Laser Firearm Training Assembly with Pulsed Emission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing laser-based firearms and training systems fail to effectively emulate the weight, handling, and use of conventional firearms, making them inefficient and unsafe for practice, especially in home environments.
Innovation Solution
A laser-based firearm and target training assembly that includes a handheld firearm assembly with a grip, barrel, and internal laser housing, along with a target structure that generates visually perceivable indicia when subjected to laser light, simulating the experience of firing a conventional firearm through pulsed laser emissions controlled by a trigger and electronic controller, and featuring a magazine system for limited and diminishable laser light emissions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional firearms are used for training, then realistic firearm experience is achieved, but safety risks and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a realistic copy of a conventional firearm using a 3D-printed replica that visually and tactilely mimics the appearance, weight, and handling characteristics of real firearms. This allows users to experience realistic firearm training without the harmful effects of actual ammunition, resolving the contradiction between training effectiveness and safety risks
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of actual gunfire with a laser-based system. Instead of firing real bullets, the device emits laser pulses through the muzzle that create visual impact effects on targets. This substitution eliminates safety risks associated with real firearms while maintaining training realism through the laser-induced visual effects
2Object-affected harmful factors
If laser-based firearm is used, then safety is improved, but realism and handling experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The 3D-printed firearm replica is designed to accurately copy the external geometry, weight distribution, and ergonomic features of conventional firearms. This allows users to handle and operate the device exactly as they would a real firearm, maintaining realistic handling experience while using safe laser-based ammunition
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the state of the 'ammunition' from physical bullets to laser pulses with specific parameters (duration, intensity, frequency). These parameter variations allow the laser system to replicate the temporal and visual characteristics of real gunfire, including muzzle flash effects and impact markers, thereby maintaining firing realism while ensuring safety
3Reliability
If pulsed laser emission is used, then firearm realism is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs periodic pulsed laser emission rather than continuous operation. The laser fires in short bursts that mimic the timing and duration of real gunfire, with intervals between shots. This periodic action maintains the realism of the firearm experience while significantly reducing overall energy consumption compared to continuous laser operation
Solution Approach 2:
The laser emits energy in concentrated pulses rather than continuously, providing just enough energy at the moment of firing to create realistic visual effects. This partial action approach uses minimal energy per shot while achieving the desired realism, avoiding excessive energy consumption that would occur with continuous or overly intense emission
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
Enables safe, effective, and efficient training that mimics the experience of using a conventional firearm, allowing users to practice in a controlled and cost-effective manner, with the ability to simulate semi-automatic and automatic firing modes.
Implementation Method 1
a laser emission module disposed within the internal laser housing channel, with an emission aperture facing and aligned with the muzzle, and operably configured to emit a pulsed laser light emission of a frequency range of 220-1060 nm
Implementation Method 2
a handheld target structure of a material configured to generate a visually perceivable indicia when subjected to a laser light with a frequency range of 220-1060 nm
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AI summary
A laser-based firearm and target training assembly that includes a handheld target structure of a material configured to generate a visually perceivable indicia when subjected to a laser light with a frequency range of 220-1060 nm and a handheld firearm assembly with a body having a barrel portion defining a muzzle, defining an internal laser housing channel, and including an upper surface. The assembly also includes a laser emission module disposed within the internal laser housing channel, with an emission aperture facing and aligned with the muzzle, and operably configured to emit a pulsed laser light emission of a frequency range of 220-1060 nm from the emission aperture when a user pulls a trigger thereon that causes an electronic controller to have the laser emission module emit the pulsed laser light emission therefrom to generate the visually perceivable indicia on the target structure.