Single wire hit detection apparatus
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsKevin Kaplansky, Gregory Gregoriades, John P. O'Brien, Greg Sisk
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Abstract
In an approach to single wire hit detection, an apparatus comprises: a plurality of hit detection patches, each of the plurality of hit detection patches comprising an associated single coiled wire, and each of the plurality of hit detection patches being disposed overlapping at least one other hit detection patch of the plurality of hit detection patches; and a controller coupled to the associated single coiled wire of each hit detection patch of the plurality of hit detection patches, the controller configured to determine a location of one or more of the plurality of hit detection patches impacted by a projectile.
Claims18
An apparatus for hit detection, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of hit detection patches, each of the plurality of hit detection patches comprising an associated single coiled wire, and each of the plurality of hit detection patches being disposed overlapping at least one other adjacent hit detection patch of the plurality of hit detection patches on the same plane;
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- a controller coupled to the associated single coiled wire of each hit detection patch of the plurality of hit detection patches, the controller configured to determine a location of one or more of the plurality of hit detection patches impacted by a projectile.
A system for hit detection comprising:
- a plurality of hit detection patches, each of the plurality of hit detection patches comprising an associated single coiled wire, and each of the plurality of hit detection patches being disposed overlapping at least one other adjacent hit detection patch of the plurality of hit detection patches on the same plane;
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- a controller, the controller configured to:
- detect a loss of continuity in the associated single coiled wire in one or more impacted hit detection patches of the plurality of hit detection patches;
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- determine a location impacted by a projectile based on a position of the one or more impacted hit detection patches.
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of hit detection patches disposed on a surface of a single substrate, each of the plurality of hit detection patches comprising an associated single coiled wire;
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- a controller coupled to the associated single coiled wire of each hit detection patch of the plurality of hit detection patches, the controller configured to:
- detect an impact by one or more projectiles based on a loss of continuity in the associated single coiled wire of one or more hit detection patches of the plurality of hit detection patches;
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- determine a location impacted by each of the one or more projectiles based on a position of the one or more hit detection patches of the plurality of hit detection patches having the loss of continuity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.