US 11,808,537 B2
Weapon system with operator identification
James W. Teetzel, Portsmouth, NH (US); Gary M. Lemire, Lee, NH (US); and Roula Assadi, Stratham, NH (US)
Assigned to Wilcox Industries Corp., Newington, NH (US)
Filed by Wilcox Industries Corp., Newington, NH (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/433,224.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/681,486, filed on Jun. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0376755 A1, Dec. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. F41A 17/06 (2006.01); F41A 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); A61F 11/14 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC F41A 17/066 (2013.01) [A61F 11/14 (2013.01); F41A 17/30 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); A61F 11/145 (2022.01)] 63 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A weapon system for controlling operation of a firearm comprising:
a processor, the processor having an associated memory, the processor configured to receive sensor data from one or more sensors, the sensor data selected from the group consisting of:
temperature data representative of a temperature of a barrel of the firearm;
round count data representative of a number of rounds of ammunition fired by the firearm;
barrel life expectancy data representative of wear accumulated by the barrel of the firearm;
rate of fire data representative of a number of rounds of ammunition fired by the firearm per unit time;
projectile velocity data representative of a velocity of the rounds of ammunition fired by the firearm;
ammunition type data representative of a type of ammunition fired by the firearm;
barrel whip data received from one or more strain gauges, the barrel whip data representative of one or more harmonic characteristics of the barrel of the firearm; and
any combination of the foregoing;
an optical reader, the optical reader configured to receive operator-identification information and transmit the operator-identification information to the processor; and
a sighting system operably coupled to the processor, the sighting system including one or more aiming lasers, wherein the processor is configured to perform ballistics calculations and automatically adjust an angle of the one or more aiming lasers to improve accuracy of the sighting system based on said sensor data.