Patent ID: 8976024
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: F41H,H05C

Abstract:
1. An electronic control device for impeding locomotion by a human or animal target when a plurality of electrodes of the electronic control device are electrically coupled to the target, the electronic control device comprising: a signal generator to generate a stimulus signal when activated, the stimulus signal for producing contractions in skeletal muscles of the target to impede locomotion by the target; an audio annunciator; a trigger operated by a user of the electronic control device; and a processor that in response to an engagement of the trigger: activates the signal generator; deactivates the signal generator upon lapse of a first duration measured from the engagement; maintains deactivation of the annunciator until lapse of a second duration measured from the engagement, the second duration being shorter in time than the first duration; and activates the annunciator in response to lapse of the second duration.