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US 10,097,764 B2Granted
Firearm, aiming system therefor, method of operating the firearm and method of reducing the probability of missing a target
AssigneeSmart Shooter Ltd.
InventorAvshalom Ehrlich
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Abstract
A firearm aiming system comprising an imaging system comprising an imaging sensor and an image processor; and a user display, wherein the imaging system is adapted to detect a potential target on the user display based on target features. In some embodiments the system includes a firing processor with an epsilon logic module for calculating a target aim-point/area used by the firing processor to make a firing decision.
Claims27
A firearm aiming system comprising:
- a user display;
- an imaging system comprising an imaging sensor and an image processor,
- said imaging system adapted to detect at least one potential target in a Field of View (FOV) of said imaging sensor and to display, on said user display, an indicator indicating a direction in which the firearm is pointed;
- user controls for locking on one of said at least one potential target which is viewed on said user display even near said indicator, such that when said user controls are actuated, said detected potential target is converted into a locked-on target;
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- an Epsilon Logic Module adapted to automatically calculate an epsilon area around a lock-on point of said locked-on target, wherein said epsilon area is a target area within boundaries of said locked-on target that is projected on said user display, said epsilon area having variable dimensions adapted to dynamically change based even on an irregular shape of said locked-on target and a likelihood of hitting said locked-on target.
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A method of operating a firearm having a display, an imaging system and a firing processor, the method comprising:
- detecting, by the imaging system, a potential target in a field of view (FOV) of the imaging system;
- aiming the firearm at least near said potential target, such that an indicator that is displayed in the display is located within a near-target area surrounding said potential target, said indicator displaying a current aim-point of the firearm;
- locking on said potential target thereby converting said potential target into a locked-on target and resulting in the firearm locking onto a hit area on said locked-on target and tracking said locked-on target;
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- aiming the firearm in a direction of the target until the firing processor has determined that the lock-on target will be hit, wherein the firing processor determines that the locked-on target will be hit when said indicator enters an epsilon area around said hit area, wherein said epsilon area is a target area within boundaries of said locked-on target that is projected on said display that has variable dimensions which dynamically change based even on irregular contours of said locked-on target and a likelihood of hitting said locked-on target.
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