Patent ID: 8100044

Claim:
A combined range finder and sighting apparatus for a firearm having a barrel having an axis, said combined range finder and sighting apparatus comprising: an optical range finder for calculating a distance to a selected target, said optical range finder including an optical emitter for sending an optical signal to the selected target and an optical detector for detecting the signal reflected from the selected target; a sight assembly rotatably mounted on said optical range finder; a computer readable memory encoded with executable instructions; a processor coupled to the computer readable memory, said processor configured to, upon execution of the executable instructions, to calculate a trajectory angle of the firearm based on the calculated distance to the selected target so that the firearm will launch a projectile a distance that corresponds to a calculated distance to the selected target; a controller coupled to said sight assembly and said processor; and said processor configured to, upon execution of the executable instructions, to operate said controller to rotate the sight assembly relative to the axis of the barrel of the firearm, such that the barrel of the firearm is aligned with the trajectory angle when the sight assembly is aligned with the selected target.