US 12,442,623 B2
Electrode deployment based on change in position
Patrick W. Smith, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 18/268,913
Filed by Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/064523
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/140329, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,718, filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0295387 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. F41H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41H 13/0025 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a conducted electrical weapon configured to conduct an electrical stimulus signal via a plurality of electrodes, the method comprising:
deploying a first electrode of the plurality of electrodes;
in accordance with deploying the first electrode, detecting a change in position of the conducted electrical weapon via a position detector of the conducted electrical weapon; and
in accordance with the change in position, automatically deploying a second electrode of the plurality of electrodes.