Moveable Platform Shooting Range for Immersive Environment Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Shooting ranges face challenges in providing a dynamic and immersive experience that simulates various environments without the constraints of real-world conditions, such as weather and space limitations, while allowing shooters to use their own firearms.
Innovation Solution
A shooting facility system that includes a moveable platform controlled by a computing device, a trap for launching clay targets, and a screen for presenting images, which can simulate different locations by adjusting position, orientation, and environmental conditions, including climate and sound effects, using media inventory and acquisition to create immersive experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If outdoor ranges are used to provide space and natural environment, then shooting space and environmental realism are improved, but weather susceptibility and space constraints are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses screens to present images of various shooting locations, creating a visual copy of outdoor environments. The moveable platform copies the experience of being in different locations without requiring physical outdoor space. This allows the facility to provide environmental realism through digital replication rather than physical outdoor ranges.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer between the shooter and the environment - a screen displaying images of various locations. This mediator allows shooters to experience different environments without being physically exposed to weather conditions, resolving the contradiction between environmental realism and weather susceptibility.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If indoor ranges are used to protect from weather, then weather protection is improved, but space availability and environmental variety are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a digital dimension to the indoor range by incorporating screens that display images of various shooting locations. This transforms the limited physical indoor space into a multi-dimensional experience where the virtual environment extends beyond physical constraints, effectively increasing the perceived space availability and environmental variety.
Solution Approach 2:
The moveable platform and screen system allow a single indoor facility to simulate multiple different shooting locations and environments. This multi-functional capability enables the indoor range to provide diverse shooting experiences without requiring multiple physical outdoor ranges, effectively increasing space availability through virtual replication.
3Device complexity
If fixed shooting positions are used to simplify facility design, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to various shooting scenarios is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a moveable platform that can change positions dynamically, allowing the facility to adapt to various shooting scenarios. The platform's ability to move and reposition provides versatility without requiring multiple fixed shooting positions, maintaining relatively simple facility design while achieving high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of shooting position dynamically through the moveable platform. Instead of having multiple fixed positions with complex infrastructure, the system achieves scenario variety by changing the position parameter of a single platform, simplifying facility design while maintaining adaptability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple physical shooting locations are created to provide variety, then shooting scenario diversity is improved, but facility space requirements and construction complexity are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses screens to present images of various shooting locations, creating visual copies of diverse environments. The moveable platform provides physical replication of different positions. This copying approach allows the facility to offer shooting scenario diversity without requiring physical space for multiple actual locations, significantly reducing facility space requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a digital dimension to provide shooting scenario diversity. By displaying images of various locations on screens and using a moveable platform, the facility creates virtual shooting locations that don't require physical space, effectively increasing scenario diversity without increasing physical facility area.
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AI summary
A shooting range system, apparatus, and method. The system includes a facility that houses the shooting range which includes a trap for launching targets, a screen for presenting an image, a computing device for controlling the system, and a moveable platform. The moveable platform is moved by a movement device controlled by the computing device and can move in relation to the image along at least one axis. The apparatus includes a moveable platform and a computing device for controlling the platform, wherein the platform can move along at least one axis. The method includes the steps of receiving a user's desired shooting location, analyzing the media inventory, matching the desired location with the media inventory if above a threshold or otherwise acquiring media above the threshold, and presenting the media set with at least one presentation system.