Point of view / sight picture firearm camera (P.O.V.)

• US 9,986,142 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2015
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christopher Alden Champlin, Maria Ann Sandoval
• Original Assignee: Christopher Alden Champlin, Maria Ann Sandoval
• Inventors: Sandoval, Maria Ann, Champlin, Christopher Alden
• Primary Examiner(s): VILLECCO, JOHN M
• Application Number:
  US14/742,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20160373700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,077 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 27/00 Accessories; Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

A integrated rechargeable evidence collecting and recording device built into a firearm that automatically collects and records evidence of the users point of view when a firearm is in use, and pointing at the intended target. The integrated rechargeable evidence collecting and recording device consists of a rechargeable battery, microphone, camera, and digitally encrypted memory for the preservation of said evidence in accordance with agency guidelines.

Claims

1. A handgun for collecting and preserving evidence of an event relating to the use of the handgun, said handgun comprising:

a camera system mounted inside of the handgun and integrated into a polymer frame of the handgun, said camera system comprising;

a video camera for producing HDMI video signal data representing video information obtained from the point of view of the handgun;

a microphone that can capture HDMI quality audio data obtained related to the deployment of the handgun;

wherein the HDMI video signal data and HDMI quality audio data is stored on the handgun in an internal memory;

wherein the camera system is built into the handguns frame, stock, and grip;

wherein the cameras system'"'"'s electrical components are installed into a back-strap of a grip of the handgun behind a magazine well; and

wherein heat resistant and/or shielded wires run from the video camera and the microphone to the electrical components in the back-strap and are routed by way of a channel set below the slide assembly and barrel and inside a body of the handgun.

2. The handgun of claim 1, further comprising a sensor that will activate the camera system when it reaches a 90 degree angle, wherein after a predetermined time of no movement, the camera system will switch to a standby mode until raised and moved again.

3. The handgun of claim 1, wherein the internal memory maintains the HDMI video signal data and HDMI quality audio data as digitally encrypted data to be downloaded by an end user via a USB portal device.