Physical hit detection system and target apparatus
AssigneeAustralasian Training Aids (Pty.) Ltd.
InventorLindsay C. Knight
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for training in marksmanship. The apparatus uses a computer to determine the position of strike of a projectile on a target and further detects a hit on the target, especially in the region of the edge of the target where the projectile position determination computer may produce some errors. The physical hit detection system of the present invention will "override" the computer in those instances where the projectile barely touches the edge of the target and the computer "sees" the projectile as having missed the target or vice versa.
Claims6
Apparatus for use in marksmanship training in which a projectile travels along a trajectory from a firing point toward a target member and through a measurement plane, comprising:
- a target member;
- first means for detecting and indicating relative to a target representation a location in said measurement plane through which said trajectory passes, thereby providing at least an approximate indication of where said projectile passes relative to said target member;
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- second means for detecting and providing a positive indication of a projectile hit on said target member, said first and second means providing a marksman with at least an approximate indication of where the projectile passes relative to the target member, as well as a positive indication of whether the projectile has hit the target member, said indications rendering hits at the edge of the target member distinguishable from misses near the edge of the target member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.