Patent ID: 7773202

Claim:
Method of verifying that a target is being illuminated by a laser from a designator comprising: providing a composite device, separate from either of the designator or the target, comprising an optical portion having a field of view for viewing the target in the field of view, and a opto-receiver portion for receiving scattered laser light; viewing the target in the field of view of the composite device; and displaying information in the field of view of the composite device about a direction of the received laser light from the target; wherein displaying information about the direction comprises: providing at least one set of quadrant arcs in the field of view, and selectively illuminating the quadrant arcs to indicate the direction of the received laser light in relation to the target; wherein providing at least one set of quadrant arcs in the field of view comprises: providing a set of inner quadrant arcs, and illuminating appropriate ones of the inner arcs when the received laser light is close to a center of the field of view; and providing a set of outer quadrant arcs, and illuminating appropriate ones of the outer arcs when the received laser light is far from the center of the field of view.