Weapon targeting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11280585-B2
Application number	US-202017078064-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2020
Priority date	Sep 19, 2014
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

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:
determining, with one or more sensors, an orientation of a rifle of a user wearing a wearable electronic device (WED) on a head of the user;
automatically activating a weapon targeting system (WTS) when the orientation of the rifle aims to a location away from ground that causes the WED to display a point of aim (POA) of the rifle to the user that moves in real-time with movements of the rifle to show the user where the rifle is aimed; and
automatically deactivating the WTS when the orientation of the rifle aims to a location on the ground that causes the WED to remove the POA of the rifle being displaying to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
simultaneously displaying, on a display of the WED, the POA along with a desired target impact location (DTIL) on a target that shows a desired location where to hit the target with a bullet fired from the rifle.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, with an electronic scope mounted to the rifle, the POA of the rifle, wherein the POA being displayed with the electronic scope and the POA being displayed with the WED are both crosshairs.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining, by the WTS, a difference between the POA of the rifle and an impact location of a bullet fired from the rifle; and
automatically moving, by the WTS and in response to determining the difference, the POA being displayed with the WED to compensate for the difference.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
simultaneously displaying the POA of the rifle on a display of the WED of the user and on a display of another WED worn on a head of another user.

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

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
automatically moving the POA displayed on a display of the WED to compensate for shooting conditions that include a distance to a target at which the rifle is aimed, an outdoor temperature where the rifle is located, and an elevation where the rifle is located.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
activating the WTS in response to the WED receiving a voice command from the user that causes the WED to display the POA of the rifle to the user; and
deactivating the WTS in response to the WED receiving a voice command from the user that causes the WED to remove the POA from being displayed to the user.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause one or more electronic devices to execute a method, comprising:
determining an orientation of a rifle of a user that holds the rifle and that wears a wearable electronic device (WED) on a head of the user;
displaying, with the WED and in response to determining the orientation of the rifle aims to a location away from ground, a point of aim (POA) of the rifle on a display of the WED such that the POA moves in real-time with movements of the rifle to show the user where the rifle is aimed; and
removing, in response to determining the orientation of the rifle aims to a location at the ground, the POA of the rifle being displayed on the display of the WED.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
displaying the POA of the rifle on the display of the WED in response to receiving a voice command from the user; and
removing the POA of the rifle from being displayed on the display of the WED in response to receiving a voice command from the user.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
displaying, on a display of a second WED that is worn on a head of a second user and that is in wireless communication with the WED, the POA that shows where the rifle is aimed and that moves in real-time with movements of the rifle.

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

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
simultaneously displaying, on the display of the WED, the POA along with a desired target impact location (DTIL) on a target that shows a desired location where to hit the target with a bullet fired from the rifle.

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 WED aligns with a target seen through the display of the WED.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
moving a location where the POA is displayed on the display of the WED to compensate for shooting conditions that include an outdoor temperature where the rifle is located and an elevation where the rifle is located.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of claim 9 in which the method further comprises:
moving a location where the POA is displayed on the display of the WED to compensate for real-time movements of a moving target at which the rifle is aimed.

17. A wearable electronic device (WED), comprising:
one or more sensors that determine an orientation of a rifle of a user holding the rifle and wearing the WED on a head; and
a display that displays a point of aim (POA) of the rifle such that the POA moves in real-time with movements of the rifle to show the user where the rifle is aimed,
wherein the display automatically displays the POA of the rifle in response to determining the orientation of the rifle being aimed to a location away from ground, and
wherein the display automatically removes the POA of the rifle from being displayed in response to determining the orientation of the rifle aims to a location at the ground.

18. The WED of claim 17 further comprising:
an interface that receives a voice command from the user that causes the display of the WED to display the POA of the rifle and that receives a voice command from the user that causes the display of the WED to remove the POA of the rifle from being displayed on the display.

19. The WED of claim 17 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the POA of the rifle along with a desired target impact location (DTIL) on a target that shows a desired location where to hit the target with a bullet fired from the rifle.

20. The WED of claim 17 further comprising:
electronics that determine shooting conditions that include an outdoor temperature where the rifle is located and an elevation where the rifle is located, wherein the WED automatically moves a location the POA on the display in response to the shooting conditions.

Assignees

• Lyren Philip

Inventors

• Lyren Philip

Classifications

• F41G3/12

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

• F41G3/08 Primary

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

• F41G3/165

  using a TV-monitor · CPC title

• 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

• F41G3/06

  with rangefinder (rangefinders per se G01C) · CPC title