Jun 24, 2025

US12339102 - Monocular scope device displaying virtual shooting targets

Shooting scopes displaying virtual shooting targets are envisaged. When a virtual shooting target is visualized and shot using the shooting scope attached to a firearm, a pre-programmed computer-based processing element cooperating with the shooting scope determines a theoretical gunshot trajectory based on the position and orientation of the firearm. The processing element correlates the theoretical gunshot trajectory with the information indicative of the positioning of the virtual shooting target and thereby determines the accuracy with which the virtual gunshot was fired. The processing element also determines the shooter's consistency based on the proximity between the points of impact for a predetermined number of shots fired by the shooter and the center of the virtual shooting target. Based on the shooter's accuracy and consistency, the complexity associated with the virtual shooting targets are varied, and such virtual shooting targets having varying complexities are presented to the shooter for target shooting practice.

Assignee: XARPIE LABS, LLP
Inventors: Sri Karumbati, Matt Rooks, Anuj Natraj
Filing date: 2024-03-06

The patent describes a monocular scope device that allows users to visualize and shoot at virtual targets within a simulated environment, utilizing a microcomputer to adjust the complexity of the targets based on the shooter’s accuracy and consistency. This device includes an optical processing unit and a micro-display to generate and present three-dimensional images of the virtual targets, enhancing shooting practice through real-time feedback and adjustments.

Claim 1

A monocular scope device configured to be removably attached onto a firearm accessible to a user, said monocular scope device configured to enable said user to visualize and shoot at least one virtual shooting target emplaced within a virtual target-shooting environment, said monocular scope device comprising: an optical processing unit programmatically configured to generate at least one three-dimensional image of said at least one virtual shooting target; a micro-display unit embedded therein, said micro-display unit cooperating with said optical processing unit to display said image of said virtual shooting target; and a microcomputer embedded therein, said microcomputer communicably coupled to said optical processing unit and said micro-display, said microcomputer configured, by predetermined computer-readable instructions executed thereon, to: selectively redefine said image of said virtual shooting target by programmatically introducing a plurality of virtual adjustable parameters into said image of said virtual shooting target and thereby programmatically modifying a manner in which said user visualizes and shoots at said virtual shooting target displayed as a re-defined image on said micro-display unit; and dynamically and iteratively adjust at least some of said virtual adjustable parameters in real-time during when said user is visualizing said virtual shooting target through said monocular scope device, based on at least one of an accuracy and a consistency previously exhibited by said user in shooting at least said image of said virtual shooting target and said re-defined image of said virtual shooting target. an optical processing unit programmatically configured to generate at least one three-dimensional image of said at least one virtual shooting target; a micro-display unit embedded therein, said micro-display unit cooperating with said optical processing unit to display said image of said virtual shooting target; and a microcomputer embedded therein, said microcomputer communicably coupled to said optical processing unit and said micro-display, said microcomputer configured, by predetermined computer-readable instructions executed thereon, to: selectively redefine said image of said virtual shooting target by programmatically introducing a plurality of virtual adjustable parameters into said image of said virtual shooting target and thereby programmatically modifying a manner in which said user visualizes and shoots at said virtual shooting target displayed as a re-defined image on said micro-display unit; and dynamically and iteratively adjust at least some of said virtual adjustable parameters in real-time during when said user is visualizing said virtual shooting target through said monocular scope device, based on at least one of an accuracy and a consistency previously exhibited by said user in shooting at least said image of said virtual shooting target and said re-defined image of said virtual shooting target. selectively redefine said image of said virtual shooting target by programmatically introducing a plurality of virtual adjustable parameters into said image of said virtual shooting target and thereby programmatically modifying a manner in which said user visualizes and shoots at said virtual shooting target displayed as a re-defined image on said micro-display unit; and dynamically and iteratively adjust at least some of said virtual adjustable parameters in real-time during when said user is visualizing said virtual shooting target through said monocular scope device, based on at least one of an accuracy and a consistency previously exhibited by said user in shooting at least said image of said virtual shooting target and said re-defined image of said virtual shooting target.

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