Method and system for correlating weapon firing events with scoring events

A method for correlating weapon firing events to target scoring events comprising:

• (a) receiving at a first computing device, for a plurality of scoring events, a time at which each scoring event occurred, a location of each scoring area when each scoring event occurred, a direction of a reference direction associated with each scoring area, and an angle of incidence for each projectile associate with each scoring event with respect to the reference direction;
• (b) receiving at the first computing device, for a plurality of weapon firing events, a time at which the each weapon firing event occurred, and a location where each weapon firing events occurred;
• (c) creating a plurality of reference lines for each scoring event and each weapon firing event combination, wherein each reference line extends from the location of each weapon firing event to the location of each scoring area for each scoring event;
• (d) calculating at the first computing device a plurality of angles between the plurality of reference lines and the reference direction;
• (e) comparing at the first computing device the time of each scoring event to the time of each weapon firing event to obtain a first comparison result;
• (f) comparing at the first computing device the angle of incidence for the projectile of each scoring event to each of the calculated angles to obtain a second comparison result;
• (g) identifying at the first computing device, based on the first and second comparison results, each unambiguous, one-to-one pairings between scoring events and weapon firing events;
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• (h) storing each unambiguous, one-to-one pairing identified in step (g).

The system for correlating weapon firing events to target scoring events comprising:

• (a) a computing device;
• (b) a target device for detecting a plurality of scoring events and, for each detected scoring event, determining a time at which each scoring event occurred, a location of each scoring area when each scoring event occurred, a direction of a reference direction, an angle of incidence for each projectile associate with each scoring event with respect to the reference direction, and outputting said determinations to the computing device;
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• (c) a weapon device for detecting a plurality of weapon firing events and, for each detected weapon firing event, determining a time at which the each weapon firing event occurred, a location where each weapon firing event occurred, and outputting said determinations to the computing device,
• (i) wherein said computing device:
• 1. creates a plurality of reference lines for each scoring event and each weapon firing event combination, wherein each reference line extends from the location of each weapon firing event to the location of each scoring event;
• 2. calculates a plurality of angles between the plurality of reference lines and the reference direction;
• 3. compares the time of each scoring event to the time of each weapon firing event at the first computing device to obtain first comparison results;
• 4. compares the angle of incidence of the projectile of each scoring event to each of the calculated angles to obtain a second comparison results;
• 5. identifies, based on the first and second comparison results, each unambiguous, one-to-one pairings between scoring events and weapon firing events;
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• 6. stores each unambiguous, one-to-one pairing identified in step 5.