Bullet tracker for aiming remote controlled weapon systems
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsWilliam C. Ruff, Joshua T. Dillon, Julius Marcus, David R. Anderson
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Abstract
A bullet tracking system comprising a sensor sub-system that generates bullet tracking data by tracking a position and range of a bullet discharged from a remote-controlled weapon and traveling to an intended target; a processor that processes the bullet tracking data to determine aim adjustments of the weapon for subsequent firing of bullets to compensate for tracked bullet ballistics to improve an accuracy of the bullets for reaching the intended target; and a control sub-system to make the aim adjustments of the weapon.
Claims10
A bullet tracking system comprising:
- a sensor sub-system that generates bullet tracking data by tracking a position and range of a bullet discharged from a remote-controlled weapon and traveling to an intended target;
- a processor that processes the bullet tracking data to determine aim adjustments of the weapon for subsequent firing of bullets to compensate for tracked bullet ballistics to improve an accuracy of the bullets for reaching the intended target;
- a control sub-system to make the aim adjustments of the weapon;
- wherein the sensor sub-system comprises a plurality of camera pods separated by a predetermined distance to create a stereoscopic image of a trajectory of the bullet;
- wherein each camera pod comprises a high-resolution color spotting camera and high, mid, and low-resolution bullet tracking cameras.
A method for tracking a bullet discharged from a remote-controlled weapon, the method comprising:
- generating bullet tracking data by tracking a position and range of a bullet discharged from the remote-controlled weapon and traveling to an intended target;
- processing the bullet tracking data to determine aim adjustments of the weapon for subsequent firing of bullets to compensate for tracked bullet ballistics to improve an accuracy of the bullets for reaching the intended target;
- making the aim adjustments of the weapon;
- creating a stereoscopic image of a trajectory of the bullet using a plurality of camera pods separated by a predetermined distance;
- wherein each camera pod comprises a high-resolution color spotting camera and high, mid, and low-resolution bullet tracking cameras.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.