Weapon Firing Correlation via Time and Angle Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for evaluating military weapons under combat conditions fail to accurately correlate bullets fired with their impact points, as existing methods do not provide sufficient information on the time and location of firing, and often result in lost or destroyed bullets.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that correlate weapon firing events with scoring events by receiving and comparing time, location, and angle data from both events, using a computing device to create reference lines and identify unambiguous pairings between weapon firing and scoring events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If bullets are marked through coloration to link them to weapons, then bullets can be linked back to respective weapons, but no information is provided about where and when the bullet was fired
Solution Approach 1:
The tracking system is segmented into multiple independent components: (1) weapon identification through color-coded markers on weapons, (2) temporal recording through synchronized clocks at each weapon station, and (3) spatial recording through impact point detection on divided target surfaces. This segmentation allows comprehensive bullet tracking without requiring a single complex integrated system.
Solution Approach 2:
Weapons are pre-marked with distinctive color codes and equipped with synchronized timekeeping devices before the shooting exercise. The target surface is pre-divided into numbered zones. This preliminary preparation ensures that when a bullet is fired, all necessary identification and tracking information is already in place to be automatically recorded upon impact.
2Reliability
If traditional bullet marking methods are used, then bullets can be traced to weapons, but bullets may be lost especially if they miss targets or are destroyed upon impact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary recording system that captures firing data at the source (weapon station) independently of the bullet's fate. Synchronized clocks and position markers at each weapon create a permanent record of when and where each weapon was aimed and fired, serving as an intermediary that preserves firing information even if the bullet itself is lost or destroyed.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of relying on the physical bullet as the sole carrier of identification information, the system creates a copy of the firing event data through synchronized temporal and spatial recording. The impact point detection creates a secondary record that links back to the weapon identification, ensuring data preservation even if the original bullet is destroyed.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive time and location data is collected for each firing event, then accurate correlation with impact points is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple measurement functions into unified components: each weapon station combines color-coded identification, synchronized timekeeping, and directional aiming information into a single integrated recording point. The target combines spatial zone identification with impact detection. This merging reduces overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive data collection for accurate correlation.
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AI summary
An exemplary embodiment, the present invention sets forth a method for correlating at least one weapon firing event to at least one scoring event. The method comprising: receiving information relating to a first scoring event; receiving information relating to a first weapon firing event; calculating an angle between a reference line, extending from location of the first weapon event to the location of the first scoring event, and the reference direction at the first computing device; comparing the time of the first scoring event to the time of the weapon firing event at the first computing device; comparing the angle of incidence for the projectile to the calculated angle at the first computing device; and identifying whether the weapon firing event and the scoring event are an unambiguous, one-to-one pairings at the first computing device.