Patent ID: 9217616
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: F41A,F41C,F41G

Abstract:
1. Evidence collecting and recording apparatus for collecting and preserving evidence of an event relating to the use of a gun, said evidence recording apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) a gun having a first source of electrical power and an electronic evidence collecting device, coupled to said first source of power, that comprises: (1) at least one sensor for sensing gun-related data and for producing signals representing said gun-related data; (2) a video camera, disposed on said gun, for producing signals representing video ages in a direction of aim of the gun; (3) a wireless transmitter (“T”) device transmitting signals representing said gun-related data and said video images; and (4) a first digital logic device, coupled to said at least one sensor, to said video camera and to said T device, for receiving and sending signals representing said gun-related data and said video images to said T device; and (b) a portable device for use by a person authorized to carry said gun and having a having a second source of electrical power and an evidence recording device, coupled to the second source of power, that comprises: (1) a wireless receiver (“R”) device for receiving said signals representing said gun-related data and said video images transmitted from said T device; (2) a wireless telephone device connectable to a telephone network for transmitting data to a remote central station via said network; and (3) a second digital logic device, coupled to said R device and to said telephone device, for receiving and sending signals representing said gun-related data and video images to said central station via said telephone network; wherein said portable device comprises a smartphone with a app for controlling said second digital logic device.