Sep 15, 2026

US12736295 - Monitoring energy discharge in a fire control system

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for monitoring the transfer of electric charge and determining whether a threshold amount of electric charge has been transferred. Aspects of the present disclosure may be performed by a fire control system, and the fire control system may be implemented in a gun. The fire control system may generate an integrated voltage using an integrator to integrate a current induced voltage that is present across a resistor, compare the integrated voltage against a reference voltage to determine whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage, and generate an output voltage that indicates whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage. The output voltage may be generated based on comparing the integrated voltage against the reference voltage using a comparator circuit, and the reference voltage may correspond to a threshold amount of electric charge.

Assignee: Biofire Technologies Inc.
Inventors: Jack Hugo Thiesen, Karl Fredrick Brakora, Kai Thorin Kloepfer
Filing date: 2024-05-30

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The patent describes a fire control system that monitors electric charge discharge by generating an integrated voltage and comparing it to a reference voltage to determine if a threshold has been exceeded. This system utilizes an integrator and a comparator circuit to produce an output voltage indicating the status of the electric charge transfer.

Claim 1

1 . A method of monitoring discharge of electric charge, the method comprising: generating an integrated voltage using an integrator to integrate a current induced voltage that is present across a resistor; comparing the integrated voltage against a reference voltage to determine whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage, wherein the reference voltage corresponds to a threshold amount of electric charge; generating, based on the comparing the integrated voltage against the reference voltage, an output voltage that indicates whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage; and clearing a latch in response to the integrated voltage exceeding the reference voltage within a duration of time. generating an integrated voltage using an integrator to integrate a current induced voltage that is present across a resistor; comparing the integrated voltage against a reference voltage to determine whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage, wherein the reference voltage corresponds to a threshold amount of electric charge; generating, based on the comparing the integrated voltage against the reference voltage, an output voltage that indicates whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage; and clearing a latch in response to the integrated voltage exceeding the reference voltage within a duration of time.

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