Patent ID: 8453368
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: F41A,F41G

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing aiming errors of a handheld firearm, 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) generating an activation signal and receiving the activation signal in the mobile processor; (d) measuring by the mobile processor a position of target relative to the point-of-aim; (e) generating by the mobile processor a visual display in a display device indicating target lock; (f) calculating by the mobile processor an angular deflection based upon measuring step (d); (g) calculating by the mobile processor a horizontal aiming error and a vertical aiming error due to a man-machine wobble of the handheld firearm; (h) sending by the mobile processor a horizontal aiming correction signal to a horizontal actuator in order to adjust a horizontal position of one or more isolated components of the handheld firearm; (i) sending by the mobile processor a vertical aiming correction signal to a vertical actuator in order to adjust a vertical position of one or more isolated components of the handheld firearm; (j) summing by the mobile processor the horizontal adjustment signal and the vertical adjustment signal; and (k) presenting by the mobile processor a visual display in a display device of a predicted point-of-impact on the target based on the summed horizontal and vertical adjustment signals.