US12553689 - Compensating for projectile weight in ballistics

The patent describes a system that measures the weight of projectiles and uses this data to adjust aiming instructions for improved accuracy. By calculating different ballistic coefficients for bullets of the same type, the system provides tailored aiming adjustments based on their respective weights.

Claim 1

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive, from a digital scale, a first measured mass of a first bullet and a second measured mass of a second bullet, the first and second bullets to be of a same bullet type; determine a first ballistic coefficient for the first bullet and a second ballistic coefficient for the second bullet based, at least in part, on the respective measured masses, wherein the first ballistic coefficient and the second ballistic coefficient are to be different; compute a first aiming adjustment for firing the first bullet toward a target and a second aiming adjustment for firing the second bullet toward the target, wherein the first and second aiming adjustments differ based, at least in part, on the first and second ballistic coefficients; and provide, to a user device, first and second instructions that indicate how to modify an aim of a firearm based, at least in part, on the first aiming adjustment and the second aiming adjustment.

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