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Posted: 5/17/2011 2:18:06 PM EDT
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Here is the overview diagram
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3400/mularget.png Basic idea It is an image relaying device which accepts image from the scope/sight viewfinder and relaying the image to the back monitor and two sides monitor. More advance model would have sensor for determining self position and dynamically turn on only one viewer at any time. It would be even better to achieve multiple reflections with nothing but lens, mirrors and additional light sources. Here is a scenario Imagine yourself getting pindown on a ground beind an obstacle during a gun battle, you could not stand up and you are unable to line up yourself with your rifle. You could only expose your rifle just above the obstacle to initiate a suppressed fire. With the side monitor/viewer, you are able to clearly see your enemies have retreated behind their covers, now you take your time to aim carefully with your side monitor without exposing yourself.... |
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Samson AngleSight
Review of this product http://www.militarymorons.com/weapons/ar.optics3.html#accutact The obvious advantages of the AngleSight design are simple, robust, shockproof and require no external power. However the limitation is also because it is a simple design: You have no control of how much light go into each port when looking through a dark/shade area through the rear port. Another drawback is the field of view is rather limited. It would seems a more complex solution is needed to address these issues. One of the solution is integrating electronic and additional lens to balance the lights into these two ports. But I would not know how to address the limited field of view problem. Another solution (my first post) is to utilize 100% electronic imaging system (with real time image enhancing capability and may be even high speed recording), should be able to address these issue. However the power requirement and durability of such a device would need further thoughts and examinations to better understand the problem. Perhaps the power source could be concealed in a rifle stock.... I still think zero manual manipulation is an important requirement in a CQB where every microsecond count. This feature could be easily implemented by the proposed electronic imaging system. |
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http://www.shootaroundcorners.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_rPfHpVqz8..._embedded#at=28 This is the most effective corner sighting system I have seen so far. It has a clearly defined role and it is not designed to replace any existing targeting system. This is also a drawback because it is not design as a corner targeting system, it is a corner sighting system only. As a result of this limitation, this sighting system is effective only within extreme close quarter distance, anything beyond 50+ yards would be difficult to zero on the target. |
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electronics fail! Screw mount your cell phone to a rifle and see how many recoil cycles it takes to break it. The monitors on your system will also emit a bright light, not good for concealment. Your cell phone is not designed to withstand that level of shock. My proposed targeting system would have to be designed to tolerate shocks of course. |
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You will have to deal with the inherent lack of contrast and brightness in any video pickup and display devices. For instance, targeting the enemy in a dark doorway surrounded by a white exterior wall will tend to hide your target on a display even though it would be perfectly visible with your naked eye. Likewise, the display will need to adjust brightness. If the shooter steps out of a sunny snowscape into a darkened room, his display should adjust as needed.
These can all be addressed with automation; digital cameras and camcorders deal with like conditions every day, but eventually the imaging operator finds himself in a position to use menus and buttons, or both, to cancel the automation and get a usable image. An example would be one target near a reflection from a windshield and another in the dark doorway. The sensitivity of automatic gain that works in one situation will be totally wrong for another. If microseconds matter, the shooter doesn't want to be navigating menus or switches to see the target. I suspect that the cure is to develop specialized auto contrast and brightness controls for the imaging chip and the display chip, and truckloads of money will be required for that one aspect alone. |
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You are absolutely correct. This is why real time image enhancement is necessary. There are some scenarios that conventional digital camera may actually perform worse than without it. A specialized real time software would be needed to address this issue.
A subsequent generations may even supports enhanced reality (with auto-highlight nearby targets), auto-focus and range finder...etc These problems are all technically addressable. My major concern is to think of a way to provide shock-proof, drop-proof, direct-bullets-impact-proof or even explosion-proof casing. That would be a real challenge. Quoted:
You will have to deal with the inherent lack of contrast and brightness in any video pickup and display devices. For instance, targeting the enemy in a dark doorway surrounded by a white exterior wall will tend to hide your target on a display even though it would be perfectly visible with your naked eye. Likewise, the display will need to adjust brightness. If the shooter steps out of a sunny snowscape into a darkened room, his display should adjust as needed. These can all be addressed with automation; digital cameras and camcorders deal with like conditions every day, but eventually the imaging operator finds himself in a position to use menus and buttons, or both, to cancel the automation and get a usable image. An example would be one target near a reflection from a windshield and another in the dark doorway. The sensitivity of automatic gain that works in one situation will be totally wrong for another. If microseconds matter, the shooter doesn't want to be navigating menus or switches to see the target. I suspect that the cure is to develop specialized auto contrast and brightness controls for the imaging chip and the display chip, and truckloads of money will be required for that one aspect alone. |
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