Jul 8, 2025

US12352533 - Next shot compensation system for weapons

Use of a muzzle velocity detector with a display allows for a rapid calculation of a second shot firing solution based on a first shot analysis. A doppler radar emitter and detector is located in a housing. The housing has a mount that allows it to be coupled to a hand guard on a rifle. This allows for the muzzle velocity to be detected very close to the end of the barrel. Information about the bullet can be preloaded into a ballistics calculator. The ballistics calculator can be integrated with the muzzle velocity detector or coupled wirelessly to it. The impact location of the first shot is identified and that “drift” is used with muzzle velocity and many other factors to quickly provide a compensation to be used with the sight to ensure the second shot is more accurate.

Assignee: Optex Systems, Inc.
Inventors: Danny Schoening
Filing date: 2024-04-30

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The patent describes a next shot compensation system that utilizes a muzzle velocity detector and a ballistic calculator to improve the accuracy of subsequent shots based on the analysis of the first shot. By integrating GPS data and other measurements, the system recalculates the trajectory for a more precise second shot.

Claim 1

A system for correcting a second shot trajectory based on a first shot analysis, the system comprising: (a) a muzzle velocity device mounted to a weapon to measure the muzzle velocity of a bullet, and (b) a communication means for transmitting a measured muzzle velocity and at least one additional measurement from the first shot to a ballistic calculator, wherein the ballistic calculator recalculates a new ballistic solution, and wherein the at least one additional measurement comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the weapon. (a) a muzzle velocity device mounted to a weapon to measure the muzzle velocity of a bullet, and (b) a communication means for transmitting a measured muzzle velocity and at least one additional measurement from the first shot to a ballistic calculator, wherein the ballistic calculator recalculates a new ballistic solution, and wherein the at least one additional measurement comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the weapon.

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