Jun 17, 2025

US12332027 - Systems and methods for cooperation between cameras and conducted electrical weapons

Police officers use conducted electrical weapons (“CEWs”) and cameras. A camera and a CEW may cooperate to improve the performance and use of the CEW and evidence collection by the camera. A camera and a CEW may also cooperate to improve the safety of the user and the target. Improvements may include improving targeting of the CEW, identifying and classifying body parts of the target as suitable or unsuitable for electrode deployment, adjusting electrode trajectory prior to launch, and automating electrode launch. Evidence collection may be improved by recording placement of electrodes on the target. Safety of the target may be improved by monitoring the movements of the target and altering characteristics of the delivered stimulus signal if potential harm to the target may occur.

Assignee: AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.
Inventors: Todd Basche, Tyler Conant, Gabriel Othman, Nache Shekarri
Filing date: 2024-03-05

The patent describes a system that integrates cameras with conducted electrical weapons (CEWs) to enhance targeting accuracy and safety during deployment. By analyzing image data, the camera can determine suitable electrode impact locations on a target’s body and adjust trajectories accordingly, improving both evidence collection and user safety.

Claim 1

A method of delivering electrodes, the method comprising: capturing, by a camera system, image data of a target via an image sensor of the camera system; determining, by the camera system, whether a predicted first location of impact of a first electrode to be launched by a conducted electrical weapon and a predicted second location of impact of a second electrode to be launched by the conducted electrical weapon correspond to suitable locations on a body of the target; transmitting, by the camera system, a message via a communication circuit of the camera system to the conducted electrical weapon to enable launch of the first electrode and the second electrode when the predicted first location and the predicted second location correspond to the suitable locations; transmitting, by the camera system, an instruction to adjust a trajectory of the second electrode when the predicted second location is determined to not correspond to a suitable location on the body of the target; and launching, by the conducted electrical weapon, the first electrode and the second electrode in response to the message. capturing, by a camera system, image data of a target via an image sensor of the camera system; determining, by the camera system, whether a predicted first location of impact of a first electrode to be launched by a conducted electrical weapon and a predicted second location of impact of a second electrode to be launched by the conducted electrical weapon correspond to suitable locations on a body of the target; transmitting, by the camera system, a message via a communication circuit of the camera system to the conducted electrical weapon to enable launch of the first electrode and the second electrode when the predicted first location and the predicted second location correspond to the suitable locations; transmitting, by the camera system, an instruction to adjust a trajectory of the second electrode when the predicted second location is determined to not correspond to a suitable location on the body of the target; and launching, by the conducted electrical weapon, the first electrode and the second electrode in response to the message.

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