Weapon targeting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11776169-B2
Application number	US-202117238239-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2021
Priority date	Sep 6, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

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:
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, the video of the person and crosshairs that show a point of aim of the rifle; and
accentuating the person being displayed by displaying, with the 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,
wherein the virtual image over the person includes virtual lines around a perimeter of the person, and the HMD displays the virtual image while also displaying the crosshairs over the person.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual image is superimposed over the person and has a size and a shape of the person being displayed on the display of the HMD.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual image is an augmented reality (AR) image that has a size and a shape of the person that appears on the display.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
simultaneously displaying, with the display of the HMD, the crosshairs that show the point of aim of the rifle and a desired target impact location (DTIL) on the person that shows a desired location where to hit the person with a bullet fired from the rifle.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
automatically firing the rifle when the crosshairs displayed on the display of the HMD align with a desired target impact location (DTIL) that is a desired location where to hit the person with a bullet fired from the rifle.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual image over the person highlights, with at least one of color or light, the perimeter of the person to enhance a view of the person seen with the display of the HMD.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
moving, on the display of the HMD, the virtual image so that the virtual image remains over the person being displayed on the display as the person moves.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
sensing, with one or more sensors, an orientation of the rifle; and
deactivating a weapon targeting system (WTS) shown on the display in response to sensing that the orientation of the rifle is point to ground.

9. A head mounted display (HMD) worn on a head of a user with a rifle, the HMD comprising:
an interface that wirelessly receives, from an electronic scope mounted to the rifle, an image 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 simultaneously displays crosshairs that show the point of aim of the rifle and displays an augmented reality (AR) image over the image of the person being displayed to enhance the person being displayed, wherein the AR image displayed over the image accentuates the person that is at least partially occluded.

10. The HMD of claim 9 , wherein the AR image has a size and a shape of the image of the person being displayed.

11. The HMD of claim 9 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the crosshairs, the AR image over the image of the person, and a desired target impact location (DTIL) on the person that shows a desired location where to hit the person with a bullet fired from the rifle.

12. The HMD of claim 9 , wherein the display simultaneously displays the crosshairs and a desired target impact location (DTIL) on the person that shows a desired location where to hit the person with a bullet fired from the rifle, and wherein the DTIL on the person moves with real-time movements of the person such that the DTIL remains on the person as the person moves.

13. The HMD of claim 9 further comprising:
a memory that stores code of a weapon targeting system; and
a processor that executes code of the weapon targeting system that displays on the display, wherein the HMD deactivates the weapon targeting system in response to detecting an orientation of the rifle is pointed to ground.

14. The HMD of claim 9 , wherein the AR image highlights an infrared image of the person with color to enhance the person being displayed.

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, video of the point of aim of the rifle directed to a target; and
a display that simultaneously displays, on the video, crosshairs that show the point of aim of the rifle and a desired target impact location (DTIL) on the target that shows a desired location where to hit the target with a bullet fired from the rifle, wherein the DTIL is different from the crosshairs and is the desired location where to hit the target with the bullet fired from the rifle.

16. The HMD of claim 15 , wherein the display superimposes a virtual image on the target to enhance an infrared image of the target.

17. The HMD of claim 15 , wherein the display enhances a view of the target by displaying a virtual image over the target, and the virtual image over the target on the display has a size and a shape of the target.

18. The HMD of claim 15 , wherein movements of the DTIL coincide with real-time movements of the target such that the DTIL remains on the target as the target moves.

19. The HMD of claim 15 , wherein the HMD accentuates the target being displayed by superimposing virtual lines around a perimeter of the target.

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

• G06T11/001 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• F41G1/35 Primary

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

• F41G1/467

  for bows · CPC title

• F41G1/473

  for lead-indicating or range-finding, e.g. for use with rifles or shotguns · CPC title