Paintball guns
AssigneeNPF Limited
InventorJohn Ronald Rice
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Abstract
A paintball gun trigger system includes a trigger, an emitter arranged to emit light and collector arranged to receive an amount of the light that varies with the position of the trigger and produce a signal that varies with the position of the trigger. A controller is arranged to determine from the signal when the trigger has been pulled and released. In one embodiment, the light beam from the emitter is pulsed on and off and the signal from the collector is sampled at regular intervals. Variations in the pulsed collector signal are used to detect when the trigger has moved to a pulled position and a released position, and when the collector is swamped with light from another source.
Claims48
A paintball gun trigger system comprising a trigger arranged to be movably mounted on a paintball gun so as to have a variable position, an optical sensor arranged to produce a signal that varies with the position of the trigger, and a controller arranged to receive the signal from the sensor to determine therefrom when the trigger has been operated, wherein the sensor comprises an emitter arranged to emit light and a collector arranged to receive an amount of the light that varies with the position of the trigger, and to vary said signal in response to variations in said amount of the light.
A paintball gun trigger system comprising a trigger arranged to be mounted on a paintball gun and movable between a depressed position and a released position, a sensor arranged to produce a signal that varies with position of the trigger, and a controller arranged to receive the signal from the sensor to determine therefrom when the trigger is in the depressed position, and to control firing of the gun in response to operation of the trigger, wherein the controller is arranged to define a minimum depressed time for which the trigger must be held in the depressed position to initiate firing of the gun.
A paintball gun trigger system comprising a trigger arranged to be mounted on a paintball gun and movable between a depressed position and a released position, a sensor arranged to produce a signal that varies with position of the trigger, and a controller arranged to receive the signal from the sensor to determine therefrom when the trigger is out of the released position, and to control firing of the gun in response to operation of the trigger, wherein the controller is arranged to define a minimum released time for which the trigger must be in the released position before a further trigger pull can be registered.
A paintball gun trigger system comprising a trigger, a sensor arranged to produce a signal that varies with the position of the trigger, and a controller arranged to receive the signal from the sensor and to control firing of the gun in response to operation of the trigger, wherein the controller is arranged to define a released state threshold of the signal corresponding to a released condition of the trigger, and a depressed state threshold of the signal corresponding to a depressed condition of the trigger, and to register a pull of the trigger only if the signal reaches the depressed state threshold and to register a further pull of the trigger only after the signal has returned to the released state threshold.
A paintball gun trigger system comprising a trigger arranged to be mounted on a paintball gun and arranged to be actuated by a user applying a force thereto whereby the trigger can be in a pulled condition and a released condition, a sensor arranged to produce a signal that varies with the force applied to the trigger, and a controller arranged to receive the signal from the sensor to determine therefrom when the trigger is in each of said conditions, and to control firing of the gun in response to operation of the trigger, wherein the controller is arranged to define a minimum depressed time for which the trigger must be held in the pulled condition to initiate firing of the gun.
A paintball gun trigger system comprising a trigger, a sensor arranged to produce a signal that varies with the force applied to the trigger, and a controller arranged to receive the signal from the sensor to determine therefrom when the trigger has been pulled, and to control firing of the gun in response to operation of the trigger, wherein the controller is arranged to define a released state threshold of the signal corresponding to a released condition of the trigger, and a depressed state threshold of the signal corresponding to a pulled condition of the trigger, and to register a pull of the trigger only if the signal reaches the depressed state threshold and to register a further pull of the trigger only after the signal has returned to the released state threshold.
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