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US 10,378,845 B2Granted
Smart gun design and system for a sustainable society
AssigneeResearch Foundation of the City University of New York
InventorMasato Nakamura
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Abstract
A smart gun is provided that maintains a default locked state. The smart gun can be selectively unlocked for a predetermined period of time using a predetermined gesture that is detected by a gyrosensor locked in the smart gun.
Claims8
A smart gun comprising:
- a handheld firearm with a trigger;
- a gyrosensor for sensing an incoming gesture pattern;
- a distance sensor disposed at a muzzle of the handheld firearm;
- a battery;
- a computer processor that stores a predetermined gesture pattern and receives data from the gyrosensor and the distance sensor;
- a servo system in communication with the computer processor that selectively locks and unlocks the trigger such that:
- the trigger is unlocked for a predetermined period of time after the incoming gesture pattern matches the predetermined gesture pattern provided no object is within a predetermined distance as determined by the proximity sensor;
- the trigger is locked after the predetermined period of time has elapsed;
- the trigger is locked when an object is detected by the proximity sensor within the predetermined distance of the proximity sensor.
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