EP4130641A1 - Long range optical device, in particular telescopic sight - Google Patents

Abstract

Long-range optical device (1), in particular telescopic sight, comprising a reticle (6) whose position can be adjusted and an associated reticle adjustment device (7) for adjusting the position of the reticle (6), a magnetic device (16) comprising a plurality of magnetic elements (16a, 16b), a detection device (18) assigned to the magnetic device (16), wherein the magnetic device (16) is movably mounted relative to the detection device (18) and/or the detection device (18) is mounted relative to the magnetic device (16), the detection device (18) for Detection of relative movements between the magnetic device (16) and the detection device (18) and on the basis of detected relative movements between the magnetic device (16) and the detection device (18) for generating reticle position information describing the position of the reticle (6).

Description

The invention relates to a long-range optical device, in particular a telescopic sight, comprising a reticle whose position can be adjusted and an associated reticle adjustment device for adjusting the position of the reticle.

Long-range optical devices are basically known, for example in the form of telescopic sights that can be mounted or are to be mounted on a firearm. Corresponding long-range optical devices include, as essential components, a plurality of optical elements arranged between an objective and an eyepiece, i. H. in particular lenses through which an optical channel is formed. In the optical channel is typically a reticle, i. H. a target marker.

The position of the reticle arranged within the optical channel can be adjusted and can thus be adapted to a given shooting situation, i. H. in particular, to a given target range, and an associated actual point of impact.

In order to set or adjust the position of the reticle, a reticle adjustment device is assigned to it, which when operated by the user results in a corresponding adjustment of the position of the reticle.

The exact detection of the position of the reticle is of particular importance for the accuracy that can be achieved with the long-range optical device. Various principles can be derived from the prior art for the exact detection of the position of a reticle. These principles are sometimes complex and therefore in need of improvement.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a long-range optical device which is improved in comparison thereto, in particular a telescopic sight which is improved in comparison thereto.

The object is achieved by a long-range optical device according to claim 1. The dependent claims relate to possible embodiments of the long-range optical device.

The long-range optical device ("device") described herein is used in particular for the optical magnification of objects viewed at a distance through it. The device can e.g. B. be designed as a telescopic sight, which on a gun or firearm, such. B. a gun, can be mounted or mounted. Specifically, it can be in the establishment z. B. therefore a telescopic sight, which z. B. on a firearm or firearm such. B. a gun, can be mounted or mounted, act.

The device comprises a plurality of optical elements arranged between an objective and an eyepiece, i. H. in particular optically magnifying elements or element arrangements. The optical elements, which are z. B. may be lenses or prisms, form an optical channel.

The device further comprises at least one reticle, i. H. a target marker. The reticle is arranged in the optical channel of the device formed by the optical elements. The position of the reticle can be adjusted (within the optical channel) and can thus be adapted to a given shooting situation, i. H. in particular, to a given target range, and an associated actual point of impact. A position adjustment of the reticle is to be understood in particular as an adjustment of the horizontal and/or vertical position of the reticle, in particular in relation to a horizontal and/or vertical position, starting or reference position.

To adjust the position of the reticle, the device comprises at least a reticle adjustment device associated with the reticle. A corresponding reticle adjustment device comprises at least one movably mounted component which is coupled in movement to the reticle. The movably mounted component which is coupled in movement to the reticle can form a component part of an adjusting device associated with the reticle adjustment device. A corresponding reticle adjustment device therefore typically comprises at least one adjustment device, which is set up to adjust the position of the reticle in at least one, typically vertical or horizontal, adjustment direction.

The adjusting device can be designed as an adjusting mechanism or at least include one. The adjusting device or mechanism typically includes two components that work together to adjust the reticle. A component that is movement-coupled to the reticle can form a first component of the adjusting device. The component is typically embodied as an actuating element that is mounted so that it can move linearly. The adjusting element can comprise a shaft-like adjusting section, in particular with a front (free) end, which can be moved against the reticle. An adjustment of the reticle can therefore be carried out by one, if necessary against one by a suitable restoring element, e.g. B. a spring, trained restoring force taking place, movement of the control section against the reticle. A second component of the adjusting device can be formed by a rotatably mounted transmission element connected to a rotatably mounted actuating element to be actuated by an operator to adjust the reticle. The transmission element is coupled to the actuating element in such a way that rotational movements of the transmission element can be transposed or translated into linear movements of the actuating element, in particular against the reticle. The coupling between the transmission element and the actuating element can be formed by mechanical interaction of threaded elements on the transmission element side and counter-threaded elements on the actuating element side. The thread elements on the transmission element side are typically, in particular in the area of the inner circumference, of a hollow-cylindrical transmission element section formed, internally threaded sections. The counter-threaded elements on the actuating element side are typically externally threaded portions, in particular formed in the area of the outer circumference of a cylindrical actuating element portion that engages in the hollow-cylindrical transmission element portion.

A corresponding adjustment device typically forms an adjustment turret or a component part of an adjustment turret of the reticle adjustment device. Of course, the device can include several corresponding adjustment towers. A first adjustment turret can be set up to adjust the vertical position of the reticle and a second adjustment turret to adjust the horizontal position of the reticle. The principle for detecting or determining the position of the reticle, which is explained in more detail below, is typically identical for all adjustment turrets of the device.

In the following, the components of the device, namely a magnetic device and a detection device, are explained in more detail, which enable an exact detection of the position of the reticle. As follows, the position of the reticle is detected indirectly by detecting the position or position changes of the actuating element of the reticle adjustment device, which is motion-coupled to the reticle and has to be actuated by an operator to adjust the reticle and is mounted rotatably about a rotational axis.

A first component of the device that enables the position of the reticle to be detected or determined is a magnetic device comprising a plurality of magnetic elements. A respective magnet element of the magnet device can have a specific magnetic polarity, ie, for example, a magnetic plus or minus pole, or two opposite magnetic polarities, ie, for example, a magnetic plus and a magnetic minus pole. A magnetic element can be z. B. be a permanent magnetic element (permanent magnet) or an energizable electromagnetic element (electromagnet).

The magnet elements are typically arranged in a fixed spatial arrangement, which defines the magnetic properties of the magnet device. The magnetic device therefore has certain magnetic properties, which are defined in particular by the type and arrangement of the magnetic elements. H. in particular a certain detectable magnetic field. As will be seen below, the magnetic device can be a magnetic disc comprising a plurality of magnetic elements designed in the manner or shape of ring segments, in short a segmented magnetic disc.

The magnetic device can be provided with at least one component that is motion-coupled to the reticle. B. be the transmission element of the reticle adjustment device mentioned in connection with the adjusting device or mechanism. In this respect, the magnetic device can be mounted so that it can move. In particular, the magnetic device can rotate about an axis of rotation, i. H. in particular the axis of rotation, about which the aforementioned actuating element of the reticle adjustment device is also rotatably mounted, can be rotatably mounted.

A second component of the device that enables the position of the reticle to be detected or determined is a detection device that can be assigned or is assigned to the magnetic device and is implemented in hardware and/or software. The detection device can also be connected to the at least one component of the reticle adjustment device that is motion-coupled to the reticle. B. be the transmission element of the reticle adjustment device mentioned in connection with the adjusting device or mechanism. In this respect, the detection device can be movably mounted. In particular, the detection device can be mounted such that it can rotate about an axis of rotation, ie in particular the axis of rotation about which the aforementioned actuating element of the reticle adjustment device is also rotatably mounted.

If the detection device or the magnetic device is not mounted so that it can move, it can e.g. B. be arranged or formed on or in a non-rotatably mounted portion of the reticle adjustment device. In particular, the magnetic device or the detection device can be arranged or formed on or in a non-rotatably mounted adapter element of the reticle adjustment device. The adapter element can be designed to attach the reticle adjustment device to a counter-adapter element. The attachment is made in particular by a (detachable) screw connection.

It follows from the above statements that the magnetic device can be mounted so that it can move relative to the detection device and/or the detection device can be mounted relative to the magnetic device. The detection device is designed to detect relative movements, in particular relative rotational movements, between the magnetic device and the detection device and based on detected relative movements between the magnetic device and the detection device to generate reticle position information describing the position of the reticle.

For the preferred embodiment, according to which the magnetic device is movably mounted relative to the positionally fixed detection device, i.e. in particular rotatably mounted - the magnetic device can be movement-coupled for this purpose, as mentioned, in particular with the transmission element of the actuating device of the reticle adjustment device - it applies that the detection device for Detection of movements of the magnet device, in particular rotational movements of the magnet device, is set up relative to the detection device. Movements of the magnet device or of the magnet elements associated with the magnet device relative to the detection device can thus be detected via the detection device. The detection of movements of the magnetic device relative to the detection device can, for. B. on the basis of counting the number of relative in the context of a corresponding movement of the magnet device to the detection means along at least one, e.g. B. defined by a detection element of the detection device, specific detection position of the detection device moving or moving magnetic elements. The number of magnetic elements moved per relative movement of the magnetic device relative to the detection position allows conclusions to be drawn about the absolute movement brought about by the relative movement and thus the position of the reticle. The same applies to the embodiment according to which the detection device is mounted so that it can move relative to the magnet device, ie in particular is rotatable.

The detection device is further set up on the basis of detected relative movements between the magnet device and the detection device, i. H. generating reticle position information describing the position of the reticle, in particular on the basis of detected movements of the magnetic device relative to the detection device, or vice versa. The reticle position information is thus based on relative movements between the magnetic device and the detection device, i. H. in particular on the basis of movements of the magnetic device relative to the detection device. The reticle position information is typically generated in real time. For this purpose, the detection device can comprise a suitable computing device or communicate with such a device.

To generate the reticle position information, use is typically made of the movement coupling between the movably mounted magnet device or the movably mounted detection device, if present, and the component of the reticle adjustment device that is motion-coupled to the reticle, according to which movements of the magnet device or the detection device always result from movements of the correlate with the reticle motion-coupled component and thus with movements of the reticle. In this way, an exact detection or determination of the position of the reticle is possible.

The magnetic device can have a z. B. plate-like or shaped, include base body on which the plurality of magnetic elements are arranged or formed. Corresponding magnetic elements can be arranged or formed on the top and/or bottom of the base body.

As mentioned, the magnetic device can be a magnetic disk comprising a plurality of magnetic elements designed in the manner or shape of ring segments, in short a segmented magnetic disk. The base body can therefore have a disk-shaped or annular disk-shaped geometry, with the magnet elements, which are typically ring-segment-like or ring-shaped, being arranged or formed on an upper and/or underside of the disk-shaped or annular disk-shaped base body. The magnetic elements are typically arranged or formed as individual ring segments, which can be arranged or formed in a ring-like arrangement or in several ring-like arrangements, in particular in at least one radially inner and at least one radially outer ring-like arrangement. A corresponding ring-like arrangement can be open or closed, with magnetic elements arranged or formed immediately adjacent in the circumferential direction not being arranged or formed in contact with one another (open version) or being arranged or formed in contact with one another (closed version). The arrangement of magnetic elements in a ring-like arrangement is typically carried out with the proviso that each magnetic element of a first polarity is arranged or formed immediately adjacent to a magnetic element of a second polarity.

As mentioned in connection with the at least one detection position of the detection device, the detection device can comprise at least one detection element that defines a corresponding detection position. A corresponding detection element can, for. B. be designed as a magnetic sensor element or include such. The detection device expediently comprises several, ie at least two, separate detection elements. The detection elements are typically arranged or formed spatially separated from one another at specific detection positions in one or more plane(s) relative to the magnetic device. The detection elements are typically arranged or formed (directly) above or below the magnet device or the magnet elements. As follows, each detection element is set up to generate specific information about the position of the reticle based on a relative movement between the magnetic device and the detection device, i.e. in particular a movement of the magnetic device relative to the detection device, i.e. in particular the respective detection element.

A first detection element can be set up on the basis of relative movements between the magnet device and the detection device for generating angular position information which can be included in the detection of the reticle position information. The angular position information describes the z. B. in relation to a reference value, angular position (in a plane of rotation) of a rotatably mounted actuating element which is motion-coupled to the reticle and which is to be actuated by an operator to adjust the reticle. Specifically, an angular position information z. B. be specified that - based on a specific plane of rotation - the actuator after rotation about its axis of rotation by z. B. 45 ° in a certain direction of rotation in a z. B. by 45 ° (relative to a reference value or a reference position), rotated position. The angular position information is typically associated with corresponding clicks of the actuator induced by rotary movements of the actuator.

A second detection element can be arranged on the basis of relative movements between the magnet device and the detection device to generate rotation plane position information which can be included in the detection of the reticle position information. The Rotation plane position information describes the, e.g. B. related to a reference value, rotational plane position of a rotatably mounted actuating element which is coupled in movement to the reticle and which is to be actuated by an operator to adjust the reticle. The rotation plane position information therefore allows conclusions to be drawn about the rotation plane of the actuating element for a given circumferential position of the actuating element. Specifically, a rotation plane position information z. B. be specified that - based on a specific angular position of the actuator - the actuator z. B. is in a first or after a complete rotation of the same in a second plane of rotation. The rotation plane position information thus describes the number of complete revolutions of the actuating element about its axis of rotation. An actual axial movement of the actuating element along the axis of rotation is not absolutely necessary for this.

The possibility of separate detection of the angular position information and the rotational plane position information via separate detection elements provides a robust principle for detecting the position of the reticle. This results in particular from the fact that the angular position information and the rotational plane position information can in principle be detected independently of one another. By combining or linking the angular position information and rotational plane position information that can be detected or detected separately via the respective detection elements in terms of data processing, an exact statement can be made as to the rotational plane and - within this very rotational plane - the angular position in which the actuating element that is motion-coupled to the reticle is located. By means of the detection device, due to the given and known movement coupling of the actuating element with the reticle, the position of the reticle can be determined exactly from the position of the actuating element.

The magnetic device is typically arranged in a fixed, in particular vertical, position relative to the detection device, independently of adjustments of the reticle. Therefore, there is typically a defined (vertical) distance between the magnet device and the detection device that cannot be changed as a result of relative movements between the magnet device and the detection device. In this way, the accuracy of detecting the position of the reticle can be increased.

The device can be an electrical energy supply device, e.g. B. in the form of an electrical energy store (battery), for supplying electrical energy-consuming functional components (electrical loads) of the device. The energy supply device can be associated with a hardware and/or software-implemented control device, which is set up to control the provision of the electrical consumers of the device via the energy supply device. Examples of corresponding electrical consumers of the device are typically also the detection elements of the detection device. In particular, the control device can be set up to control the energy supply of one of the detection elements of the detection device, d. H. in particular the second detection element, d. H. of the detection element, which is set up to generate rotation plane position information that can be included or included in the determination of the reticle position information, in such a way that it is independent of other electrical consumers of the device, e.g. B. in a standby mode, is constantly supplied with a certain amount of electrical energy. In principle, this can also be done via a separate energy supply device of the detection element, d. H. a further energy supply device separately assigned to the detection element.

The device can include an output device, which is used for the acoustic and/or optical and/or haptic output of determined reticle position information and possibly other information is set up. An output device for outputting acoustic information can be a sound output device, an output device for outputting optical information can be a display device, e.g. B. in the form of an OLED display, an output device for outputting haptic information can include a vibration device. For an output device for outputting optical information, it is expedient to integrate it into the optical channel of the device. Consequently, when the device is used as intended, ie when looking through an optical channel, a user can recognize not only the optically viewed or enlarged object but also the output device or the information optically output via it, ie image and/or text information for example.

The device can comprise a housing part designed in one or more parts, on or in which all of the aforementioned components of the device can be arranged or formed. At least one connection device can be arranged or formed on a corresponding housing part, via which at least one, in particular electronic, external functional component that can be coupled to the device can be connected to the device. The device can therefore, especially as needed, with different external functional components such. B. a target distance measuring device ("Range Finder"), are coupled. The connection device can include a suitable communication interface, which is set up for, in particular bidirectional, transmission (sending and/or receiving) of data between the device and an external functional component.

Regardless of a corresponding communication interface on the terminal device side, the device can also include a communication device. The communication device is for, in particular wireless or radio-based, possibly data-encrypted, bidirectional transmission of data, z. B. a determined reticle position information, set up at least one external communication partner. The communication facility is for this equipped with suitable hardware and/or software, in particular radio-based, bidirectional data transmission protocols, which e.g. B. enable Bluetooth or WLAN communication. The communication device can be set up to form a radio-based Bluetooth or WLAN connection. An external communication partner can be e.g. B. another device, a cell phone, a smartphone, a tablet PC, notebook or a local or global data network, such as an intranet or the Internet act.

Of course, the communication device can also be arranged or formed on or in the housing part of the device. Equally, however, it is possible for the or one, optionally additional, communication device to be arranged or formed in a housing part that is separate from the housing part of the device. In this case, a corresponding connection device is arranged or formed on the housing part of the device, via which the communication device or one, optionally additional, communication device can be connected to the device. The principle of a connection device described above also enables an external communication device to be connected to the device as required.

Fig. 1

eine Prinzipdarstellung einer fernoptischen Einrichtung gemäß einem Ausführungsbeispiel;

Fig. 2, 3

jeweils eine Prinzipdarstellung einer Absehenverstelleinrichtung der fernoptischen Einrichtung gemäß einem Ausführungsbeispiel; und

Fig. 4

eine Prinzipdarstellung einer Magneteinrichtung der fernoptischen Einrichtung gemäß einem Ausführungsbeispiel.

The invention is explained in more detail using exemplary embodiments in the drawing figures. show:

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a schematic representation of a long-range optical device according to an embodiment;

Figures 2, 3

in each case a schematic diagram of a reticle adjustment device of the long-range optical device according to an exemplary embodiment; and

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a schematic representation of a magnetic device of the long-range optical device according to an embodiment.

1 shows a schematic representation of a long-range optical device 1 ("device") according to an embodiment. Facility 1 is in 1 shown in a schematic side view.

The device 1 is designed as a gun (not shown), i. H. e.g. B. a rifle, mountable or to be mounted telescopic sight, which is used for the optical magnification of objects or targets viewed through this (s) in the distance. For this purpose, the device 1 comprises a plurality of optical, i. H. in particular optically magnifying elements (not shown in detail). The optical elements, which are z. e.g. lenses and/or prisms, form an optical channel 5 extending through an elongate, one-part or multi-part housing part 4 between the lens 2 and the eyepiece 3.

The device 1 comprises a reticle 6, i. H. a target marker. The reticle 6 is arranged in the optical channel 5 formed by the optical elements. The position of the reticle 6 can be adjusted (within the optical channel 5) and can thus be adjusted to a given shooting situation, i. H. in particular, to a given target range, and an associated actual point of impact. A position adjustment of the reticle 6 is typically to be understood as an adjustment of the horizontal and/or vertical position (cf. the vertically oriented double arrow P1) of the reticle 6, in particular with regard to a horizontal and/or vertical position of the starting or reference position.

To adjust the position of the reticle 6, the device 1 comprises a reticle adjustment device 7 assigned to the reticle 6. The reticle adjustment device 7 comprises at least one adjustment device 8, which is set up to adjust the position of the reticle 6 in a horizontal or vertical adjustment direction. As follows, the adjusting device 8 is designed as an adjusting mechanism. The adjusting device 8 forms typically an adjustment turret or part of an adjustment turret.

How based on the 2 , 3 yields, where 2 a sectional side view of the reticle adjustment device 7 and 3 shows a partially transparent perspective view of the reticle adjustment device 7 , the adjustment device 8 comprises two components that work together to adjust the reticle 6 .

A first component of the adjusting device 8 is a component that is motionally coupled to the reticle 6 in the form of an adjusting element 9 that is mounted so that it can move linearly. An adjustment of the reticle 6 is therefore carried out by a, if necessary against by a suitable restoring element (not shown), z. B. a spring, trained restoring force, movement of the control section 10 against the reticle 6.

A second component of the adjusting device 8 is formed by a rotatably mounted transmission element 12 which is to be actuated by an operator, as indicated by the double arrow P2, to adjust the reticle 6 and is rotatably mounted about the axis of rotation A. The transmission element 12 is coupled to the actuating element 9 in such a way that rotational movements of the transmission element 12 can be translated or translated into linear movements of the actuating element 9, in particular against the reticle 6. The coupling between the transmission element 12 and the actuating element 9 is formed by mechanical interaction of threaded elements on the transmission element (not shown) and counter-threaded elements on the actuating element (not shown). The thread elements on the transmission element side are internal thread sections formed in the region of the inner circumference of a hollow-cylindrical transmission element section 13 . The counter-threaded elements on the actuating element side are ones that engage in the hollow-cylindrical transmission element section 13 in the area of the outer circumference cylindrical actuator portion 14 formed externally threaded portions.

A first component of the device 1 enabling the position of the reticle 6 to be detected or determined is a magnetic device 16 comprising a plurality of magnetic elements 16a, 16b. H. e.g. B. a magnetic plus or minus pole, or two opposite magnetic polarities, i. H. e.g. B. have a magnetic positive and a magnetic negative pole. A magnetic element 16a, 16b can be z. B. be a permanent magnetic element (permanent magnet) or an energizable electromagnetic element (electromagnet).

How based on 4 , which shows a schematic representation of a magnet device 16 in a perspective view, the magnet elements 16a, 16b are arranged in a fixed spatial arrangement, through which the magnetic properties of the magnet device 16 are defined. The magnet device 16 therefore has specific magnetic properties, in particular defined by the type and arrangement of the magnet elements 16a, 16b, ie in particular a specific detectable magnetic field.

Based on the in 4 From the exemplary embodiment shown, it can be seen that the magnetic device 16 can be a magnetic disc comprising a plurality of magnetic elements 16a, 16b designed in the manner of ring segments or in the shape of a ring, in short a segmented magnetic disc. The magnet device 16 thus comprises a plate-like or ring-like annular disk-like or --shaped base body 17, on which the plurality of magnet elements 16a, 16b are arranged or formed. The magnetic elements 16a, 16b are arranged or formed on an upper or lower side of the base body 17. The magnetic elements 16a, 16b are typically arranged as individual ring segments, which are arranged in a ring-like arrangement or, as in 4 shown by way of example, can be arranged in a plurality of ring-like arrangements, in particular in at least one radially inner and at least one radially outer ring-like arrangement. The arrangement of Magnetic elements 16a, 16b in a respective ring-like arrangement takes place with the proviso that each magnetic element 16a, 16b of a first polarity is arranged directly adjacent to a magnetic element 16a, 16b of a second polarity.

The magnetic device 16 is coupled to at least one movement with the reticle 6 component, i. H. in the exemplary embodiments shown in the figures, the transmission element 12 of the reticle adjustment device 7 is coupled for movement. The magnetic device 16 is rotatably mounted about the axis of rotation A, about which the aforementioned actuating element 11 of the reticle adjustment device 7 is also rotatably mounted.

The detection device 18 is not movably mounted, but is arranged on or in a non-rotatably mounted section 19 of the reticle adjustment device 8 . Specifically, the detection device 18 is arranged, for example, on or in a non-rotatably mounted adapter element 20 of the reticle adjustment device 7 . The adapter element 20 is set up for fastening the reticle adjustment device 7 to a counter-adapter element (not shown). The attachment is made in particular by a (detachable) screw connection.

In this context it should be mentioned that the magnetic device 16 is arranged in a fixed vertical position relative to the detection device 18 independently of adjustments of the reticle 6 . There is therefore a defined vertical distance between the magnetic device 16 and the detection device 18 that cannot be changed by relative movements between the magnetic device 16 and the detection device 18 .

It follows from the above statements that the magnetic device 16 is mounted such that it can rotate relative to the detection device 18 . The detection device 18 is for detecting relative (rotary) movements between the magnet device 16 and the detection device 18 and on the basis of detected relative (rotary) movements between the Magnet device 16 and the detection device 18 set up for generating a position of the reticle 6 describing reticle position information. In particular, the detection device 18 is set up to detect rotational movements of the magnet device 16 relative to the detection device 18 . Movements, ie in particular rotary movements, of the magnet device 16 or of the magnetic elements 16a, 16b associated with the magnet device 16 relative to the detection device 18 can therefore be detected via the detection device 18 . The detection of movements or rotational movements of the magnet device 16 relative to the detection device 18 can, for. B. on the basis of counting the number of in the context of a corresponding rotational movement of the magnet device 16 relative to the detection device 16 along at least one, z. B. by a detection element 18a, 18b of the detection device 18 defined, specific detection position (cf. 3 ) of the detection device 18 moving or moving magnetic elements 16a, 16b. The number of magnetic elements 16a, 16b moved relative to the detection position per rotational movement of the magnetic device 16 allows conclusions to be drawn about the absolute movement brought about by the relative movement and thus the position of the reticle 6.

The detection device 18 is set up to generate reticle position information describing the position of the reticle 6 on the basis of detected rotational movements of the magnet device 16 relative to the detection device 18 . The reticle position information is thus generated on the basis of rotational movements of the magnet device 16 relative to the detection device 18 . The reticle position information is typically generated in real time. For this purpose, the detection device 18 can comprise a suitable computing device (not shown) or communicate with such a device.

For the generation of the reticle position information, the movement coupling between the movably mounted magnet device 16 and the movement-coupled transmission element 12 of the reticle adjustment device 8, according to which movements of the magnet device 16 always correlate with movements of the transmission element 12, which is motion-coupled to the reticle 6, and thus with movements of the reticle 6. In this way, an exact detection or determination of the position of the reticle 6 is possible.

How in particular based on 3 As can be seen, the detection device 18 comprises two separate detection elements 18a, 18b. The respective detection elements 18a, 18b are typically magnetic sensor elements. The detection elements 18a, 18b are arranged spatially separated from one another on a carrier element (not designated in any more detail) in a plane at specific detection positions relative to the magnet device 16 (immediately) below the magnet device 16 .

A first detection element 18a is set up on the basis of relative movements between the magnet device 16 and the detection device 18 for generating angular position information which can be included in the detection of the reticle position information. The angular position information describes the z. B. related to a reference value, angular position (in a plane of rotation) of the motion-coupled to the reticle 6, to be actuated by an operator to adjust the reticle 6 actuating element 11. Specifically, angular position information z. B. be specified that - based on a specific plane of rotation - the actuator 11 after rotation about its axis of rotation by z. B. 45 ° in a certain direction of rotation in a z. B. by 45 ° (relative to a reference value or a reference position), rotated position. The angular position information is typically associated with corresponding clicks of the actuator 11 induced by rotational movements of the actuator 11 .

A second sensing element 18b is based on relative movements between the magnetic device 16 and the detection device 18 for generating rotation plane position information which can be included or included in the detection of the reticle position information. The rotation plane position information describes the, e.g. B. related to a reference value, rotational plane position of the actuating element 11, which is motion-coupled to the reticle 6 and to be actuated by an operator to adjust the reticle 6. The rotational plane position information therefore allows conclusions to be drawn about the rotational plane of the actuating element 11 for a given circumferential position of the actuating element 11. Specifically, a rotation plane position information z. B. be specified that - based on a certain angular position of the actuating element 11 - the actuating element 11 z. B. is in a first or after a complete rotation of the same in a second plane of rotation. The rotation plane position information therefore describes the number of complete revolutions of the actuating element 11 about its axis of rotation A. An actual axial movement of the actuating element 11 along the axis of rotation A is not required for this.

The possibility of separately detecting the angular position information and the rotational plane position information via separate detecting elements 18a, 18b provides a robust principle for detecting the position of the reticle 6. This results in particular from the fact that the angular position information and the rotational plane position information can in principle be detected independently of one another. A data-processing combination or linking of the angular position information that can be detected or detected separately via the detection elements 18a, 18b and the rotational plane position information can be used to make an exact statement about the rotational plane and - within this very rotational plane - the angular position in which the movement-coupled object with the reticle 6 is located Actuating element 11 is located. By means of the detection device 18 can be due to the given and known movement coupling of the actuating element 11 with the reticle 6 from the Close the position of the actuating element 11 exactly to the position of the reticle 6.

How based on 1 As can be seen, the device 1 can be an electrical energy supply device 19, e.g. B. in the form of an electrical energy store (battery), for supplying electrical energy-consuming functional components (electrical loads) of the device 1 include. The energy supply device 19 is associated with a hardware and/or software-implemented, possibly central, control device 20 of the device 1, which is set up to control the provision of the energy supply device 19 to respective electrical consumers of the device 1. Examples of corresponding electrical consumers of the device 1 are also the detection elements 18a, 18b of the detection device 18. The control device 19 is set up to control the energy supply of one of the detection elements 18a, 18b, ie in particular the second detection element 18b, which is used to generate a in the determination The rotation plane position information that can be included or included in the reticle position information is set up to be controlled in such a way that it is independent of other electrical consumers of the device 1, e.g. B. in a standby mode, is constantly supplied with a certain amount of electrical energy. In principle, this can also be done via a separate energy supply device (not shown) of the detection element 18b.

As well as based on 1 As can be seen, the device 1 can comprise an output device 21, which is set up for the acoustic and/or optical and/or haptic output of determined reticle position information and possibly other information. The output device 21 can, for. B. a display device, z. B. in the form of an OLED display, which is integrated into the optical channel 5 of the device 1. Consequently, a user can with proper handling of the device 1, ie when looking through the optical channel 5, next to the actually optically viewed or enlarged object, the output device 21 or the optically output information, ie, for example, image and / or text information.

Based on 1 it can be seen that the components of the device 1 mentioned above can be arranged or formed on or in the housing part 4 of the device 1 . The housing part 4 also includes the adjustment turret that includes the reticle adjustment device 7 . At least one connection device 23 can be arranged or formed on the housing part 4 , via which at least one, in particular electronic, external functional component that can be coupled to the device 1 can be connected to the device 1 . The device 1 can therefore, especially as needed, with different external functional components such. B. a target distance measuring device ("Range Finder"), are coupled. The connection device 23 can include a suitable communication interface 24, which is set up for, in particular bidirectional, transmission (sending and/or receiving) of data between the device 1 and an external functional component.

The device 1 can also include a communication device 25 independently of a corresponding communication interface 24 on the terminal device side. The communication device 25 is for, in particular wireless or radio-based, possibly data-encrypted, bidirectional transmission of data, z. B. a determined reticle position information, set up at least one external communication partner. For this purpose, the communication device 25 is equipped with suitable hardware and/or software, in particular radio-based, bidirectional data transmission protocols. B. enable Bluetooth or WLAN communication. The communication device 25 can be set up to form a radio-based Bluetooth or WLAN connection. An external communication partner can be e.g. B. another device, a cell phone, a smartphone, a tablet PC, notebook or a local or global data network, such as an intranet or the Internet.

As in 1 shown as an example, the communication device 25 can also be arranged on or in the housing part 4 of the device 1 . However, it is equally possible for the communication device 25 or one, possibly additional, communication device 25 to be arranged in a housing part (not shown) that is separate from the housing part 4 of the device 1 . In this case, a corresponding connection device (not shown) is arranged on the housing part 4 of the device 1 , via which the communication device or one, optionally additional, communication device can be connected to the device 1 . The principle of a connection device 23 described above also enables an external communication device to be connected to the device 1 as required.

Although not shown in the exemplary embodiments shown in the figures, a reverse configuration is also conceivable in principle, according to which the detection device 18 is movably mounted in a corresponding manner and the magnetic device 16 is not movably mounted.

Claims (13)

Long-range optical device (1), in particular telescopic sight, comprising a reticle (6) whose position can be adjusted and an associated reticle adjustment device (7) for adjusting the position of the reticle (6), characterized by a magnet device (16) comprising a plurality of magnet elements (16a, 16b), a detection device (18) assigned to the magnetic device (16), wherein the magnetic device (16) is movably mounted relative to the detection device (18) and/or the detection device (18) is mounted relative to the magnetic device (16), wherein the detection device (18) for detecting relative movements between the magnet device (16) and the detection device (18) and on the basis of detected relative movements between the magnet device (16) and the detection device (18) for generating a position of the reticle (6) describing it Reticle position information is set up. Long-range optical device according to Claim 1, characterized by a magnetic device (16) comprising a plurality of magnetic elements (16a, 16b) which is motionally coupled to the at least one component (12) of the reticle adjustment device (7) and is movably, in particular rotatably movably, coupled in motion to the reticle (6). , wherein the detection device (18) for detecting movements of the magnet device (16) relative to the detection device (18) and on the basis of detected movements of the magnet device (16) relative to the detection device (18) for generating a position of the reticle (6 ) descriptive reticle position information is established. Long-range optical device according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the magnetic device (16) comprises a base body (17) on which the plurality of magnetic elements (16a, 16b) are arranged or formed, the base body (17) having a disk or annular disk shape Has geometry, wherein the magnetic elements (16a, 16b) are arranged or formed on an upper side and/or underside of the disk-shaped or annular disk-shaped base body (17). Long-range optical device according to Claim 3, characterized in that the magnetic elements (16a, 16b) are arranged or formed as individual ring segments in at least one ring-like arrangement. Long-range optical device according to Claim 4, characterized in that the magnetic elements (16a, 16b) are arranged or formed in a plurality of ring-like arrangements, in particular in at least one radially inner and at least one radially outer ring-like arrangement. Long-range optical device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the magnetic elements (16a, 16b) are arranged or formed adjacent, each magnetic element (16a, 16b) of a first polarity being arranged directly adjacent to a magnetic element (16a, 16b) of a second polarity or trained. Long-range optical device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the detection device (18) comprises at least two separate detection elements (18a, 18b). Long-range optical device according to Claim 7, characterized in that a detection element (18a) on the basis of movements of the magnetic device (16) for generating angular position information which can be included in the determination of the reticle position information and which is the angular position of a movement-coupled to the reticle (6) from describes a rotatably mounted actuating element (11) to be actuated by an operator to adjust the reticle (6). Long-range optical device according to Claim 7 or 8, characterized in that a detection element (18b) on the basis of movements of the magnetic device (16) for generating rotational plane position information which can be included or is included in the determination of the reticle position information and which indicates the rotational plane position of a movement-coupled with the reticle (6). , describes a rotatably mounted actuating element (11) to be actuated by an operator to adjust the reticle (6). Long-range optical device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by an electrical energy supply device (19) which is set up to supply electrical energy-consuming functional components of the device (1), the energy supply device (19) being associated with a control device (20) which is used to control the provision of the respective electrical energy via the energy supply device (19). consuming functional components of the device (1) can be controlled. Long-range optical device according to Claim 10, characterized in that the control device (20) is set up to control the energy supply of one of the detection elements (18a, 18b) of the detection device (18), in particular the detection element (18b), which is used to generate a in the determination the rotation plane position information that can be included or included in the reticle position information is set up to be controlled in such a way that it is constantly supplied with electrical energy independently of other electrical consumers of the device (1). Long-range optical device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the magnetic device (16) is arranged in a fixed, in particular vertical, position relative to the detection device (18) independently of adjustments of the reticle (6). Long-range optical device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a communication device (23) which is set up for the, in particular radio-based, bidirectional transmission of data, in particular a determined item of reticle position information, to at least one external communication partner.

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