Patent ID: 8474173

Claim:
A sight system comprising: a camera adapted to capture images of a target scene; and a projector comprising: a display adapted to present the images, a beam combiner adapted to pass the presented images to a user of the sight system, and a light source adapted to project a reticle to the beam combiner, wherein the beam combiner is adapted to reflect the reticle to the user; a housing, wherein the projector is disposed substantially within the housing; a user control adapted to selectively disable at least one of the camera or the display to switch the sight system from operating as a reflex sight to operating as an occluded sight; wherein the user control remains mounted at a fixed location relative to the housing when the sight system is operating sight and when the system is operating as the occluded sight; wherein the beam combiner is adapted to superimpose the reticle on the images passed to the user when the sight system is operating as the reflex sight; and wherein the beam combiner is adapted to superimpose the reticle on an opaque background provided by the display when the sight system is operating as the occluded sight.