US12595987 - Systems and methods for shooting simulation and training
This patent describes a system that combines actual firearms with virtual reality technology to simulate shooting experiences, utilizing sensors to track the firearm’s position and motion. The system includes a controller, various sensors, and a processor that processes data to provide users with information about the simulated projectile’s location relative to a virtual target.
Claim 1
1 . A system, comprising: a) a controller configured to shoot a projectile or simulate shooting of a projectile wherein said controller is an actual firearm; b) one or more firearm firing sensors configured to detect a change in real world position and/or motion of a firing mechanism wherein said one or more firearm firing sensors detects one or more of an image of said firing mechanism and/or a sound of said firing mechanism, wherein said firing mechanism comprises one or more of a bolt, a trigger, a trigger pivot, a sear, a sear lever, trigger take-up, a hammer, a transfer bar, a firing pin, a striker, a lock plunger, a trigger safety, a striker safety, an actuator, one or more springs, a spring return hook and a disconnector; c) one or more position sensors configured to detect a change in real world position of said controller in 3-dimensional space; d) a processor and software on non-transitory computer readable media operatively connected to said processor comprising instructions to receive wireless information from said one or more sensors about said change in real world position and/or motion of a firing mechanism and to display to a user information about a simulated location of said projectile, wherein said processor is in a hand-held communication computing device mounted on said controller; and e) a camera in said hand-held computing device mounted on said controller wherein said camera acquires an anchor image reference point wherein said anchor image reference point provides an angle of said controller to said anchor image reference point in an x axis, a y axis and/or a z axis relative to a virtual target. a) a controller configured to shoot a projectile or simulate shooting of a projectile wherein said controller is an actual firearm; b) one or more firearm firing sensors configured to detect a change in real world position and/or motion of a firing mechanism wherein said one or more firearm firing sensors detects one or more of an image of said firing mechanism and/or a sound of said firing mechanism, wherein said firing mechanism comprises one or more of a bolt, a trigger, a trigger pivot, a sear, a sear lever, trigger take-up, a hammer, a transfer bar, a firing pin, a striker, a lock plunger, a trigger safety, a striker safety, an actuator, one or more springs, a spring return hook and a disconnector; c) one or more position sensors configured to detect a change in real world position of said controller in 3-dimensional space; d) a processor and software on non-transitory computer readable media operatively connected to said processor comprising instructions to receive wireless information from said one or more sensors about said change in real world position and/or motion of a firing mechanism and to display to a user information about a simulated location of said projectile, wherein said processor is in a hand-held communication computing device mounted on said controller; and e) a camera in said hand-held computing device mounted on said controller wherein said camera acquires an anchor image reference point wherein said anchor image reference point provides an angle of said controller to said anchor image reference point in an x axis, a y axis and/or a z axis relative to a virtual target.
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