IP Library Granted Patent US 8,794,967
Granted Patent B2
US 8,794,967 · App. 12/631,799 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Firearm training system

Inventor: Willis Hubbard Sargent (Rehoboth, DE)
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Patent No.
US 8,794,967
App. No.
12/631,799
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a firearm training system for actual and virtual moving targets comprising a firearm, a trigger-initiated image-capturing device mounted on a firearm, a processor, and a display. The system allows a user to visualize the accuracy of a shot taken when the trigger was pulled or the gun fired by showing the predicted position of the firearm's projectile in relation to the moving targets.

Claims (6)

1. A firearm training system for moving targets comprising a firearm, a sensor to detect trigger deployment, at least two image-capturing devices mounted on a firearm, a processor, and a display, wherein upon detection of trigger deployment, each image-capturing device is initiated to capture at least one image of the moving target when a shot is fired by a user of the firearm to provide at least two images from the image-capturing devices, wherein the processor receives information from the at least two images from the image-capturing devices and, utilizing stereoscopic range finding based on the information from the at least two images from the image-capturing devices, determines an approximate location of the shot in relation to the moving target, and wherein information is displayed on the display about the location of the shot in relation to the moving target, wherein said each image-capturing device is mounted on either side of the firearm's barrel or barrels.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor further determines a predicted position of the shot in relation to the moving target and displays the predicted position superimposed over an image of the moving target on the display, whereby a user can visually assess accuracy of a shot aimed at the moving target.

3. The firearm training system of claim 1 , wherein the firearm is a shotgun and the projectile is a plurality of shot.

4. The firearm training system of claim 1 , wherein the moving target is a bird.

5. The firearm training system of claim 1 , wherein the moving target is a clay pigeon.

6. The firearm training system of claim 1 , wherein each of the image-capturing devices capture at least two images of the moving target.

Continuity (2)
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