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US 12,215,958 B2Granted
Detecting magazine types using magnets
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsJohn Groff, Trevor Ryan, Michael Roberts, Magne H Nerheim
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Abstract
Magazines of conducted electrical weapons (CEW) comprise a set of magnetic elements having positions, polarities, and magnitudes corresponding to a type of magazine. The CEW uses sensors to detect an indicator magnet indicating that a magazine is inserted into a bay of the CEW. The CEW additionally uses sensors to detect information about the set of magnetic elements and determines, based on the detected information, a type of the magazine.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”), a magazine into a bay of the CEW;
- detecting, by the CEW, an indicator magnet having a first respective position on the magazine and a first respective polarity;
- performing, by the CEW, a check for one or more magnetic elements responsive to the indicator magnet being detected, the one or more magnetic elements having one or more second respective positions on the magazine and one or more second respective polarities;
- and
- determining, by the CEW and based at least in part on the one or more magnetic elements, a magazine type of the magazine.
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A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
- a bay configured to receive a magazine;
- a memory configured to store information about one or more magazine types;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to perform steps comprising:
- detecting an indicator magnet having a first respective position on the magazine and a first respective polarity;
- determining, based at least on the indicator magnet, that the magazine is within the bay;
- performing a check for one or more magnetic elements responsive to the indicator magnet being detected, the one or more magnetic elements having one or more second respective positions on the magazine and one or more second respective polarities;
- and
- determining, based at least in part on the one or more magnetic elements, a magazine type of the magazine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.