US2018306548A1PendingUtilityA1

Weapon emulators and systems and methods related thereto

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Mar 15, 2013Filed: Jun 29, 2018Published: Oct 25, 2018
Est. expiryMar 15, 2033(~6.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Jon E. Hunt
F41A 33/06F41A 33/02A63H 33/30F41A 33/00
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Abstract

A method of emulating a weapon comprising: illuminating a barrel tip locator to create an illuminated barrel tip locator when a fire signal is received; capturing an image of the illuminated barrel tip locator on a recorded media; and replacing the image of the illuminated barrel tip locator on the recorded media with a digitized visual effect.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of emulating a weapon comprising:
 illuminating a barrel tip locator to create an illuminated barrel tip locator when a fire signal is received;   capturing an image of the illuminated barrel tip locator on a recorded media; and   replacing the image of the illuminated barrel tip locator on the recorded media with a digitized visual effect.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the barrel tip locator is a light emitting diode. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the digitized visual effect is a muzzle flash. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising synchronizing the illumination of the barrel tip locator with a camera shutter opening. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the barrel tip locator is illuminated for a duration matched to a camera frame rate. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the barrel tip locator is single-frame designation. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of sensing the movement of a trigger to initiate the fire signal. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the barrel tip locator is a light emitting diode. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the RGBW is a light emitting diode. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the weapon is an emulated gun. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the barrel tip locator is located inside a barrel of the emulated gun. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the illuminated barrel tip locator is used to initiate squib function. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising varying the color and intensity of the illuminated barrel tip locator to match a particular scene. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising varying the wavelength of the illuminated barrel tip locator. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising minimizing reflections of the illuminated barrel tip locator with an optical polarizer. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein a visual enhancer is added to a barrel of the emulated gun. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising causing the barrel tip locator to illuminate intermittently to form a blinking pattern and changing the blinking pattern based on a state of filming. 
     
     
         18 . A method of emulating a weapon comprising:
 causing a barrel tip locator to illuminate when a fire signal is received;   recording the illumination of the barrel tip locator on film;   locating frames within the film where the illumination of the barrel tip locator occurs; and   editing the located frames by replacing the illuminated barrel tip locator with a muzzle flash.   
     
     
         19 . A method of emulating a weapon comprising:
 pulsing a barrel tip locator for a duration matched with a camera frame rate when a fire signal is received;   capturing the barrel tip locator on film during pulsing;   locating frames within the film that include the barrel tip locator pulsing; and   editing the frames to insert a digitized visual effect for the barrel tip locator pulsing.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the barrel tip locator is a light emitting diode.

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