Laser Shooting Training System Camera Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional shooting training systems using laser beams face issues with malfunction and inefficiency due to the need for multiple light-receiving diodes, which can be affected by surrounding light sources, making it difficult to accurately detect hits and adjust zeroing.

Innovation Solution

A shooting training system that projects shooting images on a screen and uses a camera module with a laser filter to recognize only the laser beam, allowing users to check if the laser hits the aimed point, eliminating the need for separate detection devices and improving system reliability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If multiple light-receiving diodes are arranged in a lattice form to detect laser beams, then the detection coverage is improved, but the device complexity increases and malfunction risk increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelaser beam detection accuracyVSAvoidconstruction complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the detection function from multiple complex light-receiving diodes and implements it using a single camera module with a laser filter. This simplifies the device structure while maintaining detection capability, as the camera module can capture the entire shooting screen area without requiring multiple discrete sensors arranged in a lattice.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The camera module serves multiple functions: it acts as both the detection device for laser beams and the display device for showing shooting results. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate detection devices and reduces overall system complexity while improving reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If light-receiving diodes are used to detect laser beams, then hit detection is enabled, but surrounding light sources cause disturbance and malfunction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehit detection accuracyVSAvoidsurrounding light interference
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the harmful effect of surrounding light into a beneficial filtering mechanism by using a laser filter that specifically blocks ambient light wavelengths while allowing laser beam wavelengths to pass through. This enables the camera to distinguish the laser beam from surrounding light sources, eliminating malfunction caused by light interference.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Solution Approach 2:

The laser filter changes the optical parameters by selectively transmitting only specific wavelengths corresponding to the laser beam while blocking other wavelengths from surrounding light sources. This wavelength-based parameter change enables accurate hit detection without interference from ambient light.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If an invisible laser is used for shooting training, then safety is improved, but zeroing and adjustment become impossible

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesafetyVSAvoidzeroing and adjustment capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a visible red laser beam instead of an invisible laser, allowing shooters to see the aimed point and perform zeroing and adjustment. The red color provides visual feedback while maintaining sufficient visibility for training purposes, resolving the contradiction between safety and operational capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

4Measurement precision

If a separate detection device is used to detect laser hits, then hit detection accuracy is improved, but the system complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehit detection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The camera module performs dual functions as both the display device for showing shooting targets and results, and the detection device for capturing laser beam impact points. This eliminates the need for separate detection devices, reducing system complexity and cost while maintaining accurate hit detection capability through the laser filter.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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 accurate hit detection and zeroing without separate detection devices, enhancing the system's performance and reliability by distinguishing the laser beam from surrounding light sources.

Implementation Method 1

a laser filter mounted on a camera module to photograph the shooting screen and a shooting device firing a specific laser beam

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectOptical filtering: Filter (optical)

Data Source

PatentUS10907923B2Shooting system using laser beam
Publication Date: 2021.02.02 VENPORT
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  • US10907923B2 patent drawing
  • US10907923B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Provided is a shooting training system using a laser beam comprising: a beam projector that projects training images for various types of shooting onto a shooting screen; a shooting device that applies a laser beam to an aiming point on the shooting screen when a user aims at the aiming point and pulls a trigger; a camera module that photographs the laser beam applied to the shooting screen; a computer device that determines whether the laser beam has hit the target area of the shooting training image projected onto the shooting screen by comparing the target area and the point where the laser beam has been detected, and outputs an image and a sound according to the determination result; and a control unit that detects whether the shooting device has been fired and when the shooting device was fired.