Methods and apparatus for a conducted electrical weapon
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsSiddharth Heroor, Magne H. Nerheim
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Abstract
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from multiple cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW includes a handle and one or more deployment units. A handle and each deployment unit include a processing circuit and memory. The processing circuit of a handle may communicate with the processing circuit of the one or more deployment units. The processing circuit in a deployment unit may confirm receipt of a message from the processing circuit in a handle. A handle may provide operation and usage data to a deployment unit for storage. A handle may receive data from a deployment unit.
Claims20
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) for providing a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target, the CEW comprising:
- a handle, the handle includes a first processing circuit, a power supply, and a signal generator, the signal generator for providing the current;
- a deployment unit, the deployment unit includes a second processing circuit, a memory, and at least one wire-tethered electrode, the deployment unit configured to removably couple to the handle, the at least one wire-tether electrode for launching toward the target to provide the current through the target to impede locomotion of the target;
- wherein while the deployment unit is coupled to the handle:
- the power supply provides power to the second processing circuit;
- the first processing circuit sends a first message to the second processing circuit;
- in response to receiving the first message, the second processing circuit sends a second message to the first processing circuit;
- and
- the first processing circuit compares the first message to the second message to determine whether the second processing circuit received the first message without error.
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) for providing a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target, the CEW comprising:
- a handle, the handle includes a first processing circuit, a power supply, and a signal generator, the signal generator for providing the current;
- a deployment unit, the deployment unit includes a second processing circuit, a memory, and at least one wire-tethered electrode, the deployment unit configured to removably couple to the handle, the at least one wire-tether electrode for launching toward the target to provide the current through the target to impede locomotion of the target;
- wherein:
- while the deployment unit is coupled to the handle, the power supply provides power to the second processing circuit and the memory;
- the first processing circuit sends a read request to the second processing circuit;
- and
- in response to the read request, the second processing circuit sends a read response to the first processing circuit, the read response includes data from the memory.
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) for providing a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target, the CEW comprising:
- a handle, the handle includes a first processing circuit, a power supply, and a signal generator, the signal generator for providing the current;
- a deployment unit, the deployment unit includes a second processing circuit, a memory, and at least one wire-tethered electrode, the deployment unit configured to removably couple to the handle, the at least one wire-tether electrode for launching toward the target to provide the current through the target to impede locomotion of the target;
- wherein:
- while the deployment unit is coupled to the handle, the power supply provides power to the second processing circuit and the memory;
- the first processing circuit sends a write request to the second processing circuit, the write request includes data;
- and
- in response to the write request, the second processing circuit stores the data in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.