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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Wilcox Industries Corp., Newington, NH (US);
James W. Teetzel, York, ME (US);
Dominic R. Goupil, Kittery, ME (US);
Marc J. Celona, Dover, NH (US);
Justin D. Harris, Haverhill, MA (US);
Wilcox Industries Corp., Newington, NH (US);
Abstract
A video display system for a weapon includes a removably attachable optical range finder for calculating a distance to a selected target. The optical range finder includes an optical emitter for sending an optical signal to a target and an optical detector for detecting the signal reflected from the target. A fire control system is removably attachable to the weapon and associated with the optical range finder. The fire control system includes a ballistics computer for calculating a ballistics solution based on the distance to the target. A portable electronic device associated with the fire control system has a display screen and is removably attachable to the weapon. The portable electronic device includes a processor and a memory storing program instructions, the program instructions configured to display the ballistics solution in human viewable form on the display screen. In another aspect, a weapon video display housing configuration is provided.