Dynamic Danger Zone Combat Training System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current combat training systems face limitations in safety and exercise flexibility due to fixed danger areas and incomplete supervision during military training, especially when using live ammunition, as optical monitoring of hit assignment becomes difficult in complex scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A combat training system comprising a firearm and a target object with integrated sensors for position and orientation detection, synchronized clocks for event timing, and a central information processing unit for real-time monitoring and control, allowing for precise recording and evaluation of shooting exercises without mobility restrictions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If fixed danger zones are established on military training areas to ensure shooting safety, then safety of persons and property is improved, but training options and mobility are severely limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines danger zones based on real-time positions of firearms and target objects using sensor data (GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes). Instead of fixed zones, the danger areas are calculated and updated continuously based on current exercise conditions, allowing flexible training scenarios while maintaining safety boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of danger zones from static fixed coordinates to dynamic parameters based on firearm positions, target positions, and exercise objectives. The control unit adjusts danger zone boundaries in real-time based on sensor inputs and exercise requirements, enabling both safety and training versatility.
2Reliability
If supervisory personnel manually monitor shooting exercises to ensure safety, then safety control is maintained, but the monitoring becomes very complex and remains incomplete
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-monitoring through integrated sensors in firearms and target objects that automatically track positions, detect firing events, and calculate danger zones without requiring continuous human observation. The control unit autonomously processes sensor data to maintain safety control.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual visual monitoring by supervisory personnel is replaced with an automated electronic system using GPS receivers, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and control units that continuously track and analyze exercise parameters, significantly reducing monitoring complexity while improving completeness.
3Ease of operation
If visual observation is used for hit assignment in simple shooting exercises, then the method is simple, but it becomes very difficult or impossible in complex combat exercises
Solution Approach 1:
Visual observation for hit detection is replaced with sensor-based detection systems. Accelerometers and gyroscopes in firearms detect firing events and calculate projectile trajectories, while sensors in target objects detect impacts. The control unit automatically assigns hits based on sensor data, making hit detection reliable in complex exercises.
Solution Approach 2:
Sensor systems act as intermediaries between the shooter, the projectile, and the target. The sensors detect and transmit data about firing events, positions, and impacts to the control unit, which processes this information to determine hit assignments automatically, bridging the gap between shooter action and target impact.
4Measurement precision
If laser pointer systems are used for hit detection with blank ammunition, then optical and sensory target hit detection is enabled, but the system does not work with live ammunition
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor system based on accelerometers, gyroscopes, and GPS receivers provides universal hit detection capability that works with both blank and live ammunition. The system detects firing events through mechanical acceleration patterns and tracks projectile trajectories, making it ammunition-type independent while maintaining precision through automated calculation.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a combat training system for carrying out shooting practice and/or combat scenarios in a monitored manner, comprising: - at least two components, of which the first component is a firearm and the second component is a target object, - a device for sensing position information of each of the at least two components, - a device for sensing spatial orientation information at least for the at least one firearm of the at least two components, - an information processing unit in which the position information of the at least two components and the orientation information of the at least one firearm can be processed and transformed at least in the form of result information. The invention is characterised in that the at least two components each have a clock, which are time-synchronised with one another and each generate coded time signals with a component identifier which individualises the respective component, and in that an event sensor is provided on each of the at least two components.