Firearm system that tracks points of aim of a firearm

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12098905-B2
Application number	US-202318386630-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2023
Priority date	Nov 19, 2015
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

A firearm system includes a firearm and a computer. Electronics in the firearm determine data that includes a pathway between different points of aim of the firearm as the firearm moves. The computer receives this data and builds an image of the pathway between the different points of aim of the firearm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
capturing, with a wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a user holding a firearm, event data that includes movements of the user at a location;
reconstructing, with the event data, a three-dimensional (3D) model that includes a virtual image of the user with the firearm at the location and includes the movements of the user at the location; and
training the user by displaying, with a display of the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that shows the virtual image of the user with the firearm at the location, moves the virtual image of the user to show the movements of the user at the location, and shows where the firearm was pointed while the user was at the location.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, with the display of the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that shows where a bullet fired from the firearm should have landed.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, with the display of the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that shows a virtual image of a target at which the firearm was fired while the user was at the location.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, at the WED and from the firearm, the event data that includes data captured with one or more motion sensors on the firearm that capture movements of the firearm at the location; and
displaying, with the display of the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that shows the movements of the firearm at the location and movements of other people at the location when the user was at the location.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, at the WED and from the firearm, the event data that includes video captured with a camera on the firearm; and
displaying, with the display of the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that shows the video captured with the camera on the firearm while the user was at the location.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
wirelessly transmitting, from the WED to a computer remote from the user, video captured with a camera on the firearm while the user is at the location, wherein the video shows a point of aim of the firearm of the user at the location so a person remote from the user sees the point of aim of the firearm of the user.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
wirelessly transmitting, from the WED to another WED worn on a head of another user at the location, the event data that includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the user and a compass direction of a point of aim of the firearm.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, with the display of the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that moves the virtual image of the user to emulate actual movements of the user and the firearm while the user was at the location moving with the firearm.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
transmitting, from the WED to another WED worn on a head of another user, the event data that includes video captured with a camera mounted to the firearm of the user and a global positioning system (GPS) location of the user.

10. A method comprising:
reconstructing, from event data captured with one or more electronic devices attached to a firearm and with one or more sensors and cameras of a wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a user holding the firearm at a location, a three-dimensional (3D) model that includes the user holding the firearm at the location; and
displaying, with the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that shows a virtual image of the location, moves the virtual image of the user holding the firearm at the virtual image of the location to show where the user moved at the location and where the firearm was pointed at the location.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
displaying, with another WED worn on a head of another user, the 3D model that shows the virtual image of the location, the virtual image of the user holding the firearm at the location, and where the firearm was pointed at the location.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
capturing, with the cameras of the WED worn on the head of the user, video that shows what the user sees at the location;
transmitting the video to a second WED worn on a head of a second user; and
displaying, with the second WED worn on the head of second user, the video that shows what the user sees in real-time while the user is at the location.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
wirelessly transmitting, from the WED to a second WED worn on a head of a second user, the event data that includes video of a point of aim where the firearm of the user is pointed at the location; and
displaying, with a display of the second WED worn on the head of the second user, the video of the point of aim where the firearm of the user is pointed at the location.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
displaying, with the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that shows the virtual image of the location along with a virtual image of a person at whom the user fired the firearm while at the location.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
displaying, with the display of the WED worn on the head of the user, the 3D model that shows a location where a bullet fired from the firearm should have impacted.

16. A wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a user holding a firearm, the WED comprising:
a camera and one or more sensors that capture event data that includes video of a location where the user holding the firearm is located and movements of the user holding the firearm at the location; and
a display that trains the user by displaying a virtual model of the location that shows the user holding the firearm at the location, movements of the user while at the location, and movements of the firearm while the user holds the firearm, wherein the movements of the user and the movements of the firearm being displayed emulate actual movements of the user and the firearm when the user was at the location.

17. The WED of claim 16 , wherein the virtual model shows a time when the user fired the firearm and a virtual image of a person at whom the user fired the firearm.

18. The WED of claim 16 , wherein the display displays a virtual topographical map generated from aerial photogrammetry of the location, and the virtual topographical map includes a virtual image of the user and other people wearing WEDs at the location.

19. The WED of claim 16 further comprising:
a transmitter that wirelessly transmits at least a portion of the event data to other WEDs worn on heads of other users, wherein the event data transmitted by the transmitter to the other WEDs includes a video of a point of aim of the firearm at the location.

20. The WED of claim 16 , wherein the virtual model shows a time when the user fired the firearm, a person at whom the firearm fired, and where a bullet fired from the firearm impacted at the location.

Assignees

• Lyren Philip Scott

Inventors

• Lyren Philip Scott

Classifications

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title

• F41G3/165

  using a TV-monitor · CPC title

• F41G3/02

  using an independent line of sight · CPC title

• F41A17/063 Primary

  comprising a transponder · CPC title

• G06T2215/16

  Using real world measurements to influence rendering · CPC title