Live-Fire Shooting Competition Layout With Real-Time Viewing and Scoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional live shooting competition systems are inefficient as they require individual performances without considering real-time shooting progress of other participants, leading to less exciting competitions and manual tracking and scoring which is cumbersome and error-prone.
Innovation Solution
A software-assisted shooting competition system that includes elevated target stands with multiple targets for each shooter, allowing real-time viewing of opponents' progress, and computing devices for shooters to challenge opponents and select competition parameters, with automatic updates at the end of the competition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If individual performances are tracked manually, then scoring can be performed, but the process is cumbersome and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically tracks and scores shooting competitions without manual intervention. Computing devices monitor target destruction events, automatically determine scores, and update competition standings, eliminating the need for manual tracking while reducing errors associated with manual scoring processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical tracking and scoring methods with automated electronic systems. Computing devices use sensors and software to automatically detect target destruction, calculate scores, and manage competition progress, substituting human operators with automated electronic mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If shooters perform individually without viewing opponents, then each shooter can focus on their own performance, but competition excitement is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system adds a visual dimension to the competition by allowing shooters to view opponents' progress through elevated target stands and computing device displays. This spatial arrangement enables simultaneous observation of multiple shooters and targets without interfering with their individual shooting focus, enhancing competition engagement while maintaining operational ease.
3Ease of operation
If targets are arranged for individual shooting, then each shooter can concentrate on their own targets, but real-time viewing of opponents is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The target area is segmented into multiple zones with dedicated target sets for each shooter, arranged at elevated stands that provide visual separation. This segmentation allows each shooter to focus on their assigned targets while the elevated arrangement enables viewing of opponents through the gaps between target sets, maintaining concentration while providing opponent progress information.
Solution Approach 2:
Computing devices serve as intermediaries between shooters and opponents. These devices display real-time competition information, target status, and opponent progress, enabling shooters to view opponents' performance without directly observing the target areas, thus maintaining concentration while accessing opponent information.
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AI summary
A live ammunition shooting competition system comprises a target area having a first and a second set of targets for a first and a second shooter, respectively. The first set of targets and the second set of targets are arranged such that the first shooter can view a shooting progress of the second shooter as the first shooter shoots at the first set of targets and the second shooter can view a shooting progress of the first shooter as the second shooter shoots at the second set of targets. A first computing device is associated with the first shooter and a second computing device is associated with the second shooter. Each of the first computing device and the second computing device is configured to allow the first shooter and the second shooter to challenge shooters to a shooting competition and to negotiate a parameter for the shooting competition.