Patent ID: 6481140
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: F41A,G06F

Abstract:
A firearm safety system comprising:a computer chip implanted into the human anatomy, the computer chip having a sensor, a transponder having at least one energy coupler, and a control circuit; a firearm having a barrel, handle, trigger, firing mechanism, and a safety switch operable between a first position preventing discharge of the firearm and a second position allowing discharge of the firearm, wherein the safety switch rests in the first position until operated to the second position; a sensor for receiving a coded signal from the computer chip; a memory unit for storing an authorization code representative of the coded signal received from the computer chip of an authorized user; and a processor connected to both the sensor and memory unit for receiving the coded signal from the sensor, converting the coded signal to an authorization code, and comparing the coded signal received from the computer chip to the authorization codes stored in the memory unit, wherein the processor controls the safety switch to operate in the second position upon determining the received coded signal matches one of the authorization codes stored in the memory unit.