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US 11,867,480 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for detecting a voltage of a stimulus signal of a conducted electrical weapon
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsMagne Nerheim, Steven N. D. Brundula
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for detecting a magnitude of a voltage at a face of a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”). The magnitude of the voltage may be used to determine whether a pulse of a stimulus signal was delivered to a target. Structures for detecting the magnitude of the voltage may include structures that provide a stimulus voltage.
Claims20
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
- a handle;
- three or more terminals positioned on a face of the handle that includes a portion of the handle where deployment units are removably inserted;
- a signal generator comprising an output coupled to a terminal of the three or more terminals, wherein the signal generator is configured to generate a pulse of a stimulus signal for delivery to a target and provide the pulse of the stimulus signal to the three or more terminals;
- a voltage divider coupled to the output of the signal generator to receive the pulse of the stimulus signal, wherein the voltage divider is configured to divide a voltage of the pulse of the stimulus signal to provide a divided voltage, and wherein the voltage of the pulse of the stimulus signal is a voltage at which the pulse of the stimulus signal is carried from the output of the signal generator to the terminal for delivery to the target;
- a memory;
- and
- a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to:
- detect a magnitude of the divided voltage;
- and
- record the magnitude of the divided voltage in the memory, wherein the voltage divider is coupled between the output of the signal generator and the terminal of the three or more terminals to receive the pulse of the stimulus signal provided to the terminal, wherein the voltage divider receives each portion of the pulse of the stimulus signal provided to the terminal of the three or more terminals via the output of the signal generator for delivery to the target.
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A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
- three or more terminals;
- a signal generator, the signal generator configured to provide a stimulus signal to the three or more terminals for delivery to a target;
- a detector coupled to the signal generator to receive the stimulus signal provided to the three or more terminals and configured to divide a magnitude of a voltage of the stimulus signal at a face of the conducted electrical weapon to provide a divided voltage, the detector further comprising a respective voltage divider for each terminal of the three or more terminals;
- a memory;
- and
- a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to:
- detect a value of the divided voltage;
- record the value of the divided voltage in the memory;
- and
- in accordance with the value of the divided voltage, instruct the signal generator to provide a next stimulus signal to a pair of terminals selected from the three or more terminals, wherein each respective voltage divider is coupled to a respective conductor between the signal generator and a respective terminal of the three or more terminals, and wherein each respective voltage divider receives each portion of a pulse of the stimulus signal provided from the signal generator via the respective conductor to the respective terminal of the three or more terminals for delivery to the target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.