Systems and methods for archery equipment

• US 9,141,215 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Full Flight Technology, Llc
• Original Assignee: Full Flight Technology, Llc
• Inventors: Donahoe, Robert V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bennett, G. Bradley
• Application Number:
  US14/077,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20140176463A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 332/65, 124/87, 124/88
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1403 Details of bows; camera's on bows F41B5/1492
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/143 Arrow rests or guides
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/148 Accessories and tools for bow shooting not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/385 Arrow or dart carrying a radio transmitter for signalling
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/04 Archery arrows F42B6/08, F41B5/06, F42B12/362 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/06 Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/08 Arrow heads; Harpoon heads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An apparatus is configured for inclusion in an arrow. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a sensor configured to provide data concerning one or more flight characteristics of the arrow in flight and a communication link coupled to the sensor, the communication link configured to communicate the data to a device external to the arrow.

Claims

1. A system for generating an archery sight setting for a user, the system comprising:

at least one processor;

a touch-screen user interface coupled to the at least one processor;

a memory coupled to the at least one processor and including a database storing known archery equipment settings; and

a setup module configured to employ the at least one processor to generate the archery sight setting based on user-selected archery equipment selected using the touch screen user interface, and at least one archery equipment setting included in the known archery equipment settings,

wherein the known archery equipment settings are known to provide a desired level of performance when used with the user-selected archery equipment, and

wherein the processor is configured to output the archery sight setting for display in the touch-screen user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the setup module is configured to generate the sight setting based on at least one flight characteristic providing known results for the user-selected archery equipment.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the known results are stored in the database.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one flight characteristic is determined with information collected using an electronic apparatus included in an arrow.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the setup module is configured to generate a plurality of archery equipment settings based on the user-selected archery equipment selected using the touch-screen user interface and the at least one flight characteristic, and

wherein the plurality of archery equipment settings include the archery sight setting.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the memory is included in a server coupled to the at least one processor over a wide area network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the archery sight setting includes at least one of a sight elevation and a sight lateral position.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the archery sight setting includes a pin height.

9. The system of claim 3, further comprising a tuning module configured to employ the at least one processor to evaluate at least one flight characteristic measured for the user'"'"'s equipment relative to the at least one flight characteristic included in the known results stored in the database.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the tuning module is configured to generate the plurality of archery equipment settings to achieve a desired level of accuracy.

11. A method for generating an archery sight setting with a processing device including a touch screen display, the method comprising:

receiving, with the touch screen display, a user-input identifying selected archery equipment;

retrieving from a database of known archery equipment settings an archery equipment setting that provides a desired level of performance when used with archery equipment identified from the user-input; and

outputting the archery sight setting for display in the touch screen display, the archery sight setting established based on the archery equipment identified from the user-input and the archery equipment setting retrieved from the database.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating the sight setting based on at least one flight characteristic providing known results for the archery equipment identified from the user-input, the known results stored in the database.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one flight characteristic of the archery equipment identified from the user-input includes an arrow acceleration.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one flight characteristic of the archery equipment identified from the user-input includes an arrow speed.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising including a pin height in the archery sight setting output for display in the touch screen display.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising evaluating at least one flight characteristic measured for the archery equipment identified from the user-input when employed by the user relative to the at least one flight characteristic included in the known results stored in the database.

17. A method for generating, with a processing device including a touch screen display, an archery sight setting for an archery sight employed when aiming a bow, the method comprising:

receiving, with the touch screen display, a user-input identifying at least one feature of selected archery equipment, the selected archery equipment including the archery sight and the bow;

establishing, by the processing device, the archery sight setting based at least in part on the at least one feature identified by the user-input, the archery sight setting established to provide a desired level of accuracy for the selected archery equipment; and

outputting, by the processing device, the archery sight setting for display in the touch screen display to provide the user with information employed in adjusting the archery sight to provide the desired level of accuracy for the selected archery equipment.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising including, in the archery sight setting displayed to the user, a position of a pin included in the archery sight.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising establishing the archery sight setting using a setup module included in the processing device.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising including, in the archery sight setting, an elevation of the pin included in the archery sight.

21. A method of providing, with a hand-held processing device including a touch screen display, a visual reference for establishing an archery sight setting for an archery sight employed when aiming a bow, the method comprising:

receiving, with the touch screen display, a user-input identifying at least one feature of selected archery equipment, the selected archery equipment including the archery sight and the bow;

establishing, by the processing device, the archery sight setting based at least in part on the at least one feature identified by the user-input, the archery sight setting established to provide a desired level of accuracy for the selected archery equipment;

outputting, by the processing device, the archery sight setting for display in the touch screen display; and

employing the archery sight setting as a visual reference for adjusting the archery sight to locate at least one sight pin at a height to provide the desired level of accuracy for the selected archery equipment.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the act of establishing includes employing stored values of model performance data for the selected archery equipment.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising including flight characteristics concerning model archery equipment in the model performance data.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising including acceleration data in the flight characteristics.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the act of receiving includes receiving a user selection of one of vanes and feathers.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the act of outputting includes an act of including a pin height in the archery sight setting.