SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING

• US 20160169627A1
• Filed: 12/15/2015
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shooting Simulator, LLC
• Original Assignee: Shooting Simulator, LLC
• Inventors: Northrup, James L., Northrup, Robert P., Blakeley, Peter F.
• Granted Patent: US 10,234,240 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 33/00 Adaptations for training adaptations of barrels for recoil reinforcement F41A21/26; Gun simulators teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26 ; shooting games A63F9/02; military simulation G09B9/003
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/26 Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying shooting games A63F9/02; light- or radiation-emitting guns F41A33/02; targets therefor F41J; responders, transponders for radar, sonar, lidar G01S13/767, G01S15/74, G01S17/74
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/2633 using a TV type screen, e.g. a CRT, displaying a simulated target
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/2655 in which the light beam is sent from the weapon to the target
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00

Abstract

A system and method for simulating lead of a target includes a network, a simulation administrator and a user device connected to the network, a database connected to the simulation administrator, and a set of position trackers positioned at a simulator site. The user device includes a virtual reality unit and a computer connected to the set of virtual reality unit and to the network. A generated target is simulated. The target and the user are tracked to generate a phantom target and a phantom halo. The phantom target and the phantom halo are displayed on the virtual reality unit at a lead distance and a drop distance from the target as viewed through the virtual reality unit.

Claims

1. A system comprising a weapon, a removable plug, a virtual reality unit, and a computer, the system for generating and displaying a virtual reality simulation, the system further comprising:

the weapon comprising;

a muzzle;

an adjustable comb;

an adjustable butt plate;

the removable plug fitted to the weapon, the removable plug comprising;

a sensor system, from which first sensor data is generated that is related to a location and orientation of the weapon;

a battery to power components of the removable plug, including the sensor system and a processor;

a communication interface;

a connector to connect the removable plug to the muzzle of the weapon;

the processor programmed to operate the one or more sensors of the removable plug;

a first portion of the removable plug that fits inside the muzzle;

a second portion of the removable plug that fits outside the muzzle and including the sensor system of the removable plug;

the virtual reality unit comprising;

a set of sensors, from which second sensor data is generated that is related to a location and orientation of the virtual reality unit;

a display unit to display a virtual target, a phantom target, a halo on the phantom target, a virtual weapon that represents the weapon in the virtual reality simulation, a sight profile, a suggested adjustment for the adjustable comb, and a suggested adjustment for the adjustable butt plate;

a communication interface;

a processor programmed to operate the set of sensors of the virtual reality unit;

the computer programmed to;

generate, based on the location and orientation of the weapon derived from the first sensor data and based on the location and orientation of the virtual reality unit derived from the second sensor data, the virtual reality simulation including the virtual target, the phantom target, the halo on the phantom target, the weapon, and the sight profile;

generate the phantom target with a lead and a drop so that a simulated shot from the weapon aimed at the phantom target would hit the virtual target, the lead and the drop based on a direction and a speed of the virtual target and based on a type of ammunition being simulated;

generate tracking data that includes the number of targets that are hit, the number of targets that are missed, a location of each shot with respect to the phantom target, and a location of a shot string with respect to a trajectory of the virtual target;

generate the suggested adjustment for the adjustable comb and the suggested adjustment for the adjustable butt plate based on the tracking data.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the computer is further programmed to:

display, based on detection of a discharge of a round of ammunition from the weapon, a cycling of a receiver of the weapon in the virtual reality simulation.