Patent ID: 9033232
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: F41A,F41G

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing aiming errors of a handheld firearm, the firearm having a frame with a barreled action connected to the frame by an adjustable actuator, the method comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a point-of-aim of the handheld firearm at a target; (b) generating a signal by an optical target tracking device and receiving the optical target tracking device signal in a mobile processor; (c) measuring by the mobile processor a position of target relative to the point-of-aim; (d) generating by the mobile processor a user-perceptible signal indicating target lock; (e) calculating by the mobile processor an angular deflection based upon measuring step (c); (f) calculating by the mobile processor an aiming error of the handheld firearm caused by the angular deflection; (g) sending by the mobile processor an aiming correction signal to the actuator; (h) adjusting the actuator based on the aiming correction signal to adjust a position of the barreled action relative to the frame to correct the aiming error; and (i) presenting by the mobile processor a visual display in a display device of a predicted point-of-impact on the target based on the aiming correction signal.