Firearm shooting simulator
AssigneeChristian Emmanuel NORDEN
InventorsChristian Emmanuel Norden, Alan Trevor Brown
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Abstract
A firearm shooting simulator includes an image capturing device fitted to a firearm and configured to capture at least one image of a target, once activated. The system further includes a processor which is configured to determine any variance between a centre point of the image captured and a point on the target sighted by the firearm when the image is captured. This is achieved by sighting the firearm at a particular point on the target and programming the processor with the location of this sighted point. Once the processor is aware of which point is sighted by the firearm, the image is captured and the processor determines a centre point of the image captured.
Claims23
1-42. (canceled)
A zeroing method for a firearm shooting simulator, which method includes at least the steps of
- sighting a firearm having an image capturing device associated therewith, aiming at a first point on a target, which first point is a centre of the target;
- capturing at least one image of the target;
- automatically determining a second point on the target corresponding to a centre of the image captured;
- automatically determining any variance between the first and second points by quantifying the distance and direction of the variance between the first and second points;
- when the firearm shooting simulator is in a post-zeroing, shooting condition, automatically compensating for the variance when further images are captured, so that accurate zeroing of the firearm shooting simulator at the target is achievable without having to precisely align two or more of the image capturing device, a barrel of the firearm, and a sight of the firearm with each other;
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- automatically creating a virtual target centre by calculating the mean point of impact (MPI) using one or more second points.
A firearm shooting simulator system including:—
- an image capturing device configured for fitment to a firearm, in use, which device is configured to capture at least one image of a target, wherein a centre of said image represents a virtual point of impact on the target;
- a processor arranged in communication with the image capturing device, which processor is configured to determine any variance between said virtual point of impact and a point on the target sighted by the firearm when the image is captured, by quantifying the distance and direction of the variance between the virtual point of impact and the point sighted by the firearm and to compensate for such variance when further images are captured during post-zeroing, simulator shooting;
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- a reporting mechanism arranged in communication with the processor, which reporting mechanism is configured to indicate where the firearm is sighted at the target once further images are captured and the variance compensated for, as compensation for the variance obviates alignment of the image capturing device with a sight of the firearm;
- wherein during post-zeroing condition simulated shooting, the processor compensates for the variance by adjusting the virtual point of impact of a further image captured by the variance so that further virtual points of impact are automatically adjusted with such variance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.