Bindon Aiming Concept

[Chris Jordan]

O.K., Flex (and others) here goes.

Thank you Trijicon for the words.

Human vision is based upon a binocular (two eyes) presentation of visual evidence to the brain. The word binocular literally means using both eyes at the same time. We most often associate this word with binocular instruments such as field glasses or a binocular microscope. These instruments specifically strive to present the object to be viewed the same way to both eyes.

Vision research material was examined for its assistance to understand the optically aided weapon aiming process. Three major types of optical enhancement were compared. There are strong customer preferences in reticle designs, some simple reticles enhance the speed of target acquisition, others allow for greater precision in a given time limit.

 

The simple substitution of a bright red dot for the usual cross-hairs makes it very easy to keep both eyes open. Just as in the Single point or Armson O.E.G. sighting, the brain merges the two images. During dynamic movement, the scene through the telescope blurs because the image moves more rapidly due to magnification. The one eye sees the bright dot against the blurred target scene, so the brain picks the scene from the unaided eye. The shooter swings the weapon towards the target while perceiving the dot indicating where the weapon is pointed. As soon as the weapon begins to become steady in the target area, the brain switches to the magnified view.

A long search was made to try to combine the speed and non-battery features of the Singlepoint or Armson with the precision of the telescopic system. This discovery was made several years ago. Trijicon has sponsored research in the field of human vision to better understand this generic phenomenon. Although the study concentrated on the Armson O.E.G., some aspects are applicable also to the Bindon Aiming Concept.

So there it is in a nut shell. As you can see Travis T's drill is invaluable in that moment when the brain switches between eyes.

Hope this makes sense,

Chris

[Flexmoney]

Chris,

Wow.  Way cool.

Do you have a link where I might be able to delve into the topic a little deeper?  Seems like something I would like to get to know more about.  Our game is all about seeing fast.

[Chris Jordan]

Flex,

All my information came from Trijicon. However, I seem to remember Bushmaster Firearms touching on the concept so that may be a resource also.

If I find anything else I'll post it ASAP.

Chris

(Edited by Chris Jordan at 1:40 pm on Dec. 5, 2001)

[Duane Thomas]

That still doesn't tell us what is the Binden Aiming Concept.

[Chris Jordan]

Duane,

After exhaustive research I have found the following.

Nobody is talking, but...

I have deduced the following. The founder of Trijicon,Inc's name is Glyn Bindon. I believe he stumbled across this "generic phenomenon" and simply named it after hisownself. As for the clinical term that describes said phenomenon I'm hoping that trijicon will enlighten me with a wealth of info that I can pass on to you all.

I ain't holding my breath.

Cheers,

Chris

[Chris Jordan]

Duane and Flex and others,

Trijicon actually answered me. I have included the message verbatim.

"Dear Chris,

Thank you for your interest in Trijicon products.  I must admit, you've

piqued my curiosity as well, and I've been researching this for the

past few

days to deepen my understanding of this phenomenon.

The Bindon Aiming Concept is a two-eye aiming technique that utilizes

the

brain's own visual processing quirks.  The view through the scope is

magnified, so as one moves the weapon to the target the view is quite

blurry

compared to the naked eye, so the brain pays more attention to the

information coming from the naked eye.

As the weapon comes to the target the motion slows, the blurring of the

scope view is no longer an issue.  At this point, the illuminated

reticle

"gets the brain's attention", and the person automatically switches to

the

eye that is looking through the scope.

I've been looking into how the actual attention-switching process

works, and

can pass along some links if you're interested in the research being

done.

I haven't found a good broad overview of the process; it seems to be

one of

those things that "we know it works, but we don't know how, yet".

There's been a lot of great research lately in how the brain interprets

the

information coming from the eyes, the BAC is one of the fascinating

real-world applications of our growing understanding of human sight.

I'd be happy to answer any further questions you may have regarding the

visual phenomenon utilized in BAC, or pass along some links for you to

explore.

Thank you again,

Carrie Lettieri

Customer Service

info@trijicon.com

1-800-338-0563"

So there it is. They don't even have the slightest on how or why. It just does but it does and that is good enough. It does however make me wonder about slight magnification in the optics on an open gun to take advantage of this brain quirk. Hmmmm....

Cheers,

Chris

P.S. I'm still sticking to my guns on the whole name thing.