METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING SENSOR-BASED TACTILE FEEDBACK
First Claim
1. A method for providing feedback to a blueforce soldier armed with a weapon, comprising:
- determining a state of the weapon;
locating one or more blueforce personnel;
determining a blueforce-injury possibility based on the state of the weapon and the location of the one or more blueforce personnel;
determining feedback based on the determined blueforce-injury possibility; and
providing the feedback to the blueforce soldier.
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for providing feedback about firing on blueforce personnel are provided. A blueforce soldier is armed with a weapon that has one or more weapon sensors. The weapon sensors may provide information about a direction of fire and a firing state of the weapon. A blueforce-injury-possibility calculator may determine the direction of fire, the firing state, and an injury zone of the weapon based on the information from the weapon sensors. The blueforce-injury-possibility calculator may receive location information about one or more blueforce personnel. The blueforce-injury-possibility calculator may then determine a blueforce-injury possibility based on the injury zone and the location information. Tactile feedback may be provided to the blueforce soldier based on the blueforce-injury possibility. The tactile feedback may be provided via a tactile-feedback suit.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing feedback to a blueforce soldier armed with a weapon, comprising:
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determining a state of the weapon; locating one or more blueforce personnel; determining a blueforce-injury possibility based on the state of the weapon and the location of the one or more blueforce personnel; determining feedback based on the determined blueforce-injury possibility; and providing the feedback to the blueforce soldier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A blueforce-injury possibility calculator, comprising:
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a user interface; a sensor interface for receiving weapon-state information, wherein the weapon-state information comprises a direction of fire of a weapon and a firing-state of the weapon; a processor; data storage; and machine-language instructions stored in the data storage and executable by the processing unit to perform functions including; determining an injury zone of the weapon based on the weapon-state information, locating one or more blueforce personnel, determining a blueforce-injury possibility based on the injury zone and the locations of the one or more blueforce personnel, determining feedback based on the blueforce-injury possibility, and providing the feedback. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a weapon comprising at least one weapon sensor; a location system; a tactile-feedback suit comprising at least one tactor; and a blueforce-injury possibility calculator configured to; (i) receive weapon-state information from the at least one weapon sensor, (ii) receive locations of blueforce personnel from the location system, (iii) determine an injury zone and a state of the weapon based on the weapon-state information, (iv) determine tactile feedback to be provided based on the injury zone, the state of the weapon, and the locations of blueforce personnel, and (v) provide the tactile feedback via the at least one tactor. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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