Automatic Variable Choke Punt Gun for Swarm Defense
OwnerTony Mitchell Coleinventor
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Abstract
A system includes a variable choke coupled to a barrel of a shot gun, and a mechanical mechanism coupled to the variable choke and configured to adjust an amount of choke constriction of the variable choke. The system further includes a motor coupled to the mechanical mechanism, and a control system configured to determine a desired size of a shot cone of shot fired from the shot gun, determine a choke constriction position of the variable choke that produces the identified size of the shot cone, and apply control signals to the motor to cause, via movement of the mechanical mechanism, automatic adjustment of the variable choke based on the determined choke constriction position of the variable choke.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a variable choke coupled to a barrel of a shot gun;
- a mechanical mechanism coupled to the variable choke and configured to adjust an amount of choke constriction of the variable choke;
- a motor coupled to the mechanical mechanism;
- a control system configured to:
- determine a desired size of a shot cone of shot to be fired from the shot gun,
- determine a choke constriction position of the variable choke that produces the identified size of the shot cone, and
- apply control signals to the motor to cause, via movement of the mechanical mechanism, automatic adjustment of the variable choke based on the determined choke constriction position of the variable choke.
A method, comprising:
- receiving scanning data from a sensor system;
- identifying, by a target identification system, at least one of a current position, a velocity, or an acceleration of one or more targets using the scanning data;
- identifying, by a control system, a size of a shot cone, and a corresponding point of aim, to hit the one or more targets based on the identified at least one of the current position, velocity, or acceleration of the one or more targets;
- determining, by the control system, a choke constriction position of a variable choke of a shotgun that produces the identified size of the shot cone;
- automatically adjusting, by the control system, the variable choke of the shot gun based on the determined choke constriction position;
- aiming, by the control system, the shot gun, to the identified point aim;
- and
- firing, by the control system, the aimed shot gun.
A system, comprising:
- a variable choke coupled to a barrel of a shot gun;
- an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the variable choke;
- a sensor system configured to obtain scanning data of an environment in a vicinity of the shot gun;
- a target identification unit configured to:
- identify one or more targets in the vicinity of the shot gun using the scanning data, and
- identify at least one of a current position, a velocity, an acceleration, a size, a shape, or a cross-sectional area of each of the identified one or more targets using the scanning data;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- determine a size of a shot cone based on the identified at least one of the current position, velocity, acceleration, size, shape, or cross-sectional area of each of the identified one or more targets,
- determine a choke constriction position of the variable choke that produces the determined size of the shot cone, and
- control the adjustment mechanism to automatically adjust the variable choke to the determined choke constriction position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.