Firearm with automatic target acquiring and shooting
AssigneeIsrael Weapon Industries (I.W.I) Ltd.
InventorsGil Herskowitz, Aviram Sobol, Zeev Shneorson
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Abstract
A firearm that automatically controls the release of bullets, including one or more sensors that provide real-time sensor data of the view in front of the firearm, a computer that identities legitimate targets in the real-time sensor data, without user intervention, a trigger sensor that determines directly or indirectly if the trigger is engaged, wherein as long as the trigger is engaged, the firearm is configured to continuously acquire real-time sensor data, identify legitimate targets and automatically release bullets when the firearm is directed toward the identified targets.
Claims21
A firearm that automatically controls the release of bullets, comprising:
- one or more sensors that are configured to obtain real-time image data of the view in front of the firearm;
- a computer that is configured to identify legitimate targets in the real-time image data, without user intervention;
- a trigger sensor that is configured to directly or indirectly determine if the trigger is engaged;
- wherein while the trigger is engaged, the firearm is configured to continuously acquire real-time sensor data to serve as real-time image data, identify legitimate targets within the real-time image data and automatically release bullets toward the legitimate targets when the firearm predicts that at least one of the legitimate targets will be hit.
A method of controlling the release of bullets from a firearm the firearm having a trigger, the method comprising:
- determining if the trigger is engaged using a trigger sensor that directly or indirectly determines if the trigger is engaged;
- as long as the trigger is engaged continuously acquiring with one or more sensors real-time image data of the view in front of the firearm;
- automatically identifying with a computer, legitimate targets in the real-time image data, without user intervention;
- automatically releasing bullets when the firearm predicts that at least one of the legitimate targets will be hit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.