Tactical Lighting System with Synchronized Protective Eyewear
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for protecting vulnerable targets and controlling assailants or rioters are often ineffective, potentially lethal, and limited in their scope, such as tasers being ineffective through clothing or stun grenades being lethal and having a limited effective area.
Innovation Solution
A tactical lighting system comprising a light-emitting device that emits a pattern of disabling light flashes and synchronized protective eyewear, which transitions between transparent and opaque states to protect the wearer's eyes while disabling the assailant, using wireless communication, identification modules, and sensors to ensure authorized use and adapt to environmental conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If tasers are used to control assailants, then they can deliver electrical shock to disable targets, but they are ineffective up to 50% of the time particularly on individuals wearing many layers of clothing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/electrical contact-based taser system with an optical system using high-intensity light flashes. The light-based disabling mechanism penetrates clothing barriers that block electrical current, achieving reliable target neutralization without physical contact while maintaining adaptability across different clothing conditions.
2Reliability
If stun or flash-bang grenades are used to remotely neutralize targets, then they can disable assailants in hostage situations or confined spaces, but they are potentially lethal to all in a blast radius including law enforcement officers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the disabling effect by directing intense light flashes selectively at specific targets rather than creating an omnidirectional blast. The synchronized protective eyewear further segments the effect by shielding authorized users while the light disables unauthorized individuals, eliminating collateral harm to bystanders and law enforcement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces synchronized protective eyewear as an intermediary device that differentiates between authorized users and targets. The eyewear receives synchronization signals from the light-emitting device, allowing authorized personnel to remain protected while the light flashes disable unauthorized individuals without lethal force.
3Reliability
If stun or flash-bang grenades are used, then they can neutralize targets remotely, but they have a limited effective area and can be used only once
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the light-emitting device to automatically generate random flash patterns and transmit synchronization signals to protective eyewear without manual intervention. The system self-regulates the timing and pattern of flashes, allowing repeated use with varying patterns to maintain effectiveness against adapted targets, eliminating the single-use limitation of grenades.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If synchronized protective eyewear is used to protect authorized users, then it can filter out disabling light flashes, but it requires wireless communication and synchronization with the light-emitting device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex wired synchronization systems with wireless communication between the light-emitting device and protective eyewear. The eyewear receives radio frequency signals containing flash pattern information, eliminating physical connection requirements while maintaining precise synchronization for effective protection.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively temporarily blinds and disorients targets without causing permanent harm, while ensuring authorized users are protected, and can be used in various scenarios, including through glass or multiple times, with adjustable light intensity and pattern based on environmental data.
Implementation Method 1
at least one light-emitting device being configured to emit a pattern of a plurality of disabling light flashes
Implementation Method 2
the at least one item of protective eyewear being configured to transition between a first state and a second state according a signal received from the light-emitting device
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and devices for temporarily disabling an assailant or other target using disabling flashes of light from a light-emitting device. A tactical lighting system also includes protective eyewear that is paired with the light-emitting device and configured to shutter in synchronization with the pattern of disabling light flashes to protect the wearer's eyes while disabling an assailant or other target.