Methods and apparatus for a conducted electrical weapon
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1. A conducted electrical weapon (“
- CEW”
) for providing a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target, the CEW comprising;
a processing circuit;
a detector;
at least two wire-tethered electrodes for launching toward the target to provide the current through the target to impede locomotion of the target;
wherein;
the detector detects a sound of ionization of air in a gap, the current ionizes the air in the gap; and
responsive to detecting, the processing circuit determines whether the current was delivered through the target via the electrodes.
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Abstract
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The current may ionize air in a gap. A gap may occur between terminals at a face of the CEW and/or between the electrodes positioned near target tissue. A CEW may include a detector to detect ionization of air in a gap. A CEW may use information related to detecting ionization to determine a location where the ionization occurred. Information regarding location of ionization may be used to determine whether the current was delivered through the target via the electrodes.
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1. A conducted electrical weapon (“
- CEW”
) for providing a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target, the CEW comprising;
a processing circuit;
a detector;
at least two wire-tethered electrodes for launching toward the target to provide the current through the target to impede locomotion of the target;
wherein;
the detector detects a sound of ionization of air in a gap, the current ionizes the air in the gap; and
responsive to detecting, the processing circuit determines whether the current was delivered through the target via the electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A conducted electrical weapon (“
- CEW”
) for providing a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target, the CEW comprising;
a processing circuit;
a detector;
at least two wire-tethered electrodes for launching toward the target to provide the current through the target to impede locomotion of the target;
wherein;
the processing circuit initiates launch of the electrodes toward the target;
the processing circuit initiates delivery of the current;
the detector detects a sound of ionization of air in a gap, the current ionizes the air in the gap;
the detector provides a notice responsive to detecting the sound of ionization; and
the processing circuit determines a lapse of time from initiating delivery of the current and the notice. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method performed by a conducted electrical weapon (“
- CEW”
) for detecting whether a current provided by the CEW ionized air in a gap between terminals on the CEW, the method comprising;
initiating delivery of the current, the current for delivery through a target to impede locomotion of the target;
detecting a lapse of time from initiating delivery of the current to an occurrence of a sound of ionization of air in a gap, the current ionizing the air in the gap;
comparing the lapse of time to a threshold to determine whether the current ionized air in the gap between the terminals of the CEW; and
providing a notice responsive to comparing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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