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7440185 Method and apparatus for internally zeroing a sight  
A sight includes a housing with first and second openings, and includes an optics section that is disposed within the housing, that has image erecting optics and eyepiece optics, and that optically...
7428098 Structureless space telescope  
A structureless space telescope is disclosed. The structureless primary mirror includes a plurality of mirror elements for focusing and reflecting electromagnetic radiation, and the telescope...
7415791 Rifle scope with adjustment knob having multiple detent forces  
A rifle scope has a body with a number of optical elements. An adjustment knob is rotated we connected to the body and interacts with at least one of the optical elements to provide an image shift...
7411750 Optical sight  
An optical sight includes: an outer barrel having opposite ends; ocular and objective lens units mounted respectively to the ends of the outer barrel; a magnification unit disposed tiltably in the...
7385759 Optical system with variable pointing and method implementing such a system  
An optical system including a telescope and a principal pointing device for selecting a direction of observation is disclosed. The system furthermore includes at least one secondary pointing device...
7382533 Disc based alt-azimuth telescope mount  
A disc-based altitude-azimuth telescope mount for mounting and adjusting a telescope along altitude and azimuth axes. The telescope mount includes an azimuth disc assembly for facilitating...
7339731 Self-aligning telescope  
Embodiments of the present disclosure include self-aligning telescope control systems and self-alignment methods. In an embodiment, a telescope control system orients a telescope with respect to...
7310184 Cylindrical body of a Newton reflective telescope  
A cylindrical body of a Newton reflective telescope includes a first cylindrical body and a second cylindrical body combined together. The first cylindrical body has an eyepiece fixed on an outer...
7283300 Magnifying binoculars  
Magnifying binoculars configured for observing a magnified image of an object, includes a frame configured to be worn by a user, a pair of magnifying optical system units provided for left and...
7228253 Instrument mounting system with dual encoders  
The present invention provides a way to measure the position of an instrument that is mounted on an instrument shaft within a clutched mounting system, the instrument shaft being driven through a...
7099077 Optical system having three fields of view using two all-reflective optical modules  
An all-reflective optical system includes an all-reflective afocal module, an all-reflective imaging module and an all-reflective switching structure being operated to direct a light beam through...
7092156 Automated telescope alignment and orientation method  
A fully automated telescope system is able to be fully operable in both Alt-Az and polar configurations. In either configuration, the telescope aligns itself to the celestial coordinate system...
7079317 Automated telescope with distributed orientation and operation processing  
An automated telescope includes an optical system and respective altitude and azimuth motor systems. Each motor system is configured to rotate the optical system about a corresponding altitude or...
6972902 Telescope system having auto-tracking altitude-azimuthal mount and methods for calibrating same  
One aspect of the invention provides a method for calibrating an alt-az telescope system with a latitude of an observer location. The telescope system comprises a telescope tube mounted for pivotal...
6937392 Telescope, telescope tube and telescope mount for supporting a telescope tube  
A telescope comprises a telescope tube and a mount for supporting the telescope tube for altitude and azimuth positioning. The mount comprises an azimuth assembly including vertical bearing holders...
6922283 Systems and methods for automated telescope alignment and orientation  
A fully automated telescope system is operable in both alt-az and equatorial modes. In either configuration, the telescope system aligns and orients itself to the celestial coordinate system...
6865022 Reticle for correcting parallax shift in aiming telescopes  
An improved reticle for optical instruments such as telescopic sights, riflescopes and surveying telescopes, provides a primary indicator at the focal plane of the instrument and a secondary...
6816305 Pre-assembled pivoting lens unit  
A pre-assembled pivoting lens unit is disclosed that includes a pivot cartridge capable of being at least partially received by an optical sighting device housing, along with a pivot tube defining...
6691447 Non-telescoping riflescope adjustment mechanism  
A non-telescoping adjustment mechanism for adjustment of a riflescope or other sighting device includes a core that is rotatable about a central axis of the adjustment mechanism and an adjustment...
6657783 Method and apparatus for aligning telescopes within a free-space optical communication system  
A free space optical communication system is disclosed whereby a transmit telescope and a receive telescope are aligned such that the point of maximum power of the received light beam is incident...
6603602 Portable telescope mount with integral locator using magnetic encoders for facilitating location of objects and positioning of a telescope  
A portable altitude/azimuth telescope mount having an integral locator system with a magnetic encoder mechanism for facilitating location of astronomical objects and telescope positioning for...
6587265 Prime focus unit  
A prime focus unit that enables position and angle correction within a lens barrel while being located at the prime focus of a telescope. There is provided a first frame on which a barrel top inner...
6583862 Combined telescope and telemeter device  
The invention relates to a combined telescope and telemeter device comprising a telescopic sight ( 1 ) having a housing ( 2 ), one end of which receives an objective lens ( 3 ) while the other end...
6563636 Telescope system having an intelligent motor controller  
A telescope system has an intelligent motor controller for accurately controlling telescope position to facilitate location of celestial objects and to precisely control the speed at which the...
6487011 Telescope for geodetic instruments, particularly for video tachymeters  
A telescope for geodetic instruments, comprises an objective and device for generating separate beam paths for target seeking or image detection and for distance measurement. In the beam path for...
6469829 Equalized pivot mount for riflescope  
A force-equalized pivot mount for a telescopic sight such as a riflescope includes a lens holder having a pivot end positioned between a fixed half-socket and an opposing movable half-socket. A...
6455830 Scanning sensor system with multiple rotating telescope subassemblies  
A scanning sensor system includes a light sensor and a scanning telescope having a first telescope subassembly and a second telescope subassembly. Each of the telescope subassemblies has a primary...
6445498 Upgradeable telescope system  
A telescope system facilitates easy upgrading from friction lock mounting to manual worm drive, and from manual worm drive to motor drive. Vibration isolation provides a steady field of view for...
6441957 Directionally adjustable telescope arrangement  
The invention is directed to a directionally adjustable telescope arrangement ( 1 ) having a first arcuate mirror ( 3 ), a second arcuate mirror ( 9 ) and a planar deflecting mirror ( 13 ). A third...
6392799 Fully automated telescope system with distributed intelligence  
A fully automated telescope system is able to be fully operable in both Alt-Az and polar configurations. In either configuration, the telescope aligns itself to the celestial coordinate system...
6310721 Night vision monocular  
A night vision monocular having an optical axis is provided which includes a housing having a distal end and a proximal end; an objective lens assembly having at least one objective lens, the...
6304376 Fully automated telescope system with distributed intelligence  
A fully automated telescope system is able to be fully operable in both Alt-Az and polar configurations. In either configuration, the telescope aligns itself to be celestial coordinate system...
6269580 Motor-driven focusing apparatus of a sighting telescope  
A motor-driven focusing apparatus of a telescope, includes a telescopic optical system which includes a focusing lens group guided along an optical axis; a motor-driven lens moving device which...
6259558 Device for the directional transmission and the directional reception of modulated light waves  
A device for the directional transmission and the directional reception of modulated light waves between geostationary satellites, or respectively geostationary satellites still close to earth,...
6252706 Telescopic sight for individual weapon with automatic aiming and adjustment  
6122102 Sighting apparatus for aiming an optical device  
A sighting apparatus is provided for aiming an optical device mounted on a moving platform and having both coarse and fine adjustment. The sighting apparatus includes a fixed base and an outer...
6111692 Multi-function day/night observation, ranging, and sighting device and method of its operation  
A multi-function day/night observation, ranging, and sighting device includes a single objective lens and a single eyepiece lens, and at the eyepiece lens provides an image of a scene. The single...
6108134 Viewing optical instrument having an image stabilizer  
Disclosed is a viewing optical instrument which includes: a first image stabilizer for stabilizing the vision in the viewing optical instrument in a first direction; a second image stabilizer for...
6094304 Multi-function day/night observation, ranging, and sighting device and method of its operation  
A multi-function day/night observation, ranging, and sighting device includes a single objective lens group and a single eyepiece lens and provides an image of a scene. The single objective lens...
6075644 Panoramic night vision goggles  
A binocular-like vision system for enabling an observer to view an object. The system includes an input end that receives light from the object and an optical transfer system that receives the...
6031662 Convertible binocular/stereoscope device  
A dual purpose optical device that is convertible between binocular and stereoscope modes of operation while using a common eyepiece arrangement for both. The device includes a housing containing a...
5930036 Binocular spotting scope assembly  
A binocular/spotting scope assembly for outdoor and field activities includes binoculars having stereoscopic vision and a spotting scope having a more localized, higher power field of vision than...
5877892 Focus detecting apparatus for a telescope system  
An automatic focus detecting telescope which offers easy maintenance and which, when applied to a surveying instrument such as an auto-level, provides easy detachment and attachment of an optical...
5861987 Stereoscopic-vision endoscope offering a large angle of introversion and a necessary and sufficient sense of three-dimensionality  
A stereoscopic-vision endoscope of the present invention comprises a tubular elongated insertional part, an objective optical system situated in the insertional part, a relay optical system...
5764407 Displaying apparatus using spatial light modulation element  
An display apparatus has an image displaying device for modulating light by a spatial light modulation element and displaying an image, a relay optical system for forming the image on an imaging...
5594584 Dot sighting device  
A dot sighting device comprises a lens-shaped transparent objective element with convex and concave surfaces, the convex surface extending outwardly toward a target and the concave surface...
5463495 Aiming telescope  
An aiming telescope has an inner tube mounted within the main tube on the eyepiece side, e.g. with a ball-and-socket joint, for receiving an inversion system and a reticle. For adjusting the...
5365367 High-resolution synthetic aperture telescope system  
A high-resolution synthetic aperture telescope system includes a primary mirror which is a section of the aperture to be synthesized; and a device for rotating the primary mirror section through a...
5291333 Alignment system for a segmented telescope  
A new coronagraph sufficiently increases the contrast ratio between the infrared image of a nonsolar star and a possible orbiting nonsolar planet to make imaging of such a planet possible. The...
5159489 High resolution telescope  
A large effective-aperture, low-cost optical telescope with diffraction-limited resolution enables ground-based observation of near-earth space objects. The telescope has a non-redundant,...
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