| CPC F41G 3/00 (2013.01) [F41A 19/58 (2013.01); F41A 19/64 (2013.01); F41G 1/473 (2013.01); F41G 3/06 (2013.01); F41G 3/08 (2013.01); F41G 3/12 (2013.01); F41G 3/165 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
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1. A device to control autonomous firing of a weapon at a target, said device comprising:
a controller for controlling operation of the device, the device controlling the weapon to fire according to a manual fire mode or an automatic fire mode;
a sensor for determining when a point of impact (POI) of a projectile fired from the weapon passes through a region of the target by contrasting a characteristic of the target or the region of the target from a background;
a component for enabling the weapon in either the manual fire mode or the automatic fire mode;
in the manual fire mode, the weapon can be fired immediately;
in the automatic firing mode, the controller causes the weapon to fire:
when the weapon is enabled to the automatic fire mode, and
when the point of impact (POI) of the projectile fired from the weapon passes through the region of the target, and
when the controller determines that the target satisfies a “shoot” criterion;
wherein the point of impact (POI) of the projectile fired from the weapon is adjustable relative to a point of aim (POA) by an operator; and
wherein the weapon ceases to fire when the target leaves the POI of the projectile fired from the weapon and when the weapon is in the automatic fire mode, and the weapon resumes firing when a target is at the POI of the projectile fired from the weapon and when the weapon is in the automatic fire mode.
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