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US 2014/0360072 A1Published application
Precision Guided Firearm Including an Optical Scope Configured to Determine Timing of Discharge
AssigneeTrackingpoint, Inc.
InventorsJohn Hancock Lupher, Stefanie Kwan, Douglas Ainsworth Scott, Michael Toal
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Abstract
A precision guided firearm (PGF) includes a trigger assembly and an optical device coupled to the trigger assembly. The optical device is to predict a time when an aim point of the PGF is less than a programmable threshold distance from a selected location on a target and to control the trigger assembly to discharge the PGF at the time.
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A precision guided firearm (PGF) comprising:
- a trigger assembly;
- and
- an optical device coupled to the trigger assembly, the optical device configured to predict a time when a distance between a ballistic solution of the PGF is less than a programmable threshold distance from a selected location on a target and to control the trigger assembly to discharge the PGF at the time.
A method of controlling discharge of a precision guided firearm (PGF), the method comprising:
- determining a distance between a selected location on a target and an aim point corresponding to a ballistic solution of the PGF using an optical scope coupled to the PGF;
- and
- controlling a trigger assembly of the PGF to discharge at a predicted time when the distance is less than a threshold.
An optical scope comprising:
- a trigger assembly interface configurable to couple to a trigger assembly of a firearm;
- an optical sensor configured to capture video of a view area;
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- a processor coupled to the trigger assembly interface and the optical sensor, the processor configured to process video frames of the video to determine a trajectory of an aim point of the firearm and to provide a control signal to the trigger assembly interface to control discharge of the firearm according to a predicted time when the aim point is within a programmable distance from a selected location on a target
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