Wearable Ballistic Aiming Display for Impact Point Compensation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing weapon targeting systems fail to accurately compensate for external factors such as gravity, drag, and environmental conditions, leading to inaccuracies in projectile impact locations.
Innovation Solution
A weapon targeting system that calculates and displays both the impact location and a bullseye location on a target, using electronic devices to adjust for factors like gravity, drag, and environmental conditions, and provides real-time visual and audible indications for precise aiming.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional targeting devices are used without compensation for external factors, then the device complexity is low, but the measurement precision of impact location is inaccurate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary electronic device that acts as a mediator between the weapon and the target. This device calculates and displays the actual impact location based on ballistics data, allowing the shooter to compensate for external factors like gravity and drag without directly controlling the complex compensation process. The intermediary provides the necessary information for accurate aiming while maintaining relative system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical aiming systems with an electronic information-based system. Instead of using complex mechanical compensators or adjustable mechanical sights, the system uses electronic devices to calculate and display impact location information, substituting mechanical complexity with electronic computation and visual information presentation.
2Measurement precision
If real-time calculation and display of impact location is implemented, then the measurement precision improves, but the use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by calculating and displaying only the essential impact location information rather than all possible ballistics data. The system provides just enough information for the shooter to accurately aim - the impact location coordinates and visual indicators - without unnecessarily processing or displaying every intermediate calculation step, thereby reducing energy consumption while maintaining precision.
3Ease of operation
If visual and audible indications are provided for aiming, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by having the electronic device automatically calculate, display, and provide guidance information without requiring manual input or complex user intervention. The system serves itself by processing ballistics data and presenting impact location information in an intuitive format, reducing the operational burden on the shooter while the added complexity is absorbed by the automated system.
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AI summary
A wearable electronic device displays an impact location that shows where a projectile fired from a weapon will hit a target and displays a bullseye location that shows a desired location where to hit the target. The wearable electronic device indicates firing the weapon when the impact location overlaps with the bullseye location.