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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Brian Donald Wichner, Otter Rock, OR (US);
Inventor:
Brian Donald Wichner, Otter Rock, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 17/08 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); F41A 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/182 (2013.01); F41A 17/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to an apparatus, device, or method for detecting aim or pointing direction of a firearm, the method comprising detecting a sound signature of a gunshot from the firearm; sensing an aim direction of the firearm substantially at the time of detecting the sound signature of the gunshot; setting a reference direction based, at least in part, on the aim direction; sensing a current aim direction of the firearm; comparing the current aim direction to the reference direction; and initiating an alarm if the current aim direction is beyond a threshold angle of displacement from the reference direction.