The device and method of this disclosure belongs to the field of sighting and identifying instruments. More specifically it is the device and method of using handheld optical devices (HOD) such as binoculars, spotting scopes and riflescopes that have an integrated camera. The camera, via Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi, sends an image to a mobile phone, which processes and identifies the image with a third-party computer application. For example, the computer application would analyze the picture and tell the user what birds the user is looking at with the handheld optical device. The mobile phone has a computer application that streamlines the entire process so that the user can snap pictures and see results virtually instantaneously.
Handheld optical devices are routinely used in hunting and other sports, allowing a user to spot and target prey from a distance. But many times, the user is not able to identify that prey with certainty. Mobile phones with cameras are also now a common item and most hunters would have one with them for safety and communication needs while hunting. Also, real time identification computer applications are now increasingly available to identify songs by listening or flora and fauna by snapping a picture.
A novel combination of these emerging technologies enables the real time prey identification device and method of this disclosure that is useful for real time identification of objects viewed through handheld optical devices. Thus, there is a need for an object identification device and method using a combined handheld optical device integrated with a camera and mobile phone using computer applications.
What is disclosed are the device and method of using hand held optical devices (HODs) such as binoculars, spotting scopes and riflescopes that have an integrated camera, wherein the camera, via Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi, sends an image to a mobile phone, which then processes the image with a third party computer application for real time identification of the object being viewed. For example, the computer application would analyze the camera's captured image and tell the user what birds the user is looking at with the handheld optical device. The mobile phone has a computer application that streamlines the entire process so that the user can snap images and see results virtually instantaneously.
For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
As discussed above the invention of this disclosure is useful for real time identification of an object sited through handheld optical devices such as binoculars, spotting scopes and riflescopes that have an integrated camera, wherein the camera, via Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi, sends an image to a mobile phone, which processes the image with a third party computer application.
As shown in the preferred embodiment optical/electrical/mechanical diagram of the combined handheld optical device integrated via Bluetooth/Wi-Fi and computer applications with a camera and mobile phone of
Since certain changes may be made in the above described device and method of using a combined handheld optical device integrated via Bluetooth/Wi-Fi and computer applications with a camera and mobile phone of this disclosure for object identification without departing from the scope of the invention herein involved, it is intended that all matter contained in the description thereof or shown in the accompanying figures shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
The present application claims the benefit of previously filed Provisional Patent Application, Ser. No. 62/694,455, filed on Jul. 6, 2018.
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