Snap-On Firearm Guidance Attachment With Flexible Touchscreen
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional firearm sights require significant user skill and experience, and modern law enforcement and combat scenarios demand more accurate and smarter aiming solutions.
Innovation Solution
A guidance system for firearms incorporating a high-definition flexible touch screen, camera, and thermal/night vision sensors, with a 200× zoom capability, mounted on a snap-on fixture, and powered by a rechargeable battery, providing enhanced aiming assistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional iron sights are used, then the firearm structure remains simple and lightweight, but aiming accuracy and ease of operation deteriorate due to the need for significant user skill and experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional mechanical iron sights with an electronic guidance system comprising a camera, processing unit, and display screen. The system captures images through the firearm barrel and presents magnified, processed visual information on a display, substituting mechanical alignment with electronic image processing and display to improve aiming accuracy while reducing the skill required for operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a camera and display screen as intermediary elements between the shooter's eye and the target. The camera captures the target image, the processing unit enhances and processes the image, and the display screen presents the processed information to the shooter, creating an intermediary visual path that improves aiming accuracy without requiring direct mechanical sight alignment
2Measurement precision
If conventional iron sights are used, then the device complexity remains low, but aiming accuracy and decision-making capability worsen due to lack of enhanced visual information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces simple mechanical sights with an electronic system incorporating camera, processor, and display components. This substitution enables advanced image processing capabilities including magnification, enhancement, and presentation of target information, significantly improving aiming accuracy and decision-making capability despite the increased device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The guidance system performs multiple functions within a single integrated device: the camera captures images, the processing unit enhances and processes visual information, the display screen presents the processed data, and the system provides both aiming assistance and recording capabilities. This multi-functionality justifies the increased complexity by delivering superior aiming accuracy and decision-making support
3Adaptability or versatility
If a rigid touchscreen is used, then structural stability is maintained, but adaptability and ease of operation worsen due to limited adjustment capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible touchscreen display that can be bent or adjusted to different angles and positions, allowing the shooter to optimize the display orientation for comfortable viewing. This dynamic flexibility enhances adaptability and ease of operation without requiring complex mechanical adjustment mechanisms, as the flexible nature of the display itself provides the adjustment capability
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances aiming accuracy and decision-making in various lighting conditions, offering a user-friendly, accurate, and adaptable aiming solution for modern shooting scenarios.
Implementation Method 1
The camera may include a night vision sensor and a thermal sensor
Data Source
AI summary
A guidance system for a firearm includes a snap-on optical attachment and a flexible touch screen. The guidance system includes at least one camera; a high-definition flexible touch screen; a cable connecting the camera to the touch screen; a 3 point 5 point hinge connected to the touch screen; a battery; and a processor. A thermal sensor or thermal or infrared camera may also be included. The guidance system is water resistant for up to 30 minutes.