TARGET SIGHTING GEOMETRIC AIDS

AUXILIAIRES GEOMETRIQUES DE VISEE DE CIBLE

English Abstract

A geometrically based target sighting aid stick-on for ready-made
visors, goggles, glasses, monacles and sunglasses and a similar format
for modifying visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses during manufacture is presented. Either in stick-on, or original
manufacturing process the invention is for single eye use and applies
geometric target alignment patterns that allow the user to reduce the
common errors that lead to poor target sighting and consequent
inaccurate shooting. The initial geometric stick-on method is
accompanied by a second geometric method for use in the manufacture
of visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses.
The geometric patterns may take any number of types and
combinations of types, including but not limited to, the one hundred
versions presented in this document. The invention holds for military
applications with handguns, assault rifles, and both portable and
mounted machine guns. It also holds for the a collection of active
sports described in this patent application.

Claims

Claims
1. A geometric target sighting aid; consisting of a stick-on or originally
manufactured specific geometry pattern, point or combination of any
geometry, pattern or point such that, using any of; visors, goggles,
glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses intended for, or
deemed to be intended for, target location, target sighting and target
shooting accuracy reduces all cited errors in visual targeting. This
holds for handguns, assault rifles, and both portable and mounted
machine guns and the collection of said active sports cited. See
Photographs C-J.
2. A target sighting aid geometric pattern dominant eye target alignment
with any included specific geometry, including but not limited to types
in Figures 1-100 cited herein, using any of said visors, goggles, glasses,
sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses where the geometry is sized
to indicate the approximate distance to a viewed target. This holds for
handguns, assault rifles, and both portable and mounted machine guns
and the collection of said active sports cited. See Photographs C-J.
3. The target sighting aid, as in 1. and 2. above, with any included specific
geometry, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using any
of said visors, goggles, glasses or sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses reduce the combined effect of all cited targeting errors. This
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holds for handguns, assault rifles, and both portable and mounted
machine guns and the collection of said active sports cited.
4. The target sighting central aid with any included specific geometry, as
in 1. and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100,
using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses create higher target shooting accuracy despite movement of
the user. This holds for handguns, assault rifles, and both portable and
mounted machine guns and the collection of said active sports cited.
5. The target sighting central aid with any included specific geometry, as
in 1. and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100,
using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses create high target shooting accuracy despite movement of the
target. This holds for handguns, assault rifles, and both portable and
mounted machine guns and the collection of said active sports cited.
6. The target sighting central aid with any included specific geometry, as
in 1. and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100,
can, using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and
contact lenses can be located to assist the dominant eye and be
mounted such as to force direct gaze of the dominant eye at the
target to be the main sighting mechanism thereby increasing target
sighting accuracy. This holds for handguns, assault rifles, and both
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portable and mounted machine guns and the collection of said active
sports cited.
7. The target sighting central aid with any included specific geometry, as
in 1. and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100,
using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses will assist in holding the dominant eye steady prior to the shot
when the user maintains the target sighting aid 's included geometry
steady on the target. This holds for handguns, assault rifles, and both
portable and mounted machine guns and the collection of said active
sports cited.
8. The target sighting central aid with any included specific geometry, as
in 1. and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100,
using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses will identify the need to approach the target to improve the
target shooting accuracy by virtue of the size of the target in the
target sighting aid sized geometric viewer. This holds for handguns,
assault rifles, and both portable and mounted machine guns and the
collection of said active sports cited.
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9. The target sighting central aid with any included specific geometry, as
in 1. and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100,
using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses will increase the resolution of the target amidst a background
of target confusion, motion and chaos. This holds for handguns, assault
rifles, and both portable and mounted machine guns and the collection
of said active sports cited.
10. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using
any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses
can become habitual in that its use becomes increasingly fast and
efficient with increasing practice. This holds for handguns, assault
rifles, and both portable and mounted machine guns and the collection
of said active sports cited.
11. The target sighting stick-on aid with any included specific geometry,
as in 1. and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-
100, using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and
contact lenses may be removed and re-positioned if the user finds that
the wished for accuracy is below requirements using any of said visors,
goggles, glasses, sunglasses, and monacles.
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12. The target sighting stick-on aid with any included specific geometry,
as in 1. and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-
100, using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, and monacles
allows a change from one type of target sighting pattern to another
employing specific geometry as in Figures 1-100 and possible
combinations thereof.
13. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, that
using any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses make target resolution habitually more accurate than without
such aids.
14. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using
any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses
make target resolution more rapid.
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15. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using
any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses, assists in holding the target resolution for enough time to
create the said needed quite eye moment increase shooting accuracy.
16. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using
any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses, provides improvement in hand-eye coordination that improves
military or sporting targeting effectiveness.
17. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using
any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses
reduces errors in shooting. This is particularly true for handguns,
assault rifles, and both portable and mounted machine guns.
18. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using
any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses
provides reduction in chaos stress by holding the target steady in the
target sighting aid markings thereby reducing errors due to stress.
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This is particularly true for handguns, assault rifles, and both portable
and mounted machine guns.
19. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using
any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses
provides opportunity for the user to select from said geometric
patterns one that optimizes shooting accuracy for any specific target.
This is particularly true for handguns, assault rifles, and both portable
and mounted machine guns.
20. The target sighting aid with any included specific geometry, as in 1.
and 2. above, including but not limited to types in Figures 1-100, using
any of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses, allows all sources of targeting errors to be minimized;
including target movement, shooter movement, acute angle vision, and
normal inability to force the dominant eye to be the targeting eye.
This is particularly true for handguns, assault rifles, and both portable
and mounted machine guns.
21. The binocular training geometry reduces all eye coordination errors as
binocular training improves accuracy that otherwise would reduce
precision of hand eye coordination.
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22. The peripheral training geometry reduces all eye coordination errors
as peripheral training improves accuracy that otherwise would reduce
precision of hand eye coordination.
23. All geometric targeting and training geometries improve shooting
error and improve hand eye coordination error in sports despite only
being worn in training sessions or practices.
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Description

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Target Sighting Aid
Background
Mechanical sights and/or optical scopes often support target sighting.
In many cases optical scopes are impractical and a more simple practical
approach is available is detailed here describing the use of a geometric
target sighting aid adjusted for the dominant eye. The proposed sighting aid
herein is attachable to visors, goggles, glasses, monacles and sunglasses or
alternately put in place during manufacture of visors, goggles, glasses,
monacles, sunglasses and contact lenses.
Target shooters in sports and the military suffer from reduced accuracy
due to inadequate sighting support. A number of factors contributing to low
targeting accuracy. The issue of rapid shooter movement, target movement,
and the need to sight quickly amidst chaos combine to reduce performance.
So also do acute viewing angles for the shooter, along with typical
uncertainty as to which of the shooter's two eyes is in control, and the lack
of a quiet time prior to shooting complete the combination of the various
errors that are sought to be reduced by the invention.
Military air, sea and ground troops all suffer from targeting errors under
said conditions in situations of attack and defense. Sports, particularly the
more active versions, need the target sighting aid support for more accurate
visual targeting results. 5uch active sports are; hockey, ringette, lacrosse,
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field hockey, football, basketball, badminton, tennis, ping pong, curling,
golf,
soccer, volleyball, and table pool.
Experts in the vision field known as Dynamic Visual Acuity are familiar with
the error-laden syndrome described above. The above cited error issues
arise when accurate targeting is required. Motion, either rapid or not gives
rise to stress and resulting targeting errors. Errors increase further when
target shooting involves acute angles of sight to any target. These experts
emphasize issues regarding the dominant eye and the need to resolve
targeting with the dominant eye in regard to improving target-shooting
accuracy. A f inal requirement cited often by the said experts for the
improvement of accuracy relates to the need for a 'quiet moment' of target
sighting before the shot. This process is often referred to as a quiet or
steady eye.
This invention relates to a geometric target sighting aid employing a stick-on
attachment or in-situ [during manufacture] technology both suitable for
traditionally used headgear; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles
and
contact lenses. The stick-on geometric aids are employed for ready-made
visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, and monacles. The in-situ [during
manufacture] geometric aids are employed in original manufacture of visors,
goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses. The geometric
target sighting aids improve results in target location, reduce extreme acute
angle sighting, utilize the dominant eye, combat the stress of motion chaos,
and will deliver a quiet eye period prior to shooting. The target sighting
aids
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are appropriate wherever users can wear visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses,
monacles or contact lenses.
In both the stick-on and in-situ [during manufacture] method for visors,
goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact lenses all the said
improved accuracy virtues are all incorporated.
The method of using the said geometric target sighting aid for; initial target
location, sighting by the dominant eye, provision of quite time, chaos
reduction, and reduction of acute sighting angles, are all equally appropriate
for original manufacturing techniques for visors, goggles, glasses,
sunglasses,
monacles and contact lenses whereby geometric target sighting patterns are
permanently installed in the headgear sighting path.
In the event of incorporation during manufacture of contact lenses, visors,
goggles, glasses, monacles and sun glasses the specific medium may include
any of the geometric technology for stick-on apparatus as well as one or
more other manufacturing inclusions in said devices; thickness variation,
index of refraction of material, imbedding of microscopic bubbles or other
aids to change index of refraction or curvature, or partial said changes to
the said manufactured headgear for purpose of accommodating the
described target sighting accuracy advantages.
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Description
The geometric target sighting aid employs stick-on devices for ready-made
headgear; visors, goggles, glasses, monacles and sunglasses. The geometric
target sighting aid method during initial manufacture may also include the
variation of optical properties, in or on the surface of material in the
manufacture of; visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses, monacles and contact
lenses. The stick-on and original manufacturing methods hold for said active
sports and in the military for handguns, assault rifles, and both portable and
mounted machine guns.
In ready made head gear the target sighting aid, without vision obstruction,
pertains to the application whereby attachment of a geometric aid is made by
a stick-on to headgear employing clear, shaded or coloured; squares,
rectangles, circles, ellipses, concentric circles, concentric ellipses,
pentagons,
octagons, hexagons, polygons, combinations of above, or partial markings of
clear, shaded or coloured squares, rectangles, circles, ellipses, concentric
circles, and concentric ellipses, pentagons, octagons, hexagons or polygons.
See Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C and Photograph D.
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In the manufacturing of visors, goggles, glasses, monacles, sunglasses, and
contact lenses the geometric target sighting aid may be incorporated in said
headgear and contact lenses at manufacture by incorporation of, but not
limited to. types in Figures 1-100, in any manner such as to make their
appearance visible to the user. The target sighting aid consisting of clear,
shaded or coloured squares, rectangles, concentric squares, concentric
rectangles, circles, ellipses, concentric circles, concentric ellipses,
pentagons,
octagons, hexagons, polygons, combinations of above, or partial markings of
clear, shaded or coloured squares, rectangles, concentric squares, concentric
rectangles, circles, ellipses, concentric circles, concentric ellipses,
pentagons,
octagons, hexagons, and polygons. Further geometric target sighting aids may
be incorporated at manufacture appearing as sudden changes in device
thickness, index of refraction, or curvature or partial said alterations by
other means to effect a geometric target sighting aid in or on the device.
This holds f or handguns, assault rif les, and both portable and mounted
machine guns and the collection of said active sports previously cited.
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A sample set of geometric target sighting aids comprising target-sighting
geometries figures and sizes are shown below. Such examples do not limit the
invention geometries. See Figures 1 through 100.
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Explanation of Figures.
Figures 1 through 100 depict probable types and example sizes for patterns
of geometric figures for the target sighting aids but target sighting aid
geometries shall not be limited to this series of figures.
Different sizes represent the result of the sizing process whereby the
employed f igure is matched to situational target sizes. Huge targets require
a greater view opening than smaller targets. As a result they are the
physically larger geometric target sight aids. Different target sighting aid
geometry will be matched to the target geometry such that the target is
'highlighted' by the target sighting aid geometry when viewing hence the user
quickly adapts to the sighting process providing improved performance in
target sighting and subsequent target shooting accuracy.
The target sighting aid geometry incorporates a method of facilitating the
shooter's use of the device to improve the sighting of targets in the military
and sports world. In the case of all military where sights are not closely
adjacent to the shooter's eye the geometry in the target sighting aid is
effective in improving accuracy. This is particularly true for handguns,
assault rifles, and both portable and mounted machine guns and the active
sports previously cited. This improved sighting includes the employment in
sighting of the user's dominant eye, using a stick-on for ready-made visors,
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goggles, glasses, monacles, and sunglasses, and using similar or equivalent
geometric patterns when embedding target sight aids in initial manufacture.
The in-situ manufacture technique applies to visors, goggles, glasses,
monacles, sunglasses and contact lenses. The embedded geometry includes
the said geometric patterns or combinations thereof along with possible
variation in headgear material thickness, index of refraction and/or the
inclusion of microscopic bubbles in the manufactured viewing material.
Determination of the dominant eye is done by a commonly used technique.
The simple procedure is to form a viewing window using both eyes and two
hands showing a distant target in said hand window. Note the circle in the
hands below. Upon closing one eye, if the target is still visible the
remaining
open eye is the dominant eye. If the target view has moved or is not visible
in
the hand window the alternate [unopened] eye is the dominant eye. See
Photograph E below.
The stick-on target sighting aids themselves consist of, but are not limited
to the use of said prepared patterns [Fig 1-100] for ready made head gear;
visors, goggles, glasses, monacles, and sunglasses employing any or all among;
clear, shaded or coloured; squares, rectangles, circles, ellipses, concentric
circles, concentric ellipses, pentagons, octagons, hexagons, polygons
combinations of above, or partial markings of clear, shaded or coloured;
squares, rectangles, circles, ellipses, concentric circles, concentric
ellipses,
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pentagons, octagons, hexagons, polygons or any combinations of geometric
patterns that serve to improve the hereto for said errors in target sighting.
In original manufacture the target sighting geometric aids include the use of
clear, shaded or coloured circles, ellipses, concentric rings, concentric
ellipses, pentagons, octagons, hexagons, polygons and/or sudden changes in
said material thickness, index of refraction, microscopic bubbles or
curvature or partial said changes or any combinations of geometric patterns
in the viewing path and claiming to reduce the heretofore said errors in
target sighting in the case of the manufacturing incorporation in visors,
goggles, monacles, glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses.
The target sighting aid to be attached to ready-made visors, goggles, glasses
or sunglasses is a stick-on pattern using a target engineered size and said
prepared pattern for the stick-on application to the inside or outside
surfaces of visors, goggles, glasses or sunglasses or monacles.
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The target sighting aid geometry is selected by the user and added to ready
manufactured surfaces of visors, goggles, glasses, sunglasses and monacles,
after the prescribed tests for determining the dominant eye are completed.
The referred to dominant eye tests are simple and conclusive. Once the
target sighting aid is attached to any of; visors, goggles, glasses,
sunglasses
or monacles the dominant eye will control target-shooting activities whenever
the user sights with the target sighting aid and an included geometry
pattern.
The said target sighting aid patterns of locator markings as, but not limited
to, Figures 1 to 100, are produced for use as markings such that each
geometric size is determined by the military or sporting target sizes
themselves. The variation in said target sizing depends on the range and
initial target size. The concentric marking diameters are determined by the
needs of each application being either the said military or said active sports
mentioned.
The target sighting aid geometric stick-on pattern may be removed and
relocated to improve the installation by more precise positioning for use with
the dominant eye in the event of small error in initial placement of the stick-
on geometry. Users may elect to employ several different target-sighting
aids for different occasions such as different cited sports using said visors,
goggles, glasses, sunglasses, and monacles.
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