Patent ID: 8656628

Claim:
A system for a weapon sight for aiming a target, the system comprising: a controller unit configured to, initiate an electronic zoom calibration mode, locate a red dot of a day view optic configured adjacent to the weapon sight, the red dot being located relative to a reticle of the weapon sight, cause a line of sight to the target unperturbed, wherein the line of sight corresponds to the location of the red dot, electronically superimpose the reticle of the weapon sight onto a thermal image of the target, wherein the thermal image is generated by the weapon sight, store information corresponding to a location of the reticle when allowed to coincide with the located red dot, the information being stored prior to exiting the electronic zoom calibration mode, and write a pixel corresponding to the stored information of the location of the reticle to a pixel written corresponding to a location of the reticle in a non-electronic zoom mode, upon a subsequent initiation of the electronic zoom calibration mode; and a memory unit communicably coupled to the controller unit, the memory unit being configured to store the information of the location of the reticle when allowed to coincide with the located red dot.