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US 2019/0093985 A1Published application
Detachable motion-activated recording means for firearms
OwnerAdam Robinsoninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and detachable motion-activated recoding system for a firearm, the system detachable to a trigger guard, the camera system comprising video recording means and/or one of a motion-sensor and a light-sensor. The apparatus and system are adapted to record whatever the firearm is being pointed at whenever the firearm is drawn from a holster.
Claims20
A camera system detachably affixable to a firearm, the camera system comprising:
- a L-shaped housing defining a hollow interior recess, an exterior surface of the L-shaped housing contoured to abut a forward surface and lower surface of a trigger guard of the firearm;
- a digital camera comprising a CMOS sensor having a lens, the lens of the digital camera oriented orthogonally to a barrel of the firearm such that the camera points toward anything positioned in front of the firearm;
- a power supply;
- computer-readable memory for storing digital media;
- a motion-sensor for activating the camera system, the motion sensor positioned above the digital camera;
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- a bracket adapted to circumscribe a forward surface of the trigger guard and detachably affix the L-shaped housing to the forward surface of the trigger guard;
- wherein the camera system is positioned substantially on the forward edge of the trigger guard such that the firearm continues to rest in a holster 302 without modification of the holster.
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A camera system detachably affixable to a firearm, the camera system comprising:
- a cylindrical housing defining a hollow interior recess and an exterior recess contoured to receive a corner of a trigger guard of the firearm;
- a bracket adapted to circumscribe a lower surface of the trigger guard and detachably affix the L-shaped housing to the lower surface of the trigger guard;
- a digital camera having a lens, the lens of the digital camera oriented orthogonally to a barrel of the firearm such that the camera points toward anything positioned in front of the firearm;
- a motion-sensor for activating the camera system disposed above the digital camera, the motion sensor positioned above the digital camera;
- an internal power supply;
- computer-readable memory for storing digital media;
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- attachment means for detachably affixing the cylindrical housing to the corner of the trigger guard.
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A camera system detachably affixable to a firearm, the camera system consisting of:
- a cylindrical housing defining a hollow interior recess and an exterior recess contoured to receive a corner of a trigger guard of the firearm;
- a bracket adapted to circumscribe a lower surface of the trigger guard and detachably affix the L-shaped housing to the forward surface of the trigger guard;
- a digital camera having a lens, the lens of the digital camera oriented orthogonally to a barrel of the firearm such that the camera points toward anything positioned in front of the firearm;
- a light-sensor for activating the camera system disposed above the digital camera, the light sensor positioned above the digital camera;
- an internal power supply;
- computer-readable memory for storing digital media;
- and
- attachment means for detachably affixing the cylindrical housing to the corner of the trigger guard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.