Nov 4, 2025

US12460904 - Ballistic solutions based on parabola characteristics

A target acquisition device that can determine a ballistics solution based on parabola characteristics. The parabola characteristics can be modeled in UI coordinates on the y-axis (e.g., pixels, mm, . . . ) and physical coordinates (e.g., feet, yards, meters, . . . ) on the x-axis. Zeroing data can be leveraged that establishes high quality reference points for two or more zeroed distances such that high quality ballistics solutions can be determined for other suitable (e.g., non-zeroed) distances as a function of parabola modeling techniques.

Inventors: John Bowman, Timothy Barber
Filing date: 2024-09-09

The patent describes a target acquisition device that calculates ballistic solutions by modeling parabola characteristics based on user interface coordinates. It utilizes zeroing data to establish reference points for multiple distances, enabling accurate ballistic solutions for non-zeroed distances.

Claim 1

1 . A target acquisition device, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: receiving first input data indicative of a first screen coordinate of a user interface (UI) device, wherein the first screen coordinate represents a first ballistic solution for a target at a first distance; receiving second input data indicative of a second screen coordinate of the UI device, wherein the second screen coordinate represents a second ballistic solution for the target at a second distance that differs from the first distance; receiving third input data indicative of a third distance to the target that differs from the first distance and the second distance; as a function of a UI distance between the first screen coordinate and the second screen coordinate, determining a parabola coefficient; and as a function of the parabola coefficient, determining a third screen coordinate indicative of a third ballistic solution at the third distance. a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: receiving first input data indicative of a first screen coordinate of a user interface (UI) device, wherein the first screen coordinate represents a first ballistic solution for a target at a first distance; receiving second input data indicative of a second screen coordinate of the UI device, wherein the second screen coordinate represents a second ballistic solution for the target at a second distance that differs from the first distance; receiving third input data indicative of a third distance to the target that differs from the first distance and the second distance; as a function of a UI distance between the first screen coordinate and the second screen coordinate, determining a parabola coefficient; and as a function of the parabola coefficient, determining a third screen coordinate indicative of a third ballistic solution at the third distance. receiving first input data indicative of a first screen coordinate of a user interface (UI) device, wherein the first screen coordinate represents a first ballistic solution for a target at a first distance; receiving second input data indicative of a second screen coordinate of the UI device, wherein the second screen coordinate represents a second ballistic solution for the target at a second distance that differs from the first distance; receiving third input data indicative of a third distance to the target that differs from the first distance and the second distance; as a function of a UI distance between the first screen coordinate and the second screen coordinate, determining a parabola coefficient; and as a function of the parabola coefficient, determining a third screen coordinate indicative of a third ballistic solution at the third distance.

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