Firearm Sensor System with Blockchain Data Integrity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack a reliable and unbiased method to record and reconstruct events involving firearms, leading to potential injustices and social unrest due to inaccurate witness accounts and the lack of concrete evidence in self-defense scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A firearm environmental recording system utilizing a blockchain database and sensors to securely record and store image, audio, and orientation data, providing a tamper-proof and unbiased account of events, and enabling secure connectivity with external networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If witness accounts are used to record events, then the recording method is simple and easy to implement, but the reliability and objectivity of the recorded information deteriorates due to bias and memory distortion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the human cognitive system (memory and testimony) with an automated electronic recording system comprising sensors, processors, and blockchain technology. This substitution eliminates human bias and memory distortion while maintaining ease of operation through automatic activation upon firearm discharge.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary recording system that objectively captures event data between the firearm discharge and the final account. This intermediary system includes environmental sensors, audio recording devices, and blockchain technology that mediate the recording process to ensure reliability without requiring manual intervention.
2Reliability
If multiple variables are recorded to capture complete event details, then the reliability and completeness of the record improves, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a multi-functional integrated recording system that simultaneously captures audio, video, environmental data (temperature, humidity, pressure), and orientation information using a single coordinated apparatus. This universal system records multiple variables through multiple sensors managed by one processing unit, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested recording architecture where multiple sensor modules (audio, video, environmental) are integrated within a single housing unit that attaches to the firearm. The nested structure allows comprehensive multi-variable recording while maintaining a compact, unified device that does not significantly increase complexity.
3Reliability
If recorded data is stored in a secure unalterable manner using blockchain technology, then the reliability and integrity of the record improves, but the loss of time for data processing and network communication increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary local storage of recorded data in the apparatus's internal memory immediately upon event capture. This preliminary action allows the system to maintain reliability through immediate secure storage while deferring the time-consuming blockchain network communication until later, thereby reducing real-time processing delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic batch uploading of recorded data to the blockchain network rather than continuous real-time transmission. This periodic action reduces network communication time and processing delays by consolidating data transfers, while maintaining data integrity through the blockchain's unalterable storage mechanism.
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AI summary
A firearm environmental recording apparatus, which may be used with a firearm environmental recording system, may include: a firearm attachment structure configured to attach to portions of a firearm; a processing unit; a camera configured to record image data; a microphone configured to record audio data; and an inertial sensor module configured to provide to orientation data. The image data, audio data, and orientation data may be associated with and/or stored in a database, such as a database of a network. Preferably, the apparatus may comprise a key which may be removably coupled to the body of the apparatus, and the key may govern or enable a first processor of the apparatus to access data in an auxiliary data store of the apparatus.