Ordnance – Mounts – Training mechanisms
Patent
1997-08-20
1999-11-02
Johnson, Stephen M.
Ordnance
Mounts
Training mechanisms
42 7502, 42 7504, 42101, F41G 300
Patent
active
059749407
ABSTRACT:
An adaptive fuzzy logic based control system for rifle stabilization uses a rifle where the barrel is freely pivoted on the stock which is held by the human being firing the rifle who may be shooting from a moving vehicle or helicopter; alternatively, the firing person may have erratic hand or body motion. During a tracking mode, when the target is being sighted in, undesired motion is sensed by position sensors to effectively lock the rifle barrel in alignment with the stock. During a stabilizing mode just before actuation of the trigger to fire the rifle, the barrel is unlocked, inertial rate sensors make the barrel relatively immune to movement of the stock to facilitate the barrel remaining sighted on the tracked target. The fire control system includes a fuzzy logic controller which by a set of inference rules provides for both alignment of the barrel with the stock during tracking and also for stabilization of the barrel just prior to firing.
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Hansen Robert K.
Madni Asad M.
Vuong Jim
Wan Lawrence A.
BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc,.
Johnson Stephen M.
Wright Jerry G.
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