Systems and methods for electronic weaponry having audio and/or video recording capability
AssigneeTASER International, Inc.
InventorMagne H. Nerheim
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Abstract
An electronic control device includes an audio and/or video recorder, for example, packaged as a user-replaceable battery module. The audio and/or video recorder records audio and/or video information for a period beginning prior to receiving of a signal by the module. The signal may be a trigger signal, provided by the electronic control device. Use of the weapon module is documented by recorded audio and/or video information for the period, for example, extending a while before and after operation of the trigger.
Claims15
A module for any one electronic control device of a plurality of electronic control devices, the electronic control device operative with a cartridge, the cartridge having wire-tethered electrodes for launching from the cartridge generally in a direction of aiming to impact a human or animal target, the module comprising:
- a. a case;
- b. a battery within the case;
- c. a recording video camera within the case for recording video in the direction of aiming;
- d. an electrical interface through the case for a first signal and a second signal;
- and
- e. a mechanical interface that secures the case to the electronic control device for operation of the electrical interface, that facilitates separation of the case from the electronic control device for field-interchangeable use of the module in turn with another electronic control device of the plurality of electronic control devices, and that orients the video camera in the direction of aiming;
- wherein
- f. the battery powers the recording video camera, and powers, via the first signal through the case, the electronic control device to provide a current through the target via the electrodes;
- and
- g. the recording video camera begins recording video in response to the second signal through the case from the electronic control device.
A battery module for any one weapon module of a plurality of weapon modules, the weapon module operative with an electrode module, the electrode module having, electrodes for launching generally in a direction of aiming to impact a human or animal target, the weapon module having a circuit that generates a relatively high voltage pulse for pulsed current through the electrodes and through the target, the battery module comprising:
- a. a case;
- b. a battery within the case;
- c. a recorder within the case for recording audio and/or video in the direction of aiming;
- d. an electrical interface through the case for a first signal and a second signal;
- and
- e. a mechanical interface that secures the case to the weapon module for operation of the electrical interface, that facilitates separation of the case from the weapon module for field-interchangeable use of the battery module in turn with another weapon module of the plurality of weapon modules, and that orients the recorder in the direction of aiming;
- wherein
- f. the battery powers the recorder, and powers, at a relatively low voltage via the first signal through the case, the circuit to provide the relatively high voltage pulse of current through the target via the electrodes;
- and
- g. the recorder begins recording in response to the second signal through the case from the weapon module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.