Patent ID: 6973865
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. A dynamic pointing accuracy evaluation system used in conjunction with a weapon system including a gun that fires a projectile from a barrel toward a target upon receipt of a shoot command from an automated fire control system that is activated by a firing command generated by a gunner viewing the target through a gun sight, the dynamic pointing accuracy evaluation system comprising: a firing-image camera mounted to the barrel of the gun and having a known imaging relation relative to a pointing direction of the barrel of the gun; a photo trigger command line that transmits a photo trigger command from the fire control system to the firing-image camera, whereupon the firing-image camera produces a firing image upon receipt of the photo trigger command; and a computer that receives the firing image and determines a calculated strike location from the firing image and from a range of the gun to the target.