US 8,316,551 B2
Auto-correcting bow sightGeneral
US 8,316,551 B2
Auto-correcting bow sight
Tech Center:
2800 Semiconductors/Memory, Circuits/Measuring and Testing, Optics/Photocopying, Printing/Measuring and Testing
Examiner:
Richard A Smith
Art Unit:
2856 Printing/Measuring and Testing
Agent:
Inventors:
Timothy M. Gorsuch; James A. Buckley
Assignee:
Priority:
11/10/08
Filed:
11/09/09
Granted:
11/27/12
Expiration:
07/21/29
Abstract
A bow sight automatically corrects and compensates for various dynamically changing aiming, shooting, and/or environmental conditions. The bow sight can perform situation-specific aim evaluations and corrections to correct or compensate for situation-specific shooting and environmental factors, at a given time and on a per-shot basis. The bow sight includes integrated sensor-type devices, such as a range finder, an inclinometer, and an anemometer, which detects values of situation-specific shooting and environmental factors and communicates such detected values with a processor or other control device. The processor uses the situational specific data, as well as bow and arrow performance data, and data from shot calibrations, to calculate precise vertical and horizontal aim compensations required to accurately hit the desired target point. The bow sight displays a new crosshair, dot, or multiple dot set, to direct the archer to a situation-specific aiming point for the most accurate shot under those particular circumstances.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
F41F41G1/467F41G