Disclosed is an autonomous visual pointing module producing location information about a target aimed at by a user and intended to be installed on portable equipment to form a portable and autonomous visual target pointing system, the target location information being at least the target heading. The module includes: —an autonomous power supply, —control, calculation and user-interfacing electronic circuits, —a motion sensor including an inertial navigation system, INS, or an attitude heading reference system, AHRS, including gyrometers and accelerometers, —a satellite geolocation receiver, GNSS, for providing the module location in real type and continuously, —an optronic unit including a set of optical sensors of the viewfinder and/or camera type, for visually pointing the module to the aimed-at target, and a rangefinder for determining the distance between the target and the module. The gyrometers are of the fibre-optic type.

Disclosed is an autonomous visual pointing module producing location information about a target aimed at by a user and intended to be installed on portable equipment to form a portable and autonomous visual target pointing system, the target location information being at least the target heading. The module includes: —an autonomous power supply, —control, calculation and user-interfacing electronic circuits, —a motion sensor including an inertial navigation system, INS, or an attitude heading reference system, AHRS, including gyrometers and accelerometers, —a satellite geolocation receiver, GNSS, for providing the module location in real type and continuously, —an optronic unit including a set of optical sensors of the viewfinder and/or camera type, for visually pointing the module to the aimed-at target, and a rangefinder for determining the distance between the target and the module. The gyrometers are of the fibre-optic type.

Disclosed are methods, circuits, components, apparatus, devices, assemblies and systems for imaging. According to some embodiments, there may be provided a sight for a firearm to assist in aiming the firearm towards a target in a field of view of the sight. A target view optical assembly introduces additional light information to light passing from an objective-side aperture to a viewing-side aperture. A display array assembly renders and collimates the additional light information coupled into the passing light. And a controller causes a display array of the display array assembly to dynamically render a targeting reticle, wherein a location of the dynamically rendered targeting reticle on the display is a function of a distance to an intended target.

A fusion night vision system has a plurality of hinged joints that allow an operator to adjust the distance between the left eye piece and the right eyepiece while allowing a row of pixels from a display to be maintained viewable through the right eye piece parallel with an imaginary line formed by an optical axis of the left eye piece with an optical axis of the right eye piece.

A fusion night vision system has a plurality of hinged joints that allow an operator to adjust the distance between the left eye piece and the right eyepiece while allowing a row of pixels from a display to be maintained viewable through the right eye piece parallel with an imaginary line formed by an optical axis of the left eye piece with an optical axis of the right eye piece.

Certain aspects of a novel weapon sight system combine a direct view, a visible light video view, and an infrared (IR) video view mode. Each of the view modes may be viewed individually or simultaneously with one or more of the other view modes through a single viewing aperture. Further, the one or more view-modes may be provided while providing a bore-sighted reticle superimposed on the selected view. Further, the reticle may be powered separately from the video view electronics enabling use of the reticle regardless of the power status video view electronics.

Certain aspects of a novel weapon sight system combine a direct view, a visible light video view, and an infrared (IR) video view mode. Each of the view modes may be viewed individually or simultaneously with one or more of the other view modes through a single viewing aperture. Further, the one or more view-modes may be provided while providing a bore-sighted reticle superimposed on the selected view. Further, the reticle may be powered separately from the video view electronics enabling use of the reticle regardless of the power status video view electronics.

An optical sight configured to be mounted to a weapon includes a lens assembly, a display, and a controller. The display is configured to display a target animal through the lens assembly. The controller is configured to determine a range from the optical sight to the target animal and display the range on the display. The controller is configured to determine an animal type, a known animal dimension, and a display area for the target animal, where the display area for the target animal is a percentage of the display occupied by the target image. The controller is configured to determine the range from the known animal dimension and the display area for the animal.

An optical sight configured to be mounted to a weapon includes a lens assembly, a display, and a controller. The display is configured to display a target animal through the lens assembly. The controller is configured to determine a range from the optical sight to the target animal and display the range on the display. The controller is configured to determine an animal type, a known animal dimension, and a display area for the target animal, where the display area for the target animal is a percentage of the display occupied by the target image. The controller is configured to determine the range from the known animal dimension and the display area for the animal.

This disclosure relates to a sight intended to be used by day and at night, the sight comprising:—an interface for attachment to a firearm,—a camera capturing part of the environment for sighting a target,—a sensor for measuring the illumination of the environment of the sight,—a screen for displaying the part of the environment captured by the camera, the screen having a luminosity, and—a controller capable of controlling the luminosity of the screen depending on the measured illumination, the camera and the screen being configured so that a user of the viewer sights a target with both eyes open.