Granted Patent B2

US 12,467,704 · App. 18/439,451 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventor: John Hafen (Woodinville, WA)

F41A17/063F41A17/64

Abstract

Claims (66)

1 . A computer-implemented method of a smart-gun system, the method comprising:

obtaining a set of smart-gun data comprising:

smart-gun orientation data that indicates an orientation of a smart-gun being handled by a user, the smart-gun including a barrel, a safety, and a firing chamber,

smart-gun configuration data that indicates a plurality of configurations of the smart-gun, including safety on/off, firing configuration, and ammunition configuration, and

smart-gun audio data including an audio recording from a microphone of the smart-gun,

determining, using artificial intelligence, one or more states of the smart-gun based at least in part on the set of smart-gun data;

determining, using artificial intelligence, one or more states of the user based at least in part on the set of smart-gun data;

determining a real-time safety level based at least in part on the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user;

determining a smart-gun configuration change based at least in part on the real-time safety level, the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user, the smart-gun configuration change including putting the smart-gun on safety or otherwise making the smart-gun inoperable to fire;

implementing the smart-gun configuration change automatically without human intervention, including by the user handling the smart-gun, the implementing the smart-gun configuration change including actuating the smart-gun to put the smart-gun on safety or otherwise making the smart-gun inoperable to fire;

determining to generate a conversation statement based at least in part on the real-time safety level, the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user;

generating, in response to the determining to generate the conversation statement, an LLM prompt based at least in part on the real-time safety level, the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user;

submitting the LLM prompt to a remote LLM system;

obtaining a conversation statement from the remote LLM system in response to the LLM prompt; and

presenting the conversation statement via an interface of the smart-gun that includes at least a microphone, the conversation statement presented as a synthesized audio speaking voice having a persona or character.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the ammunition configuration includes one or more of:

whether or not the smart-gun is loaded with ammunition;

whether or not a magazine is loaded in the smart-gun;

a number of rounds of ammunition loaded in the smart-gun;

a number of rounds of ammunition loaded in a magazine of the smart-gun; and

a number of rounds of ammunition loaded in the firing chamber of the smart-gun.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the smart-gun orientation data that indicates an orientation of a smart-gun being handled by the user comprises one or more of:

an orientation of the smart-gun about an X-axis defined by the barrel of the smart-gun,

an orientation of the smart-gun about a Y-axis that is perpendicular to the X-axis,

an orientation of the smart-gun about a Z-axis that is perpendicular to the X-axis and Y-axis,

a level status of X-axis,

an orientation of the X-axis relative to a firing line corresponding at least to whether the smart-gun is pointed toward or away from the firing line, and

an orientation of the X-axis relative to a firing line corresponding to an angle that the smart-gun is aligned with or pointed away from perpendicular to the firing line.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the real-time safety level based at least in part on the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user includes a determination of whether safety is above or below a safety threshold.

5 . A computer-implemented method of a smart-gun system, the method comprising:

obtaining a set of smart-gun data comprising:

smart-gun orientation data that indicates an orientation of a smart-gun being handled by a user, the smart-gun including a barrel, a safety, and a firing chamber,

smart-gun configuration data that indicates one or more configurations of the smart-gun, and

smart-gun audio data including an audio recording from a microphone,

determining, using artificial intelligence, one or more states of the smart-gun based at least in part on the set of smart-gun data;

determining, using artificial intelligence, one or more states of the user based at least in part on the set of smart-gun data;

determining a real-time safety level based at least in part on the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user;

determining to generate a conversation statement based at least in part on the real-time safety level, the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user;

generating, in response to the determining to generate the conversation statement, a prompt based at least in part on the real-time safety level, the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user;

obtaining a conversation statement in response to the prompt; and

presenting the conversation statement via an interface that includes at least a microphone, the conversation statement presented as a synthesized audio speaking voice.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining a smart-gun configuration change based at least in part on the real-time safety level, the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user, the smart-gun configuration change including putting the smart-gun on safety or otherwise making the smart-gun inoperable to fire, and

implementing the smart-gun configuration change automatically without human intervention, including by the user handling the smart-gun, the implementing the smart-gun configuration change including actuating the smart-gun to put the smart-gun on safety or otherwise making the smart-gun inoperable to fire.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the prompt is an LLM prompt, and wherein the LLM prompt is submitted to a remote LLM system.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the interface including the microphone is part of the smart-gun.

9 . A computer-implemented method of a smart-gun system, the method comprising:

obtaining a set of smart-gun data;

determining one or more states of a smart-gun based at least in part on the set of smart-gun data;

determining one or more states of a user based at least in part on the set of smart-gun data;

determining to generate a conversation statement based at least in part on the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user;

generating a prompt based at least in part on the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user, wherein the prompt is an LLM prompt, and wherein the LLM prompt is submitted to a remote LLM system; and

presenting a conversation statement generated based at least in part on the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the set of smart-gun data comprises one or more of:

smart-gun orientation data that indicates an orientation of a smart-gun, and

smart-gun configuration data that indicates at least one configuration of the smart-gun.

11 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining a safety level based at least in part on the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user.

12 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the prompt is generated further based at least in part on a safety level.

13 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the conversation statement is obtained in response to the prompt.

14 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining a smart-gun configuration change based at least in part on the one or more states of the smart-gun and the one or more states of the user, and

implementing the smart-gun configuration change automatically without human intervention.

15 . The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the smart-gun configuration change includes making the smart-gun inoperable to fire.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the conversation statement presented as a synthesized audio speaking voice.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the conversation statement is presented via a microphone that is part of the smart-gun.

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