US 11,920,881 B1
Systems and techniques for identifying gun events
Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Denver, CO (US); Benjamin William Dwyer, Golden, CO (US); Jack Hugo Thiesen, Firestone, CO (US); and Christopher James Owens, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Biofire Technologies Inc., Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Biofire Technologies Inc., Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/822,921.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,717, filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Int. Cl. F41A 19/01 (2006.01); F41A 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 19/01 (2013.01) [F41A 17/06 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a gun, the method comprising:
transmitting, from a capacitor bank to an actuator, an electrical signal so as to cause displacement of the actuator;
propelling, based on the transmitting the electrical signal to the actuator, a projectile through a barrel of the gun, wherein propelling the projectile causes motion of the gun;
measuring, based on the transmitting the electrical signal to the actuator, the motion of the gun for a time duration;
determining that the motion of the gun satisfies a similarity condition with a motion signature associated with the gun, wherein the motion of the gun satisfies the similarity condition based on a measured acceleration value exceeding a threshold acceleration value of the motion signature; and
storing, based on the motion of the gun satisfying the similarity condition, an indication that the projectile has been propelled through the barrel.