Fire arm monitoring system
OwnerEtheric McFarlaneinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for acquiring video content using a gun camera secured to a weapon is provided. One embodiment comprises a processor system; a camera communicatively coupled to the processor system; a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor system; and at least one sensor configured to detect an interior surface of the holster, wherein the sensor communicates a signal to the processor that indicates that the gun camera and the weapon are not secured within the holster in response to no longer detecting the interior surface of the holster, and wherein the processor system activates the camera to acquire video content in response to receiving the signal from the at least one detector that indicates that the weapon has been drawn from the holster.
Claims19
A gun camera secured to a weapon, wherein the gun camera and the weapon are configured to be secured within a holster when the weapon is not in use, comprising:
- a processor system;
- a camera communicatively coupled to the processor system;
- a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor system;
- and
- at least one sensor configured to detect an interior surface of the holster,
- wherein the at least one sensor communicates a signal to the processor that indicates that the gun camera and the weapon are not secured within the holster in response to no longer detecting the interior surface of the holster,
- wherein the processor system activates the camera to acquire video content in response to receiving the signal from the at least one sensor that indicates that the weapon has been drawn from the holster,
- wherein the signal communicated from the at least one sensor is a first signal,
- wherein, after the camera has been activated to acquire the video content in response to the first signal, the at least one sensor senses the interior surface of the holster in response to a user securing the gun camera and the weapon within the holster,
- wherein the sensor communicates a second signal to the processor that indicates that the gun camera and the weapon are secured within the holster in response to detecting the interior surface of the holster, and
- wherein the processor system deactivates the camera to end acquisition of the video content in response to receiving the second signal from the at least one detector.
A gun camera secured to a weapon, wherein the gun camera and the weapon are configured to be secured within a holster when the weapon is not in use, comprising:
- a processor system;
- a camera communicatively coupled to the processor system;
- a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor system;
- at least one sensor configured to detect an interior surface of the holster;
- and
- a display disposed on a surface of the gun camera and communicatively coupled to the processor system,
- wherein the at least one sensor communicates a signal to the processor that indicates that the gun camera and the weapon are not secured within the holster in response to no longer detecting the interior surface of the holster,
- wherein the processor system activates the camera to acquire video content in response to receiving the signal from the at least one sensor that indicates that the weapon has been drawn from the holster,
- wherein the video content is analyzed by the processor system to identify a muzzle flash that indicates that the weapon has been discharged,
- wherein the processor system communicates a value to the display for presentation to a user of the weapon, and
- wherein the value indicates a number of times that the weapon has been discharged.
A gun camera secured to a weapon, wherein the gun camera and the weapon are configured to be secured within a holster when the weapon is not in use, comprising:
- a processor system;
- a camera communicatively coupled to the processor system;
- a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor system;
- and
- at least one sensor configured to detect an interior surface of the holster,
- a plurality of sensors disposed along a surface of the gun camera,
- wherein the at least one sensor communicates a signal to the processor that indicates that the gun camera and the weapon are not secured within the holster in response to no longer detecting the interior surface of the holster,
- wherein the processor system activates the camera to acquire video content in response to receiving the signal from the at least one sensor that indicates that the weapon has been drawn from the holster,
- wherein the at least one sensor is a member of the plurality of sensors, and
- wherein all of the plurality of sensors must concurrently no longer be detecting the interior surface of the holster before the sensor communicates the signal to the processor that indicates that the gun camera and the weapon are not secured within the holster.
A gun camera secured to a weapon, wherein the gun camera and the weapon are configured to be secured within a holster when the weapon is not in use, comprising:
- a processor system;
- a camera communicatively coupled to the processor system;
- a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor system;
- and
- at least one sensor configured to detect an interior surface of the holster,
- wherein the at least on sensor communicates a signal to the processor that indicates that the gun camera and the weapon are not secured within the holster in response to no longer detecting the interior surface of the holster,
- wherein the processor system activates the camera to acquire video content in response to receiving the signal from the at least one sensor that indicates that the weapon has been drawn from the holster,
- wherein the gun camera is activated by a third party such that the gun camera cannot be deactivated by a user of the weapon,
- wherein when the gun camera is activated, the camera acquires the video content in response to receiving the signal from the at least one sensor that indicates that the weapon has been drawn from the holster,
- wherein the gun camera is deactivated only by the third party, and
- wherein when the gun camera is deactivated, the camera does not acquire the video content in response to receiving the signal from the at least one sensor that indicates that the weapon has been drawn from the holster.
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