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US 2023/0146388 A1Published application
Detecting magazine types using magnets
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsJohn Groff, Trevor Ryan, Michael Roberts
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Abstract
Magazines of conducted electrical weapons (CEW) comprise a set of magnetic elements having positions, polarities, and magnitudes corresponding to a type of magazine. The CEW uses sensors to detect an indicator magnet indicating that a magazine is inserted into a bay of the CEW. The CEW additionally uses sensors to detect information about the set of magnetic elements and determines, based on the detected information, a type of the magazine.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”), a magazine into a bay of the CEW;
- performing, by the CEW, a check for one or more magnetic elements, the one or more magnetic elements having respective positions on the magazine and respective polarities;
- and
- determining, by the CEW based at least in part on the one or more magnetic elements, a magazine type of the magazine.
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A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
- a bay configured to receive a magazine;
- a memory configured to store information about one or more magazine types;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to perform steps comprising:
- performing a check for one or more magnetic elements, the one or more magnetic elements having respective positions on the magazine and respective polarities;
- and
- determining, based at least in part on the one or more magnetic elements, a magazine type of the magazine.
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A magazine of a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
- an indicator magnet having a first position on the magazine and a first polarity;
- one or more additional magnets, the one or more additional magnets having respective positions on the magazine and respective polarities, wherein the one or more additional magnets correspond to a magazine type;
- and
- a housing configured to be received by a bay of the CEW.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.