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Tap sensor for weapon simulator

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-06-05
FATS INC
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Although this solution attempts to provide a more realistic experience, a disadvantage of this approach is that if the magazine is pushed up longer than the tap interval, or if the weapon is rested on the magazine at any time, the weapon will process the corresponding signal as a removal and reinsertion of the magazine with respect to the simulated weapon.
Consequently, this will reload the weapon, even if that was not the intent of the user, thereby diminishing the likeness of actual weapon operation, which is contrary to the desired result.

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[0016]the weapon simulator assembly 8 is illustrated in FIGS. 1-3. In this embodiment, the tap sensor 14 is positioned in the magazine 12 to monitor any forces applied to the bottom of the magazine 12. The tap sensor 14 could be a pressure sensor, variable resistance sensor, shock sensor or impact sensor, among other related designs. For example, a shock or impact sensor 14 could be incorporated in the magazine 12 to detect a sudden or severe impact force and indicate whether the strength of the tap force exceeds a predetermined level. The tap sensor 14 will then provide corresponding feedback to a processor 16 in the simulated weapon 10 via an electrical interface 15 connecting the sensor 14 of the magazine 12 with the processor 16 of the firearm 10. In particular, shock sensors are a type of transducer that responds to shock energy by producing another type of energy signal, usually electrical. Such sensors 14 should be sensitive to shock but insensitive to other properties.

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[0019]In the invention illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, the sensor 14 as described above is positioned in the magazine 12 at the interface of the magazine 12 with the simulated weapon 10. The sensor 14 is placed at the interface between the magazine 12 and the simulated weapon 10 so that the force generated by striking the bottom of the magazine 12 will cause a corresponding change of state in the sensor 14. This change of state is transmitted to the processor 16 in the simulated weapon 10, and is recognized by the processor 16 in the simulated weapon 10 as a tap force that occurred to correct the malfunction of the simulated weapon 10, a corresponding signal is transmitted to central processing unit 4.

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[0020]the present invention, illustrated in FIGS. 6, uses a tap sensor 14 for measuring motion, such as an accelerometer, that may be located in either the magazine 12 (shown in FIG. 3) or the simulated weapon 10 (shown in FIG. 7). The sensor 14 will detect a sudden acceleration in the direction of the magazine 12 movement and transmit a corresponding signal to the processor 16. The accelerometer is a sensor 14 for measuring acceleration and vibration that can be a raw sensing element, a packaged transducer, or a sensor system, with the most common types of accelerometers being piezoelectric, capacitance, null-balance, strain gage, resonance, piezoresistive or magnetic induction. The accelerometer is in electrical communication with the processor 16 of the simulated weapon 10, such that the accelerometer will monitor any rapid movement of the simulated weapon 10 or attached magazine 12. Thus, when the magazine 12 is struck in a simulation to correct the weapon malfunction, the entir...

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A weapon simulator assembly for monitoring correction of a malfunction of a simulated weapon having a detachably attached simulated magazine includes a central processor for generating the malfunction scenario. A weapon processor is supported in the simulated weapon in electrical communication with the central processor, with an electrical interface connecting the weapon processor with the simulated magazine detachably attached to said receiver. A sensor, such as a tap sensor or accelerometer, is in electrical communication with the weapon processor via said electrical interface, with the tap sensor or accelerometer registering a strike when a force is applied to the simulated magazine above a predetermined value.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This non-provisional patent application claims priority from provisional patent application 60 / 747,290, which is relied upon and incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a weapon simulator assembly, and, more particularly, to a simulated weapon of a weapon simulator assembly that is able to detect the tap or slap of a magazine as part of an action drill corresponding to a weapon misfire.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]When military and / or police personnel train with simulated weapons, one of the training scenarios generated by a central computer or central processing unit is a “misfire” of the simulated weapon. In an actual weapon, a misfire occurs when the trigger is pulled, but no round of ammunition is fired. This can occur due to many different reasons, and most agencies have an immediate action drill (a series of steps, done in order, immediately after the firearm misfire) ...

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IPC IPC(8): F41A33/00
CPCF41A33/02F41A9/61
Inventor WILSON, HENRY MARTINGERSON, DAVIDROGUSZ, PAUL
Owner FATS INC
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