Trackable ammunition
OwnerVance Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed are ammunition and ammunition tracking systems. The ammunition and ammunition tracking system may include a first projectile and a marker. The marker may be associated with the first projectile. The marker may contain a unique signature such that the first projectile may be identifiable from a second projectile.
Claims15
An ammunition tracking system comprising:
- a first ammunition comprising:
- a first projectile, and
- a first marker associated with the first projectile, the first marker containing a first signature;
- wherein the first projectile is one of a plurality of first projectiles having the first signature;
- and
- a second ammunition comprising:
- a second projectile;
- and
- a second marker associated with the second projectile, the second marker containing a second signature, wherein the first signature and the second signature are different;
- wherein the second projectile is one of a second plurality of projectiles having the second signature.
An ammunition tracking system for tracking ammunition comprising a first plurality of projectiles, each of the first plurality of projectiles having a first marker having a first signature and a second plurality of projectiles, each of the second plurality of projectiles having a second marker having a second signature, the ammunition tracking system comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the ammunition tracking system to:
- transmit, via the transceiver, an activation signal,
- receive, at the transceiver, an identification signal, the identification signal including the first signature from each of the first plurality of projectiles embedded within a target and the second signature from each of the second plurality of projectiles embedded within the target, and
- determine a number of the first plurality of projectiles embedded within the target and a number of the second plurality of projectiles embedded within the target using the identification signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.