Patent ID: 8356818

Claim:
A target apparatus comprising: a target comprising at least one target sector comprised of a steel plate that is impenetrable to bullets and coupled to said target and configured to withstand an impact from a bullet, wherein the target apparatus remains undamaged after each shot impact; a plurality of display segments located on said target and within a field of view of a shooter viewing said target and configured so as not to incur damage when directly hit, wherein each target sector is associated with one or more display segments that enable a shooter to determine the target sector hit by the bullet, and wherein the target provides immediate feedback to allow the shooter to improve, at least one sensor coupled to said at least one target sector and configured to detect said impact of said bullet; and wherein the impact of the bullet on the target creates an impact shock wave with a speed, wherein the target has a non-impact side, further comprising a dampening material coupled to the non-impact side of the target surface to slow down the impact shock wave and allow iterative scanning by sensors configured to locate the impact of the bullet on the target; and a controller electronically coupled to said at least one sensor and configured to determined an impacted target sector associated with said impact from said bullet on said at least one target sector using a first sensor selected from said at least one sensor, wherein the controller has an iteration speed, and wherein the speed of the impact shock wave is greater than the iteration speed of the controller; and wherein said controller is further coupled to said plurality of display segments and further configured to assert at least one display segment selected from said plurality of display segments as determined by said determined impacted target sector and a current operating mode of said target selected from a plurality of operating modes.