Weapon targeting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10997751-B2
Application number	US-201916671170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2019
Priority date	Sep 6, 2014
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

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, with a display of a head mounted display (HMD) worn on a head of a user with a rifle, a virtual image of crosshairs that show an impact location where a bullet fired from the rifle will impact a target;
wirelessly receiving, at the HMD worn on the head of the user and from an electronic scope mounted to the rifle, a distance from the rifle to the target;
displaying, along with the virtual image of the crosshair, with the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, a virtual image of a desired target impact location (DTIL) on the target that shows a desired location where to hit the target with the bullet fired from the rifle; and
maintaining the rifle sighted to the target and compensating for bullet drop by automatically moving, by the HMD, where the display of the HMD displays the virtual image of the crosshairs when the distance from the rifle to the target changes.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
automatically firing the rifle when the virtual image of the crosshairs displayed on the display of the HMD aligns with the virtual image of the DTIL displayed on the display of the HMD.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
automatically moving, by the HMD, where the display of the HMD displays the virtual image of the DTIL so the virtual image of the DTIL remains on the target as the target moves.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
wirelessly receiving, at the HMD worn on the head of the user and from the electronic scope mounted to the rifle, video of the target;
displaying, with the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, the video of the target; and
enhancing a view of the target by highlighting, with color, the target being displayed with the display of the HD worn on the head of the user.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
moving, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, the virtual image of the crosshairs to coincide with real-time movements of a point of aim of the rifle.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, a virtual image over the target, wherein the virtual image over the target having a size and a shape of the target as seen through the display of the HMD; and
moving, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, the virtual image over the target to coincide with real-time movements of the target such that the virtual image over the target remains over the target as the target moves.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining that the target is a person; and
accentuating the person by displaying, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, virtual lines that are superimposed around a shape of the person.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
wirelessly receiving, at the HMD worn on the head of the user and from the electronic scope mounted to the rifle, infrared images of the target; and

enhancing a view of the infrared images of the target by displaying, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, an augmented reality image over the infrared images of the target.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause one or more electronic devices to execute a method, comprising:
wirelessly receiving, at a head mounted display (HMD) worn on a head of a user with a rifle, video of a person captured with a camera mounted to the rifle;
displaying, with a display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, a virtual image over the person in order to highlight the person in the video captured with the camera mounted to the rifle;
moving, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, the virtual image in order to maintain the virtual image over the person as the person moves with respect to the user; and
receiving, at a natural language interface of the HMD, a verbal command from the user to track the person, wherein the HMD displays the virtual image over the person to highlight the person in response to receiving the verbal command to track the person.

10. 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, a virtual image of a desired target impact location (DTIL) over the person that shows a desired location where to hit the person with a bullet fired from the rifle; and
moving, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, a location of the virtual image of the DTIL so the virtual image of the DTIL remains over the person as the person moves with respect to the user.

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, a virtual image of a desired target impact location (DTIL) over the person that shows a desired location where to hit the person with a bullet fired from the rifle;
displaying, on the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, a virtual image of crosshairs that show a point of aim of the rifle; and
automatically firing the rifle when the virtual image of the crosshairs displayed on the display of the HMD aligns with the virtual image of the DTIL displayed on the display of the HMD.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 , wherein the virtual image over the person is a three-dimensional (3D) image that has a size and a shape of the person.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
displaying, with the display of the HMD worn on the head of the user, a virtual image of an impact location that shows where a bullet fired from the rifle will impact the person;
receiving, from an electronic scope mounted to the rifle, a distance from the rifle to the person; and
moving a location where the display of the HMD displays the virtual image of the impact location when the distance from the rifle to the person changes.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 , wherein the video of the person is infrared images of the person, and the virtual image over the person displayed on the display of the HMD highlights, with at least one of color or light, a perimeter of the person to enhance a view of the person as seen with the display of the HMD.

15. A head mounted display (HMD) worn on a head of a user with a rifle, comprising:
an interface that wirelessly receives, from an electronic scope mounted to the rifle, infrared images of a person captured with a camera of the electronic scope when a point of aim of the rifle is directed at the person; and
a display that displays a three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality (AR) image over the person in order to highlight and enhance a view of the infrared images of the person, wherein the 3D AR image has a size and a shape of the person, wherein the display simultaneously displays an AR image of a reticle that shows the point of aim of the rifle and an AR image of a desired target impact location (DHL) on the person that shows a desired location to hit the person with a bullet fired from the rifle, wherein the AR image of the DHL remains on the person as the person moves.

16. The HMD of claim 15 , wherein the display of the HMD moves the 3D AR image in real-time to coincide with movements of the person so the 3D AR image remains over the

Assignees

• Lyren Philip

Inventors

• Lyren Philip

Classifications

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