angle between the optical axis C2 of the reflecting mirror and the optical axis C1 of the dot sight be smaller than A1 determined by D1 and D2
Since the reflecting mirror inclined with respect to the dot sight optical axis has a finite ray aberration larger than that of the reflecting mirror not inclined with respect to the dot sight optical axis, the parallax around the reflecting mirror of the dot sight becomes larger.
Also, as shown in
Accordingly, the present invention is conceived to solve the forgoing problems, and an aspect of the present invention is to provide a dot-sight device with polarizers, in which it is possible to not only prevent the ray emitted from the dot indication generator from being observed at the other party and thus prevent an observer from being discovered by the other party, but also freely design an angle between the dot indication of the dot indication generator and the optical axis of the dot sight on the reflecting mirror, thereby providing the dot-sight device with the polarizers, which can decrease the parallax of the reflecting mirror.
Also, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a dot-sight device with polarizers, in which even through the dot indication generator is arranged on the window arranged in front of the reflecting mirror in order to minimize the parallax of the reflecting mirror, it is possible to prevent the ray of the dot indication generator from being observed by the other party through the polarization member. Therefore, under the same distance from the reflecting mirror to the dot indication generator, it is possible to use the reflecting mirror larger than that of the conventional dot sight within a degree of parallax allowable in the existing dot sight. Further, under the same size of the reflecting mirror, it is possible to make the distance from the reflecting mirror to the dot indication generator be shorter than that of the conventional dot sight.
Further, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a dot-sight device with polarizers, in which if the ray of the dot indication generator is allowed to be exposed to the other party, it is possible to separate and remove the first polarizing unit from the front of the reflecting mirror, thereby securing sufficient quantity of incident light from the exterior as necessary.
One aspect of the present invention provides a dot-sight device with polarizers, comprising: a reflecting mirror; a first polarizing unit provided in front of the reflecting mirror; a dot indication generator emitting a ray to the reflecting mirror to form a the dot virtual image; and a second polarizing unit provided in front of the dot indication generator, the first polarizing unit and the second polarizing unit being arranged so that a ray of the dot indication generator is passed through the second polarizing unit but blocked by the first polarizing unit.
The first polarizing unit may be detachably assembled in front of the reflecting mirror.
The first polarizing unit and the second polarizing unit may include linear polarizers of which polarization directions are orthogonal to each other, or circular polarizers of which circular polarization directions are counter to each other.
The dot-sight device with the polarizers may further comprise a window which is arranged in rear of the reflecting mirror and to which the dot indication generator is fastened.
The dot indication generator may be provided in an area, where the reflecting mirror is projected in an optical axial direction of the dot sight, on the window.
The window may be formed with a transparent electrode circuit line to supply electric power to the dot indication generator.
The above and/or other aspects of the present invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the exemplary embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Prior to description, like numerals will refer to like elements through many exemplary embodiments, which are representatively described in an exemplary embodiment, and the other exemplary embodiments describe only different configurations.
Below, a dot-sight device with polarizers according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to accompanying drawings.
Among the accompanying drawings,
As shown therein, the dot-sight device with the polarizers according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 110 formed with a main scope tube having a first end portion facing a target and a second end portion facing an observer; a reflecting mirror 120 formed in the first end portion of the main scope tube; a first polarizing unit 130 provided in front of the reflecting mirror 120; a dot indication generator 140 provided in the second end portion of the main scope tube; and a second polarizing unit 150 provided in front of the dot indication generator 140.
The housing 110 is internally formed with a closed or opened main scope tube and installed in a firearm such as guns or the like. Between the housing 110 and the firearm may be provided a zero adjuster that finely adjusts the position of the housing 110 in up, down, left and right directions.
The reflecting mirror 120 is provided in the first end portion of the main scope tube of the housing 110, and transmits an image of the target while reflecting the ray provided by the dot indication generator 140 toward an observer. An observer positions a virtual image of dot indication reflected from the reflecting mirror 120 on to the target so as to adjust the sight. The reflecting mirror 120 may be achieved by a singlet reflecting mirror 120 applied to a typical dot sight, a doublet reflecting mirror 120 disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-0667472, titled of ‘dot sight’, or the likes.
The dot indication generator 140 is configured to have a light emitting means and a transparent reticle located at a front end of the light emitting means and forming the dot indication by transmitting the ray emitted from the light emitting means, or is configured to form the dot indication by activating a pixel like an OLED, an LED, an LCOS. Here, the transparent reticle has a pivotal structure and allows the kind of dot indication to be selected according to the kinds or distances of the target. If the dot indication generator 140 is achieved by the OLED, the LED, the LCOS, etc., it may be possible to activate a pixel at a desired position and finely adjust the shape or position of the dot.
The first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are respectively provided in front of the reflecting mirror 120 and the dot indication generator 140. If the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are achieved by the linear polarizers, they are arranged to have polarization directions orthogonal to each other. If the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are achieved by the circular polarizers, they are arranged to have circular polarization directions counter to each other.
In general, the circular polarizer is configured by combination of the linear polarizer and a quarter-wave plate. Thus, if the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are configured by the linear polarizer and the circular polarizer, the linear polarizer constituting the first polarizing unit 130 and the linear polarizer of the circular polarizer constituting the second polarizing unit 150 are arranged to face each other while the polarization directions of the linear polarizers opposite to each other are perpendicular to each other, thereby preventing the ray of the dot indication generator 140 from traveling outwards. Also, if the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are configured by a pair of circular polarizer, the linear polarizers respectively provided in the pair of circular polarizers are arranged to face each other while the polarization directions of the linear polarizers opposite to each other are perpendicular to each other, thereby preventing the ray of the dot indication generator 140 from traveling outward.
In this embodiment, the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are achieved by the pair of linear polarizers of which polarization directions are orthogonal to each other or by the pair of circular polarizers of which the circular polarization directions are counter to each other, but not limited thereto. Alternatively, combination of at least two polarizing units may be used to prevent the ray of the dot indication generator 140 from traveling outward.
Now, operations of the dot-sight device with the polarizers according to the first embodiment will be described.
As shown in
The dot indication generator 140 may have a structure capable of forming the dot indication by activating the pixel like the OLED, LCD, LCOS, etc., or may have a structure including the light emitting means and the transparent reticle located at the front end of the light emitting means and forming the dot indication by transmitting the ray emitted from the light emitting means.
The housing 110, where the dot indication generator 140 and the reflecting mirror 120 are installed, is fastened to the guns (not shown) such as a mount for a heavy machine gun and adjusted in a zero point by the zero adjuster. Then, an observer confirms an external target through the first polarizing unit 130 and the reflecting mirror 120. At this time, the ray emitted from the dot indication generator 140 is reflected from the reflecting mirror 120 and enters an observer's eyes. The dot indication reflected from the reflecting mirror 120 forms a virtual image of a dot, and is recognized by an observer.
If the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are the linear polarizers, the ray emitted from the dot indication generator 140 is converted into the ray of the linear polarized light having a certain direction while passing through the second polarizing unit 150. Then the polarized ray is reflected from the reflecting mirror 120 and observed by an observer's eyes in the form of a dot virtual image. However, the polarization direction of the ray emitted from the dot indication passed through the reflecting mirror 120 is orthogonal to the polarization direction of the ray capable of passing through the first polarizing unit 130, and thus blocked without traveling outward.
Also, if the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are the circular polarizers, the ray emitted from the dot indication generator 140 is converted into the ray of the circular polarized light having a certain circular direction (e.g., rightward rotation) while passing through the second polarizing unit 150. Then the polarized ray is reflected from the reflecting mirror 120 and observed by an observer's eyes in the form of a dot virtual image. However, the polarization direction of the ray emitted from the dot indication passed through the reflecting mirror 120 is counter to the polarization direction (e.g., leftward rotation) of the ray capable of passing through the first polarizing unit 130, and thus blocked without traveling outward. Thus, in the state that the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 are installed as above, the ray generated by the dot indication generator 140 cannot pass through the first polarizing unit 130 provided in front of the reflecting mirror 120, thereby preventing the ray of the dot indication generator 140 from being observed by the other party and preventing an observer from being discovered.
Here, the first polarizing unit 130 and the second polarizing unit 150 maybe configured by coating a glass plate to have polarizing ability or attaching a polarizing film to the glass plate. Alternatively, they may be achieved by various methods, for example by inserting the polarizing film in between two glass plates, by a thick polarizing film, or etc.
Next, the dot-sight device with the polarizers according to a second embodiment of the present invention swill be described.
Among the accompanying drawings,
As shown in
(a) to (c) of
As shown in (b) and (c) of
That is, in the dot-sight device with the polarizers according to the present invention, the dot indication generator 140 can be advantageously installed at an arbitrary position on the window 160 within the area where the reflecting mirror 120 is projected in an optical axis direction.
Also, not only when the dot indication generator according to the present invention is installed at the same position as the conventional dot sight, but also when the dot indication generator according to the present invention is installed to be closer to the dot sight optical axis on the window 160 as shown in (b) and (c) of
That is, in the dot-sight device with the polarizers according to an embodiment of the present invention, the ray generated by the dot indication generator 140 is not exposed to the other party and therefore there is no limit to an angle between the optical axis of the reflecting mirror and the optical axis of the dot sight. Accordingly, if this angle is 0 as shown in (c) of
Further, according to still another embodiment of
According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to not only prevent the ray emitted from the dot indication generator from being observed at the other party and thus prevent an observer from being discovered by the other party, but also freely design an angle between the dot indication of the dot indication generator and the optical axis of the dot sight on the reflecting mirror, thereby providing the dot-sight device with the polarizers, which can decrease the parallax of the reflecting mirror.
Also, even through the dot indication generator is arranged on the window arranged in front of the reflecting mirror in order to minimize the parallax of the reflecting mirror, it is possible to prevent the ray of the dot indication generator from being observed by the other party through the polarization member. Therefore, under the same distance from the reflecting mirror to the dot indication generator, it is possible to use the reflecting mirror larger than that of the conventional dot sight within a degree of parallax allowable in the existing dot sight. Further, under the same size of the reflecting mirror, it is possible to make the distance from the reflecting mirror to the dot indication generator be shorter than that of the conventional dot sight.
Further, if the ray of the dot indication generator is allowed to be exposed to the other party, it is possible to separate and remove the first polarizing unit from the front of the reflecting mirror, thereby securing sufficient quantity of incident light from the exterior as necessary.
While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A dot-sight device with polarizers, comprising:
- a reflecting mirror;
- a first polarizing unit provided in front of the reflecting mirror; a dot indication generator emitting a ray to the reflecting mirror to form a the dot virtual image; and a second polarizing unit provided in front of the dot indication generator, the first polarizing unit and the second polarizing unit being arranged so that a ray of the dot indication generator is passed through the second polarizing unit but blocked by the first polarizing unit.
2. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 1, wherein the first polarizing unit is detachably assembled in front of the reflecting mirror.
3. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 1, wherein the first polarizing unit and the second polarizing unit comprise linear polarizers of which polarization directions are orthogonal to each other, or circular polarizers of which circular polarization directions are counter to each other.
4. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 1, further comprising a window which is arranged in rear of the reflecting mirror and to which the dot indication generator is fastened.
5. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 4, wherein the dot indication generator is provided in an area, where the reflecting mirror is projected in an optical axial direction of the dot sight, on the window.
6. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 5, wherein the window is formed with a transparent electrode circuit line to supply electric power to the dot indication generator.
7. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 2, further comprising a window which is arranged in rear of the reflecting mirror and to which the dot indication generator is fastened.
8. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 7, wherein the dot indication generator is provided in an area, where the reflecting mirror is projected in an optical axial direction of the dot sight, on the window.
9. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 8, wherein the window is formed with a transparent electrode circuit line to supply electric power to the dot indication generator.
10. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 3, further comprising a window which is arranged in rear of the reflecting mirror and to which the dot indication generator is fastened.
11. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 10, wherein the dot indication generator is provided in an area, where the reflecting mirror is projected in an optical axial direction of the dot sight, on the window.
12. The dot-sight device with polarizers according to claim 11, wherein the window is formed with a transparent electrode circuit line to supply electric power to the dot indication generator.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 21, 2012
Publication Date: Oct 10, 2013
Applicant: (Bucheon-si)
Inventor: In Jung
Application Number: 13/683,137
International Classification: F41G 1/30 (20060101);