Weapon usage monitoring system having predictive maintenance and performance metrics
AssigneeArmaments Research Company, Inc.
InventorsJohn Asbach, Michael Canty
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Abstract
A method for initiating a responsive action based on an operational status event of a firearm is provided. The method can include receiving, by an event detection module, acceleration and rotation input signals from an inertial measurement unit configured on the firearm. An occurrence of an operational status event based on the acceleration and rotation input signals are identified by the event detection module. A tipping signal is generated by the event detection module based on the identified operational status event. The tipping signal is received at a responsive infrastructure. The responsive infrastructure performs a responsive action based on the tipping signal.
Claims13
A method for initiating a responsive action based on an operational status event of a firearm, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an event detection module, acceleration and rotation input signals from an inertial measurement unit configured on the firearm indicative of a barrel of the firearm tipping in a direction one of downward and upward;
- identifying, by the event detection module, an occurrence of an operational status event, including a firearm discharge, based on the acceleration and rotation input signals;
- measuring, by the event detection module, movement and orientation of the barrel before, during and after the firearm discharge;
- determining, at a usage monitoring system, how a user is anticipating the firearm discharge based on the measured movement and orientation of the barrel before the firearm discharge;
- determining, at a usage monitoring system, how a user is reacting to the firearm discharge based on the measured movement and orientation of the barrel after the firearm discharge;
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- communicating the responsive action to a user of the firearm including real-time feedback at an integrated visual display indicative of one of the anticipating and reacting.
A system for initiating a responsive action based on an operational status event of a firearm, the system comprising:
- an inertial measurement unit disposed on the firearm and configured to generate acceleration and rotation signals based on sensed acceleration and rotation movements of the firearm;
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- an event detection module that receives the acceleration and rotation input signals from the inertial measurement unit and that is configured to (i) identify an occurrence of an operational status event, including a firearm discharge, based on the acceleration and rotation input signals;
- measure, by the event detection module, movement and orientation of the barrel before, during and after the firearm discharge;
- (iii determine, at a usage monitoring system, how a user is anticipating the firearm discharge based on the measured movement and orientation of the barrel before the firearm discharge;
- (iv) determining, at a usage monitoring system, how a user is reacting to the firearm discharge based on the measured movement and orientation of the barrel after the firearm discharge;
- and (v) communicate the responsive action to a user of the firearm including real-time feedback at an integrated visual display indicative of one of the anticipating and reacting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.