Shot Analysis Module for Skeet Target Breakage Probability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Shooting sports, particularly skeet shooting, face challenges in helping beginners hit moving targets due to the lack of efficient methods for tracking shots and calculating the probability of clay target breakage, leading to frustration and early dropout from the sport. Additionally, advanced shooters struggle to differentiate between various types of hits, hindering their ability to improve.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for tracking shots and calculating the probability of clay target breakage, which involves receiving shot recoil signals, obtaining pellet density and velocity, calculating the probability of pellets striking the target, and computing the probability of target breakage. This information is then displayed to the shooter, providing insights into the 'sweet spot' of the shot pattern and aiding in aim correction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional trial-and-error learning is used for beginners, then shooters can practice shooting, but beginners receive only miss results and cannot establish proper target lead, leading to frustration and dropout
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides immediate feedback by detecting shot outcomes and calculating probability of breakage, transforming the traditional binary miss result into nuanced information about shot quality. The shot analysis module communicates breakage probabilities to shooters, enabling them to understand whether misses were due to poor aim or insufficient pellet density, thus maintaining motivation and enabling continuous improvement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a shot analysis module as an intermediary between the shooter and the target outcome. This module detects shot recoil signals, calculates pellet distribution, determines probability of breakage, and provides interpreted feedback to the shooter. This intermediary transforms raw shot data into meaningful learning information, bridging the gap between shot action and learning outcome.
2Reliability
If advanced shooters rely on experience alone, then they can maintain high hit rates, but they cannot differentiate between center hits, off-center hits and moderately off-center hits, hindering further improvement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the shooter's subjective mechanical judgment with an automated shot analysis system that objectively measures and differentiates hit quality. The system uses shot recoil detection and probability calculation to precisely categorize shots into center hits, off-center hits, and moderately off-center hits, eliminating the limitations of human sensory perception and enabling advanced shooters to quantify and improve their shot patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy or model of the shot outcome through probability of breakage calculation. Instead of relying on the shooter's direct sensory experience of hit quality, the system generates a computational representation of shot effectiveness that can be precisely measured, stored, and analyzed, allowing advanced shooters to objectively track and refine their performance.
3Productivity
If no shot tracking system is used, then the shooting process remains simple, but there is no efficient method for tracking shots and calculating probability of clay target breakage, preventing analytics display to shooters
Solution Approach 1:
The shot analysis module operates autonomously to perform shot tracking and probability calculation without requiring complex external systems. The module detects shot recoil signals, automatically calculates pellet distribution and breakage probabilities, and provides feedback to shooters. This self-service capability delivers advanced analytics through a relatively simple integrated system, improving learning efficiency without proportionally increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
An example shot tracking system may perform receiving, by a shot analysis module, a shot recoil signal from a shot tracking device, obtaining, by the shot analysis module, a density of pellets at a clay target position and a pellet velocity, calculating, by the shot analysis module, a probability of the pellets striking the clay target based on the density of the pellets, computing, by the shot analysis module, a probability of a breakage of the clay target based on the pellet velocity and the probability of the pellets striking the clay target, and providing the probability of breakage to a display device to be rendered to a user.