US12680778 - Apparatus and method for measuring and training movement for combat firearms performance
The patent describes an apparatus designed to measure the movement performance of users during firearm combat training by utilizing a light emitter and detector to monitor user movement from a designated starting location. The system includes a target device that visually represents a threat and a controller that calculates the elapsed time between the activation of the target and the user’s movement away from the starting point.
Claim 1
1 . An apparatus for measuring movement performance of a user undergoing firearm combat training, the apparatus comprising: a target device spaced from a starting location and being arranged to visually represent a threat directed towards the starting location when activated; a sensor assembly arranged to detect movement of a user away from the starting location, the sensor assembly comprising: a light emitter arranged to emit a light signal along a beam path traversing over the starting location; and a light detector arranged to detect an interference condition of the light emitter in which the light signal along the beam path is interrupted at the starting location and a non-interference condition of the light emitter in which the light signal along the beam path is not interrupted at the starting location; a controller in communication with the target device and the sensor assembly, the controller comprising a processor and a memory storing programming instructions thereon, the programming instructions of the controller, when executed by the processor, being configured to: (i) determine when the target device has been activated, (ii) determine when the light detector detects a change from the interference condition to the non-interference condition of the light emitter, and (iii) measure an elapsed time between activation of the target device to visually represent a threat directed towards the starting location and detection of the change from the interference condition to the non-interference condition of the light emitter indicative of the movement of a user away from the starting location. a target device spaced from a starting location and being arranged to visually represent a threat directed towards the starting location when activated; a sensor assembly arranged to detect movement of a user away from the starting location, the sensor assembly comprising: a light emitter arranged to emit a light signal along a beam path traversing over the starting location; and a light detector arranged to detect an interference condition of the light emitter in which the light signal along the beam path is interrupted at the starting location and a non-interference condition of the light emitter in which the light signal along the beam path is not interrupted at the starting location; a light emitter arranged to emit a light signal along a beam path traversing over the starting location; and a light detector arranged to detect an interference condition of the light emitter in which the light signal along the beam path is interrupted at the starting location and a non-interference condition of the light emitter in which the light signal along the beam path is not interrupted at the starting location; a controller in communication with the target device and the sensor assembly, the controller comprising a processor and a memory storing programming instructions thereon, the programming instructions of the controller, when executed by the processor, being configured to: (i) determine when the target device has been activated, (ii) determine when the light detector detects a change from the interference condition to the non-interference condition of the light emitter, and (iii) measure an elapsed time between activation of the target device to visually represent a threat directed towards the starting location and detection of the change from the interference condition to the non-interference condition of the light emitter indicative of the movement of a user away from the starting location.
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