Weapon targeting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10697733-B1
Application number	US-201916671257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Nov 1, 2019
Priority date	Sep 19, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

A point of aim shows where a weapon is aimed on a target. An electronic device determines an impact location on the target of a projectile fired from the weapon, determines a distance from the point of aim to the impact location, and moves the point of aim in order to sight the weapon to the target.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
displaying, on a display of an electronic scope mounted to a rifle with a first user, a point of aim (POA) that shows where the rifle with the first user is aimed;
displaying, on a display of first wearable electronic glasses (WEG) worn on a head of the first user with the rifle and in wireless communication with the electronic scope, the POA that shows where the rifle with the first user is aimed and that moves in real-time with movements of the rifle with the first user; and
displaying, on a display of second WEG worn on a head of a second user and in wireless communication with the first WEG, the POA that shows where the rifle with the first user is aimed and that moves in real-time with movements of the rifle with the first user.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
tracking, with one or more sensors in the first WEG, an orientation of the rifle with the first user; and
deactivating displaying of the POA displayed on the display of the first WEG when the first WEG senses the orientation of the rifle with the first user is directed to ground.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
tracking, with one or more sensors in the first WEG, an orientation of the rifle with the first user; and
activating displaying of the POA displayed on the display of the first WEG when the first WEG senses the orientation of the rifle with the first user is directed away from ground.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
tracking, with one or more sensors in the first WEG, an orientation of the rifle with the first user; and
activating displaying of the POA displayed on the display of the first WEG when the first WEG determines the orientation of the rifle with the first user is directed to a target.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying a target on the display of the electronic scope and on the display of the first WEG;
receiving, at a natural language user interface of the first WEG, a voice command to track the target; and
tracking, with one or more sensors in the electronic scope, the target in response to receiving the voice command.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
moving, with a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) that is with the first user and that is in wireless communication with at least one of the electronic scope and the first WEG, a location of the POA displayed on the display of the electronic scope and the display of the first WEG.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
instructing, with a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) that is with the first user and that is in wireless communication with at least one of the electronic scope and the first WEG, the rifle with the first user to fire.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
executing, with a processor, code stored in memory that compares the POA on a target when a bullet is fired from the rifle with an image or video of an impact location on the target where the bullet hit the target and moves the POA to compensate for a difference between the POA on the target and the impact location of the bullet on the target.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause one or more processors to execute a method, comprising:
wirelessly receiving, from an electronic scope mounted to a rifle with a first user and to a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of the first user, data captured with a camera of the electronic scope that displays a point of aim (POA) of the rifle;
displaying, on a display of the first WED worn on the head of the first user, the POA that shows where the rifle with the first user is aimed and that moves in real-time with movements of the rifle; and
displaying, on a display of a second WED worn on a head of a second user and in wireless communication with the first WED, the POA that shows where the rifle with the first user is aimed and that moves in real-time with movements of the rifle.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
receiving, at the first WED and from the first user, a voice command to stop displaying the POA on the first WED.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
receiving, at the first WED and from the electronic scope, a distance from the rifle to a target at which the rifle is aimed; and
moving, by the first WED, a location of where the POA appears on the display of the first WED to compensate for bullet drop due to changes to the distance from the rifle to the target.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
determining, by the first WED, a shooting condition that caused a bullet fired from the rifle to miss a target; and
automatically moving, by the first WED and in response to the determining that the bullet missed the target, a location where the POA is displayed to compensate for the shooting condition and to sight the rifle to the target.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
determining, by the first WED, that the POA displayed on the display of the first WED does not coincide with where the rifle is aimed; and
automatically moving, by the first WED, a location where the POA is displayed on the display of the first WED so the POA displayed on the first WED coincides with where the rifle is aimed such that a bullet fired from the rifle hits a target at the POA displayed on the display of the first WED.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
automatically firing the rifle when the POA displayed on the display of the first WED aligns with a target seen through the display of the first WED.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
automatically moving, by the first WED, a location where the POA is displayed on the display of the first WED to compensate for at least one of jitter and bore temperature of the rifle.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
automatically moving, by the first WED, a location where the POA is displayed on the display of the first WED to compensate for real-time movements of a target that cause distances from the rifle and the target to change.

17. A weapon targeting system, comprising:
a first wearable electronic device (WED) that is worn on a head of a first user with a rifle, wirelessly communicates with an electronic scope mounted to the rifle, includes a display that displays a point of aim (POA) where the rifle is aimed, and moves the POA to coincide with real-time movements of the rifle; and
a second wearable electronic device (WED) that is worn on a head of a second user, wirelessly communicates with the first WED, includes a display that displays the POA where the rifle of the first user is aimed, and moves the POA to coincide with real-time movements of the rifle of the first user.

18. The weapon targeting system of claim 17 further comprising:
a handheld portable electronic device (HPED) with the first user that wirelessly communicates with the first WED, and activates and deactivates displaying of the POA on

Assignees

• Lyren Philip

Inventors

• Lyren Philip

Classifications

• F41G3/323

  for checking the angle between the muzzle axis of the gun and a reference axis, e.g. the axis of the associated sighting device (testing alignment of axes in general G01B11/27) · CPC title

• F41G3/165

  using a TV-monitor · CPC title

• F41G3/142

  based on observation of a first shoot; using a simulated shoot (training F41G3/26) · CPC title

• F41G3/12

  with means for compensating for muzzle velocity or powder temperature {with means for compensating for gun vibrations} · CPC title

• F41G3/06

  with rangefinder (rangefinders per se G01C) · CPC title