Patent ID: 7832137

Claim:
A ballistics calculator system for computing targeting information to hit a target, comprising a computer processor, said processor comprising: a ballistics computer program on a computer-readable medium for analyzing information needed to accurately aim a firearm at a target using a target acquisition device with a reticle comprising: a) a plurality of secondary horizontal cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances a primary vertical cross-hair; and b) a plurality of secondary vertical cross-hairs intersecting at predetermined distances at least some of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs; and a binocular device attached to said target acquisition device, said program using information regarding one or more of: 1) external conditions wherein said information regarding external conditions is selected from one or more of date, time, temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, target image resolution, wind-speed, wind direction, hemisphere, latitude, longitude and altitude; 2) a firearm wherein said information regarding a firearm is selected from one or more of the rate and direction of the barrel twist, barrel length, internal barrel caliber and internal barrel diameter; 3) a projectile wherein said information regarding a projectile is selected from one or more of projectile weight, projectile caliber, projectile configuration, propellant type, propellant amount, propellant potential force, powder, primer, one or more ballistic coefficients of a projectile, and the muzzle velocity of a projectile; 4) said target acquisition device and said reticle wherein said information regarding said target acquisition device and said reticle is selected from one or more of type of reticle, power of magnification, plane of function, the positional relationship between said target acquisition device and said firearm, and the range at which said target acquisition device was zeroed using said firearm and said projectile; 5) a shooter wherein said information regarding a shooter is selected from one or more of a shooter's heart rate and rhythm, visual acuity, visual idiosyncrasies, respiratory rate, blood oxygen saturation, muscle activity, brain wave activity, and number and positional coordinates of spotters assisting a shooter; 6) a relation of said shooter and a target wherein said information regarding said relation between said shooter and said target is selected from one or more of the distance between said shooter and said target, the speed and direction of movement of said target relative to said shooter, the angle formed between the barrel of said firearm and an axis perpendicular to the force of gravity, and the direction of fire from true North; 7) a ballistics drag model and a ballistic coefficient; and 8) said binocular device attached to said target acquisition device; and c) an output using an intersection of a least one of said secondary horizontal cross-hairs and at least one of said secondary vertical cross-hairs to identify an aiming point for hitting said target.