APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNTHETIC WEAPON STABILIZATION AND FIRING
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Abstract
In methods and apparatuses, a weapon includes a trigger module for sensing trigger input from a shooter and generating a trigger signal, and a firing module for controlling firing of a projectile responsive to a fire control signal. The weapon also includes an image sensor configured for mounting on the weapon and sensing a series of images over a time period of interest while the trigger signal is in a motion-estimation state. A controller is configured for determining when to fire the weapon by receiving the images from the image sensor and generating a motion estimation history over the time period of interest responsive to changes in the images. The controller is also configured for determining a centroid of the motion estimation history and asserting the fire control signal when the trigger signal is in a fire-enable state and a current image is within an offset threshold from the centroid.
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27 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. An apparatus for determining when to fire a weapon, comprising:
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a trigger interface configured for indicating a fire-enable state; a fire-time synthesizer operably coupled to the trigger interface and comprising; a memory storing computing instructions; and a processor operably coupled to an image sensor and the memory and, responsive to a trigger signal from the trigger interface indicating the fire-enable state, the processor executes computing instructions stored in the memory to; determine a substantially random time delay after the trigger signal; and assert a fire control signal after the substantially random time delay; and a fire actuator operably coupled to the fire-time synthesizer to discharge the weapon responsive to assertion of the fire control signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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23. An apparatus, comprising:
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a weapon; a trigger module for sensing trigger input from a shooter and generating a trigger signal; a fire actuator for controlling discharging the weapon responsive to a fire control signal; and a fire-time synthesizer, comprising; an image sensor configured for mounting on the weapon and sensing a plurality of images over a time period of interest while the trigger signal is in a motion-estimation state and generating data representing the plurality of images; and a controller operably coupled to the trigger signal, the fire control signal, and the image sensor, the controller for executing computing instructions, which when executed by the controller cause the controller to; generate a motion estimation history over the time period of interest responsive to changes in the data representing the plurality of images; determine a centroid of the motion estimation history; and assert the fire control signal when the trigger signal is in a fire-enable state and a current image of the plurality of images is within an offset threshold from the centroid. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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