Weapon targeting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10846891-B2
Application number	US-201916671246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2019
Priority date	Sep 6, 2014
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A wearable electronic device displays an impact location that shows where a projectile fired from a weapon will hit a target and displays a bullseye location that shows a desired location where to hit the target. The wearable electronic device indicates firing the weapon when the impact location overlaps with the bullseye location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
displaying, on a display of a head mounted display (HMD) worn on a head of a user with a rifle, an impact location that is a location where a bullet fired from the rifle will impact a target;
receiving, with the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle and from an electronic scope mounted to the rifle, a distance to the target;
calculating, by the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a deviation of the bullet from a line of departure from the rifle caused by bullet drop due to the distance; and
automatically moving, by the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, where the display displays the impact location to compensate for the deviation of the bullet from the line of departure from the rifle caused by the bullet drop due to the distance.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
re-calculating, by the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, the deviation as the user moves a point of aim of the rifle from the target to another target having a different distance; and
automatically moving, by the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, where the display displays the impact location to compensate for the deviation of the bullet from the line of departure from the rifle caused by the bullet drop due to the different distance.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
obtaining, with the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, environmental conditions where the rifle is located;
calculating, by the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a deviation of the bullet from the line of departure from the rifle caused by the environmental conditions; and
automatically moving, by the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, where the display displays the impact location to compensate for the deviation of the bullet from the line of departure from the rifle caused by environmental conditions.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining, with global positioning system (GPS) electronics of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a GPS location of the user;
retrieving, by the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, weather conditions that include wind direction and wind speed for the GPS location of the user; and
automatically moving, by the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, where the display displays the impact location to compensate for a deviation of the bullet from the line of departure from the rifle caused by the weather conditions.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
sensing, with one or more sensors in the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a physical orientation of the rifle; and
activating a weapon targeting system that displays on the display of the HMD when the HMD senses the rifle has a predetermined physical orientation.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
capturing, with a camera in the HMD, an image;
transmitting, over a wireless network, the image from the HMD to a computer;
receiving, at the HMD and over the wireless network, selection of a target in the image; and
highlighting, on the display of the HMD, the target in the image that was received from the computer.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
highlighting, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, the target with at least one of color and light to signify the target as being selected;
sensing, with one or more sensors in the HMD, a gesture command from the user to change the target to a different target; and
highlighting, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle and in response to the gesture command, the different target with at least one of the color and the light to signify the different target as being selected.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
highlighting, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, the target with at least one of color and light to signify the target as being selected;
receiving, at a natural language user interface of the HMD, a voice command from the user to change the target to a different target; and
highlighting, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle and in response to the voice command, the different target with at least one of the color and the light to signify the different target as being selected.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause one or more electronic devices to execute a method, comprising:
wirelessly receiving, from an electronic scope mounted to a rifle of a user and to electronics in or in communication with a head mounted display (HMD) worn on a head of the user with the rifle, a distance from the rifle to a target;
calculating bullet drop caused by the distance to the target to determine an impact location where a bullet fired from the rifle will impact the target; and
automatically moving, on a display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, where the display displays the impact location to compensate for the bullet drop so the impact location shows where the bullet fired from the rifle will impact the target, wherein the impact location is displayed as one of a reticle, a crosshair, or a dot.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
compensating for changes to the bullet drop by automatically moving, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, where the display displays the impact location when the distance to the target changes.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
displaying, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a virtual image over the target that shows a desired target impact location (DTIL) where to hit the target with the bullet fired from the rifle; and
automatically moving, where the virtual image appears on the display of the HMD to maintain the virtual image over the target as the target moves with respect to the user.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
displaying, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a three-dimensional (3D) virtual image over the target, wherein the 3D virtual image has a size and a shape of the target.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
wirelessly receiving, from the electronic scope mounted to the rifle of the user and to the electronics in or in communication with the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a thermal image of a person that is the target; and
enhancing the thermal image of the person by displaying, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a virtual image over the thermal image of the person, wherein the virtual image has a size and a shape of the thermal image of the person.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
wirelessly receiving, from the electronic scope mounted to the rifle of the user and to the electronics in or in communication with the HMD worn on the head of the user with the rifle, a thermal image of a person that is the target;
replacing the thermal image of the person with a virtual image of the person; and
enhancing a view of the perso

Assignees

• Lyren Philip

Inventors

• Lyren Philip

Classifications

• G06T11/10 Primary

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• F41G1/35 Primary

  for illuminating the target {, e.g. flash lights} · CPC title

• G09B19/0038

  Sports · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• F41G3/08

  with means for compensating for speed, direction, temperature, pressure, or humidity of the atmosphere (measuring G01) · CPC title