Movement compensation of firearms
AssigneeBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
InventorsMICHAEL J. CHOINIERE, JOHN P. THORNTON
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Abstract
In an example, the firearm includes a firearm sight and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) mounted on the firearm sight. The IMU configured to determine an azimuth jitter and an elevation jitter corresponding to a movement of the firearm, compute an average response of the azimuth jitter and an average response of the elevation jitter, and generate an output signal to compensate for the movement of the firearm based on the average response of the azimuth jitter and the average response of the elevation jitter. The firearm further includes a firing actuation unit communicatively coupled to the IMU to delay a fire command based on the output signal.
Claims17
A firearm comprising:
- a firearm sight;
- an inertial measurement unit (IMU) mounted on the firearm sight, the IMU to:
- determine an azimuth jitter and an elevation jitter corresponding to a movement of the firearm;
- compute an average response of the azimuth jitter and an average response of the elevation jitter;
- and
- generate an output signal to compensate for the movement of the firearm based on the average response of the azimuth jitter and the average response of the elevation jitter;
- and
- a firing actuation unit communicatively coupled to the IMU to delay a fire command based on the output signal.
A method for compensating movement of a firearm, the method comprising:
- providing an inertial measurement unit (IMU) mounted on a firearm sight;
- determining, by the IMU, an azimuth jitter and an elevation jitter associated with the movement of the firearm;
- computing, by the IMU, an average response of the azimuth jitter and an average response of the elevation jitter;
- and
- delaying a fire command to compensate for the movement of the firearm, based on the average response of the azimuth jitter and the average response of the elevation jitter.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that are executed by a computation unit to:
- determine an azimuth jitter and an elevation jitter associated with a movement of a firearm;
- compute an average response of the azimuth jitter and an average response of the elevation jitter;
- and
- generate an output signal to compensate for the movement of the firearm based on the average response of the azimuth jitter and the average response of the elevation jitter;
- and
- delay a fire command of the firearm based on the output signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.