US 12,460,885 B2
Smart firearm safety device
Colby Kevin Clark, Provo, UT (US); Robert Nathan Picardi, Herndon, VA (US); Matthew Daniel Correnti, Newtown Square, PA (US); Michael Kelly, Washington, DC (US); and Stephen Scott Trundle, Falls Church, VA (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,396.
Application 18/543,396 is a continuation of application No. 17/509,441, filed on Oct. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,846,477.
Application 17/509,441 is a continuation of application No. 16/887,020, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 11,156,420, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/854,066, filed on May 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0219138 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F41A 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 17/063 (2013.01) [F41A 17/066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A system for operating a safety device that attaches to a firearm, the system comprising:
a locking mechanism configured to attach to an area of the firearm that includes a trigger to preclude depressing the trigger of the firearm;
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause performance of operations comprising:
detecting, using a biometric scanning device, a biometric attribute of an individual within a threshold proximity of the firearm;
determining, using the biometric attribute, that the individual is a registered owner authorized to discharge the firearm;
generating, using a movement sensor, movement data of the firearm;
computing location data and usage data about the firearm using the movement data captured by the movement sensor, the usage data including a detected number of times the firearm was likely discharged and the location data indicating an approximate location of the discharge; and
generating an authorization command based on analysis of data representing the biometric attribute to i) engage the locking mechanism to preclude depressing a trigger of the firearm based on one or more parameter signals, the location data, and the usage data, or ii) disengage the locking mechanism to permit discharge of the firearm when the registered owner of the firearm is within a threshold proximity of the firearm.