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US 2021/0231786 A1Published application
Calculating a distance between a conducted electrical weapon and a target
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsMagne NERHEIM, Steven N.D. BRUNDULA
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Abstract
The number of pulses of a stimulus signal provided by a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) between launch and establishing an electrical circuit with a human or animal target may be counted to determine the distance between the CEW and the target and the distance between electrodes launched by the CEW toward the target while positioned in or near target tissue.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- launching, by a conducted electrical weapon, an electrode toward a target;
- determining, by the conducted electrical weapon, a time of flight of the electrode between the conducted electrical weapon and the target;
- retrieving, by the conducted electrical weapon and from a memory, a velocity of deployment;
- and
- calculating, by the conducted electrical weapon, a distance between the conducted electrical weapon and the target based on the velocity of deployment and the time of flight.
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A conducted electrical weapon comprising:
- a handle comprising:
- a processing circuit;
- and
- a signal generator configured to provide a stimulus signal;
- and
- a deployment unit coupled within a bay of the handle, the deployment unit comprising:
- a deployment unit housing;
- and
- a plurality of electrodes disposed within the housing, wherein the processing circuit of the handle is configured to perform operations comprising:
- launching a first electrode from the plurality of electrodes towards a target;
- determining a time of flight of the first electrode between the handle and the target;
- retrieving a velocity of deployment;
- and
- calculating a distance between the handle and the target based on the velocity of deployment and the time of flight.
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A method comprising:
- providing, by a conducted electrical weapon, a launch signal configured to cause deployment of an electrode towards a target;
- starting, by the conducted electrical weapon, a measurement of a time of flight at about an occurrence of the launch signal;
- stopping, by the conducted electrical weapon, the measurement of the time of flight upon the electrode coupling to the target;
- and
- calculating, by the conducted electrical weapon, a deployment distance between the conducted electrical weapon and the target based on the measurement of the time of flight.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.