Smart Bullets and Active Barrel for Precision Firearm Targeting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing targeting systems for firearms face challenges in maintaining accuracy due to environmental and user factors such as air density, wind, humidity, and user tremors, especially at longer ranges.
Innovation Solution
The development of advanced targeting systems that include a specialized display for projecting potential points of impact, an auxiliary probe for precise targeting, and a control system that adjusts the firing mechanism in real-time to counteract accuracy-affecting factors, allowing for rapid targeting adjustments and precise projectile placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional sights and aiming devices are used, then the device complexity is low, but the measurement precision and targeting accuracy deteriorate due to environmental and user factors
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates sensors that detect environmental factors (air density, wind, humidity, temperature) and user factors (hand tremor, breathing, heartbeat) and feeds this information back to the control system, which automatically adjusts the firing mechanism to compensate for these factors, thereby maintaining high targeting accuracy without requiring complex manual calculations or adjustments
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical aiming devices with an integrated system combining electronic sensors, digital processing, and automated firing mechanism control. This substitution of mechanical systems with electronic and computational systems enables precise measurement and compensation of environmental and user factors, significantly improving targeting accuracy
2Reliability
If the firing range is increased to maintain safety and stealth, then the shooter remains undetected and safe, but the impact of environmental and user factors on accuracy is exponentially amplified
Solution Approach 1:
The control system continuously monitors environmental conditions and user physiological states through integrated sensors, providing real-time feedback that enables automatic compensation for accuracy-degrading factors. This allows the shooter to engage targets at extended ranges where safety and stealth are maintained while the system counteracts the exponentially amplified impact of environmental and user factors
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection and measurement of environmental and user factors before firing, allowing the control system to pre-calculate and apply compensation adjustments to the firing mechanism. This preliminary action ensures that even at long ranges where accuracy is critically impacted, the projectile is accurately directed to the intended target
3Measurement precision
If real-time adjustments are made to counteract environmental and user factors, then the targeting accuracy is maintained, but the device complexity and control system requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions (environmental sensing, user physiological monitoring, ballistic calculation, and firing mechanism control) into an integrated system. By combining these previously separate functions into a unified control architecture, the system achieves real-time compensation for environmental and user factors while managing complexity through functional integration rather than separate independent subsystems
Solution Approach 2:
The control system automatically detects, processes, and compensates for environmental and user factors without requiring external intervention or complex manual adjustments. The system serves itself by autonomously adjusting the firing mechanism based on sensor input, thereby maintaining high precision while keeping the control interface simple and intuitive
Data Source
AI summary
New systems, devices and methods for extremely precise aiming and shooting of firearms are provided. In some embodiments, predicted projectile impacts may be selected and adjusted, prior to execution. In some embodiments, a device including specialized computer hardware and software aids a user in planning a shot(s), evaluating the accuracy of the planned shot(s), adjusting the location of the planned shot(s), and executing the planned shots. In some embodiments, smart bullets with on-board electronics, active aerodynamics, and wireless communications capabilities adjust a flight path of the smart bullet in-flight, to match a selected target location and/or flight path. In some embodiments, an active firearm barrel may counteract and/or otherwise adjust for any other relevant ballistic and other accuracy-impacting factors with a position-actuable firing mechanism to maintain a projected flight path of such a point of impact.