Gun-Mounted Recording Device Auto-Activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional recording devices, such as body cameras, often fail to capture events accurately when used with guns due to obstructed views, delayed activation, and inadequate perspectives, especially during dynamic situations like encounters between a gun user and third parties.
Innovation Solution
A gun-mounted recording device that automatically transitions from a lower-power state to a higher-power state upon gun deployment, recording visual, audio, motion, temperature, pressure, date, and location aspects, using sensors like reed switches, accelerometers, and cameras, ensuring event capture without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If body cameras are worn on the torso, then they can record events, but the view is obstructed and the perspective is inadequate during dynamic gun-related situations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the recording device from the traditional torso-mounted position to a gun-mounted position, fundamentally changing the spatial dimension and perspective of recording. This allows the camera to capture events from the gun's viewpoint, providing an unobstructed view and accurate perspective during dynamic situations that torso-mounted cameras cannot achieve
2Extent of automation
If conventional recording devices are used, then they can record events, but activation is delayed or requires user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The recording device is pre-configured with sensors that continuously monitor gun deployment status. When the gun is deployed, the sensor automatically triggers recording without requiring any user action. This preliminary setup ensures immediate capture of events from the moment the gun is drawn, eliminating activation delays
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the gun's own deployment action as the trigger signal for recording. The sensor detects when the gun is drawn from its holster or case, and this natural movement automatically activates the recording function, making the system self-regulating and eliminating the need for separate activation controls
3Reliability
If the recording device remains in higher-power state continuously, then event capture is uninterrupted, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The recording device operates in periodic cycles, alternating between low-power standby mode and active recording mode. The sensor continuously monitors gun deployment status and only activates the recording function when needed, allowing the device to conserve energy during periods when the gun is not in use while maintaining readiness for immediate recording when deployed
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides reliable and automatic event recording, overcoming the limitations of conventional devices by ensuring uninterrupted capture of gun-related events with improved perspectives and reduced user discretion, suitable for both law enforcement and non-enforcement use.
Implementation Method 1
a sensor configured to: sense the gun is in use; and send an activation signal to a recording device in response to sensing the gun is in use
Implementation Method 2
the sensor comprises at least one of: a reed switch, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a Hall-effect sensor, a proximity sensor, an audio-based sensor, and a pressure sensor
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to recording devices coupled to guns that are configured to record events. In an embodiment, a gun-mounted recording device comprises: a sensor configured to: sense the gun is in use; and send an activation signal to a recording device in response to sensing the gun is in use. Further, the recording device is communicatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the recording device is configured to: transition from a lower-power state to a higher-power state in response to receiving the activation signal, wherein the recording device records wherein the higher-power state; and record at least one aspect of the gun's environment in response to transitioning from the lower-power state to the higher-power state.