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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2021
Wilcox Industries Corp., Newington, NH (US);
James W. Teetzel, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Gary M. Lemire, Lee, NH (US);
Wilcox Industries Corp., Newington, NH (US);
Abstract
A fire control system comprises a fixed base and a sight assembly rotatably attached to the fixed base. The sight assembly includes an optical range finder for calculating a distance to a selected target and a camera having a zoom lens assembly and an optical sensor for generating an image signal representative of a target scene including a selected target. The zoom lens assembly includes a zoom controller and zoom lens optical elements, wherein the zoom controller is configured to change a magnification of the zoom lens optical elements responsive to a calculated distance to the selected target. In a further aspect, a method for imaging a target is provided.