Personal tactical system including garment, camera, and power distribution and data hub

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12425549-B2
Application number	US-202519198648-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2025
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A personal tactical system including a load-bearing garment, a pouch with one or more batteries enclosed in the pouch, at least one power distribution and data hub, and at least one camera. The camera is incorporated into or removably attachable to the load-bearing garment, the pouch is removably attachable to the load-bearing garment and the one or more batteries are operable to supply power to the at least one power distribution and data hub. The at least one power distribution and data hub is operable to supply power to at least one peripheral device. A plurality of personal tactical systems is operable to form an ad hoc network to share images and other information for determining object direction, location, and movement.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tactical system comprising:
a garment;
at least one camera; and
at least one power distribution and data hub;
wherein the at least one camera is incorporated in and/or removably attachable to the garment;
wherein the at least one power distribution and data hub is operable to supply power to at least one device; and wherein the power distribution and data hub is operable to transfer data between at least two devices.

2. The tactical system of claim 1 , wherein the garment includes one or more batteries.

3. The tactical system of claim 1 , wherein the garment is a vest, body armor, or a plate carrier.

4. The tactical system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one power distribution and data hub is operable to be connected to a battery.

5. The tactical system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one power distribution and data hub is operable to supply power to a device that requires 5V charging via a USB adapter.

6. The tactical system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one power distribution and data hub is operable to recharge at least one battery.

7. The tactical system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one camera is on a retractable tether.

8. The tactical system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one camera includes an integrated vector magnetometer to determine a viewing direction of the at least one camera.

Assignees

• Lat Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Thiel Laura
• Urzi Giancarlo
• Cid Carlos

Classifications

• H02J7/70

  characterised by the mechanical construction · CPC title

• H04N23/54

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• H01M50/238

  Flexibility or foldability · CPC title

• H01M50/14

  for protecting against damage caused by external factors · CPC title