US Patent Issued to RAYTHEON CANADA on Aug. 12 for "System and method for electronic correction of boresight errors in variable magnification optical systems" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,156, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to RAYTHEON CANADA Ltd. (Ottawa).

"System and method for electronic correction of boresight errors in variable magnification optical systems" was invented by Stan Szapiel (Midland, Canada) and Kevin B. Wagner (Midland, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable magnification optical system with boresight error correction includes a focusing lens to receive light along an optical axis of the variable magnification optical system, with the focusing lens configured to create an image of a target at a focal plane. The system includes a magnification changer disposed along the optical axis, with ...