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US 6,615,814 B1Granted
Paintball guns
AssigneeNPF Limited
InventorsJohn Ronald Rice, Nicholas John Marks
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Abstract
A paintball gun is disclosed which includes a data link for transferring data to and/of from a remote terminal. The link may be a contact or contactless one. A removable data carrier may be used.
Claims54
A paintball gun in communication with a remote terminal, the paintball gun comprising:
- an input;
- a pneumatic system coupled to the input for firing one or more paintballs;
- a processing unit coupled to the input, the processing unit controlling operation of the pneumatic system in response to information received from the input, the processing unit generating pneumatic system operation data gathered during operation of the gun, the pneumatic system operation data including pneumatic circuit firing mechanism operation data;
- and
- a data communication link coupled to the processing unit, the data communication link electronically transmitting the pneumatic system operation data to the remote terminal.
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A paintball gun comprising:
- an input;
- a pneumatic system coupled to the input for firing one or more paintballs;
- a processing unit coupled to the input, the processing unit controlling operation of the pneumatic system in response to information received from the input, the processing using generating pneumatic system operation data gathered during operation of the gun, the pneumatic system operation data including pneumatic circuit timing data;
- and
- a data communication link coupled to the processing unit, the data communication link electronically transmitting the pneumatic system operation data to a remote terminal for display thereon.
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A paintball gun in communication with a remote terminal, the paintball gun comprising:
- an input;
- a pneumatic system coupled to the input for firing one or more paintballs;
- a memory storing a first set of program instructions;
- a processing unit coupled to the memory and the input, the processing unit executing the first set of program instructions relating to pneumatic circuit firing mechanism operation data in response to information received from the input;
- and
- a data communication link coupled to the processing unit, the data communication link for receiving a second set of program instructions relating to pneumatic circuit firing mechanism operation data, the second set of program instructions replacing the first program instructions, the second set of program instructions controlling the operation of the pneumatic system.
3 more elements
A paintball gun in communication with a remote terminal, the paintball gun comprising:
- an input;
- a pneumatic system coupled to the input for firing one or more paintballs;
- a processing unit coupled to the input, the processing unit controlling operation of the pneumatic system in response to information received from the input, the processing unit generating pneumatic system operation data gathered during operation of the gun;
- and
- a data communication link coupled to the processing unit, the data communication link electronically transmitting the pneumatic system operation data to the remote terminal in real time.
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A paintball gun in communication with a remote terminal, the paintball gun comprising:
- an input;
- a pneumatic system coupled to the input for firing one or more paintballs;
- a memory storing a first set of program instructions relating to the control of valve dwell time of the pneumatic system;
- a processing unit coupled to the memory and the input, the processing unit executing the first set of program instructions;
- and
- a data communication link coupled to the processing unit, the data communication link for receiving a second set of program instructions relating to the control of valve dwell time of the pneumatic system, the second set of program instructions replacing the first program instructions and controlling the valve dwell time of the pneumatic system.
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A paintball gun in communication with a remote terminal, the paintball gun comprising:
- an input;
- a pneumatic system coupled to the input for firing one or more paintballs;
- a memory storing a set of program instructions for controlling the valve dwell time of the pneumatic system;
- a processing unit coupled to the memory and the input, the processing unit executing the set of program instructions relating to controlling the valve dwell time of the pneumatic system.
1 more element
A method of using a remote terminal to communicate instructions to a paintball gun, comprising the steps of:
- providing a processing unit for executing a first set of program instructions received from a memory unit, the first set of program instructions relating to the control of operational characteristics of the paintball gun including a pneumatic system;
- using a data communication link to send a second set of program instructions relating to the control of operational characteristics of the paintball gun from a remote terminal to the processing unit;
- replacing the first set of program instructions with the second set of programming instructions;
- using the second set of program instructions to control the pneumatic system of the paintball gun, the pneumatic system configured to control the firing operation of the paintball gun upon receiving information from an input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.