Patent ID: 8720092
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. An electronic device for locating a firearm at a moment of firing, said device comprising: a processing module; a storage module operatively associated with the processing module; a detection module for detecting a shot fired from a firearm operatively associated with the processing module, a transmit/receive module, operatively associated with the processing module, through which the processing module can transmit/receive information representative of said location of the electronic device, wherein the processing module is configured to transmit by means of the transmit/receive module information representative of a shot fired from the firearm, the detection module comprises an acceleration sensor which generates an electric signal when a mechanical stress is experienced by the electronic device, the transmit/receive module comprises a locating device to acquire information relating to the geographic coordinates of the electronic device position, and the processing module is configured to process the information representative of the received geographic coordinates to determine the electronic device position, to store in the storage module a data value corresponding to the position calculated and to supply a central office with the data value.