Systems and methods for calibrating, operating, and setting a laser diode in a weapon
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorMagne Nerheim
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Abstract
Systems and methods for calibrating, operating, and setting the magnitude of the power of light provided by a laser diode in a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”). The light of the laser diode assists in targeting by providing a visible indication of the projected point of impact of the tethered electrode of the CEW. The calibration process enables laser diode of a CEW to operate within regional guidelines of the maximum output power of light permitted by a laser. The method further permits the magnitude of the power of the light provided by a laser diode to be set and operated in changing environmental conditions in the field.
Claims20
A weapon that cooperates with a provided server for selecting an operation of the weapon, the weapon comprising:
- a processing circuit;
- a laser diode that provides a light;
- a memory;
- and
- a communications circuit;
- wherein the processing circuit executes a stored program from the memory to:
- receive a message via the communications circuit from the server, the message includes information regarding a first limit, the first limit approved for a first region where the weapon is located;
- retrieve indicia from the memory in accordance with the first limit;
- and
- operate the laser diode in accordance with the indicia whereby a magnitude of the power of the light provided by the laser diode is less than or equal to the first limit.
A method performed by a weapon for calibrating a power of a light provided by a laser diode of the weapon, the method comprising:
- receiving a message from a server regarding a first limit, the first limit approved for a first region where the weapon is located;
- retrieving indicia from a memory of the weapon in accordance with the first limit;
- and
- operating the laser diode in accordance with the indicia whereby a magnitude of the power of the light provided by the laser diode is less than or equal to the first limit.
A weapon comprising:
- a processing circuit;
- a laser diode;
- and
- a memory;
- wherein the processing circuit executes a stored program from the memory to:
- retrieve from memory a limit, the limit approved for a region, the weapon located in the region;
- in accordance with the limit, retrieve from memory indicia;
- and
- operate the laser diode in accordance with the indicia so that a magnitude of a power of a light provided by the laser diode is less than or equal to the limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.