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  • Telescopic sight having ballistic group storage
    Patent number: 11454473
    Abstract: A riflescope that stores several grouped ballistics data includes a reticle having individually addressable indicators, a memory that stores two or more stored sets of ballistics data, where each set of ballistics data is mapped to a respective set of indicators of the reticle, a selector configured to choose one of the stored sets of ballistics data as an active set of ballistics data, and a driver structured to energize only those indicators of the plurality of indicators that are mapped to the active set of ballistics data. Methods of selecting an active group of ballistics data are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SIG SAUER, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew W. York, Luke C. Corbin
  • Digital reticle aiming method
    Patent number: 11287218
    Abstract: A reticle for an aiming device includes a number of holdover indicators on the reticle that may be individually selected; an input for receiving ballistics data; and a processor configured to, based at least in part on the received ballistics data, select one or more of the holdover indicators; and cause the selected holdover indicator or indicators to visibly change state on the reticle. Methods of operating a digital reticle are also described. Further disclosed is a system that includes the reticle above, as well as a rangefinder for providing range data and a ballistics calculator for providing ballistics data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SIG SAUER, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew W. York, Gregory Scott Smith, Richard Bradley Brumfield, Joseph Fruechtel
  • Ballistic aiming system with digital reticle
    Patent number: 10907934
    Abstract: A reticle for an aiming device includes a number of holdover indicators on the reticle that may be individually selected; an input for receiving ballistics data; and a processor configured to, based at least in part on the received ballistics data, select one or more of the holdover indicators; and cause the selected holdover indicator or indicators to visibly change state on the reticle. Methods of operating a digital reticle are also described. Further disclosed is a system that includes the reticle above, as well as a rangefinder for providing range data and a ballistics calculator for providing ballistics data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SIG SAUER, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew W. York, Gregory Scott Smith, Richard Bradley Brumfield, Joseph Fruechtel
  • Digital reticle system
    Patent number: 11725908
    Abstract: A reticle for an aiming device includes a number of holdover indicators on the reticle that may be individually selected; an input for receiving ballistics data; and a processor configured to, based at least in part on the received ballistics data, select one or more of the holdover indicators; and cause the selected holdover indicator or indicators to visibly change state on the reticle. Methods of operating a digital reticle are also described. Further disclosed is a system that includes the reticle above, as well as a rangefinder for providing range data and a ballistics calculator for providing ballistics data. Some variations include ballistics data stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SIG SAUER, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew W. York, Gregory Scott Smith, Richard Bradley Brumfield, Joseph Fruechtel