Shot tracking and feedback system
AssigneeGarmin Switzerland GmbH
InventorJason D. Howe
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Abstract
A shot tracking and feedback system is disclosed that uses a camera to track a shot fired from a weapon and a moving target, such as a clay target. Radar may be used in conjunction with the camera to track the shot and the moving target. Tracking the moving target and the shot allows for determination of the paths of the shot and the target to determine and provide performance feedback, such as whether the shot was above or below the target and/or to the left or right of the target. The performance feedback and additional information may be provided on a display of the system or a user device having a display (e.g., watch, smartphone, etc.). A user may utilize the presented information to improve shooting accuracy.
Claims19
A shot tracking and feedback system comprising:
- a display;
- a radar transmitter configured to output radar signals in a radar sensor field, and a plurality of radar receivers each configured to receive reflected radar signals from the radar sensor field;
- a camera configured to collect images of a moving target in a field of view;
- a memory configured to store a plurality of images received from the camera;
- a processing system communicatively coupled with the memory, the processing system configured to:
- determine a location of the shot at a plurality of instants of time based on the reflected radar signals received by the radar receivers,
- determine a location of the moving target at the plurality of instants of time based on the stored images, and
- control the display to present a shot image including the determined locations of the shot and the moving target.
A shot tracking and feedback system comprising:
- an optical subsystem comprising a camera configured to collect images of a moving target in a field of view;
- a radar subsystem comprising a radar transmitter configured to output radar signals in a radar sensor field, and a plurality of receivers configured to collect reflected radar signals from the radar sensor field;
- a processing system communicatively coupled with the optical subsystem and the radar subsystem, the processing system configured to:
- receive the images and the reflected radar signals,
- determine a location of the shot based on the reflected radar signals at a plurality of instants of time,
- determine a location of the moving target based on the images at the plurality of instances of time,
- determine a trajectory of the shot and a trajectory of the moving target based on the determined locations of the shot and the moving target at the plurality of instants of time, respectively, and
- determine whether the shot strikes the moving target based on the determined trajectories of the shot and the moving target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.