Patent ID: 9739556
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. A method of preventing accidental shootings with a firearm safety beacon, the method comprises the steps of: (A) providing at least one safety beacon; (B) providing a firearm, wherein the firearm includes a computing unit and a wireless receiver; (C) continuously transmitting a warning signal with the safety beacon; (D) continuously monitoring for the warning signal with the wireless receiver; (E) processing the warning signal into an endangerment assessment with the computing unit, if the warning signal is captured by the wireless receiver; (F) executing a physical response with the firearm, if the endangerment assessment identifies a potentially unsafe situation between the safety beacon and the firearm; providing a minimum safe angle stored on the computing device; radially distributing the warning signal from the safety beacon during step (C); sensing an emission direction of the warning signal with the wireless receiver; comparing the emission direction of the warning signal to an aiming direction of the firearm during the endangerment assessment in order to calculate an offset angle between the emission direction and the aiming direction; identifying the potentially unsafe situation between the safety beacon and the firearm during the endangerment assessment, if the emission direction and the aiming direction intersect each other, and if the offset angle between the emission direction and the aiming direction is less than the minimum safe angle.