Technical Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a system and method for determining hit or miss location on a target for each individual shot fired thereon, and improving the ability of a firer/trainee to hit the target in a desired location.
5 Background of the Invention
Several systems and methods exist which determine projectile hit locations on a target. Such systems rely on detecting the leading edge of the shock/pressure wave generated by supersonic projectiles hitting or passing near the target. In practice, it appears that there is difficulty in identifying consistently the appropriate point of hit 10 or miss due to which the end result reported by the conventional systems are not as accurate and reliable as the firer/trainee would desire to obtain.
Further, such systems have not proven to satisfy one or other live firing training needs at different firing ranges, where immediate hit or miss locations, corresponding scores, and other relevant data are desired for effective evaluation of the trainee's 15 performance.
It is therefore desirable to have a system and method that would overcome the shortcomings or at least substantially ameliorate the shortcomings and disadvantages of the conventional systems.
20 Brief Summary of the Invention
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for detecting and reporting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile on the target for imparting effective shooting practice training among the firers. Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards system and 25 method for detecting and reporting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile.
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According to an exemplary aspect the system includes a target arrangement including a target, a motor unit and a target holder for holding the target which is connected to the motor shaft of the motor.
According to another exemplary aspect the system includes a projectile detection unit 5 connected to the target arrangement for detecting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile on the target.
According to another exemplary aspect the system includes a firing point unit which is placed at the firer end to receive the projectile hit or miss location from the projectile detection unit for computing and displaying the location of hit or miss in 10 terms of X and Y coordinates along with the score for every hit or miss and the aggregate score.
According to an exemplary aspect the method includes detecting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile on a target by a projectile detection unit which is connected to a target arrangement, whereby the target arrangement comprising a 15 target holder for holding a target which is connected to a motor shaft of a motor unit.
According to another exemplary aspect the method includes receiving the projectile hit or miss location from the projectile detection unit by a firing point unit which is placed at the firer end, for computing and displaying the location of hit or miss in terms of X and Y coordinates along with the score for every hit or miss and the 20 aggregate score.
Brief Description of Drawings
The above and other features, aspects and advantages of the subject matter will be better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and 25 accompanying drawings where:
FIG. 1 shows the projectile detection target system,
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FIG. 2 shows the target arrangement and the projectile detection unit,
FIG. 3 shows the firing point unit,
FIG. 4 shows the shot detection unit,
FIG. 5 shows the multi-lane projectile detection target system.
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Detailed Description of the Invention
It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The present disclosure is capable of other 10 embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
Reference will now be made in detail to the present invention, so as to enable a 15 person skilled in the art to make and use the invention in the context of a particular application, namely that of a system and method for detecting and reporting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile on the target for imparting effective shooting practice training among the firers.
On the contrary, it is intended to cover alternatives, modifications and equivalents. 20 Various modifications to the present invention will be readily apparent to a person skilled in the art, and can be made to the present invention within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Further, various operations will be described as multiple discrete operations, in turn,
in a manner that is most helpful in understanding the illustrative embodiments;
25 however, the order of description should not be construed as to imply that these
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operations are necessarily order dependent. In particular, these operations need not be performed in the order of presentation.
According to the present invention, a firer at an end fires a shot of at least one of a single slow shot, single shot rapid fire or a fully automatic fire using a customized 5 firing weapon preferably including but not limited to pistol, rifle, sniper, SLR, Insas, and the like. The projectile fired on the target may be a supersonic projectile, or optionally a subsonic projectile. The system of the present invention can also be implemented in a wireless mode eliminating need for a hard wiring between various components/elements constituting the system, as well as by hybrid connection (using
10 both wired and wireless connections). The invention may be practiced in network computing environments with many computer system configurations, such as additional remotely located monitoring stations including personal computers, hand-held devices, multi-processor systems, and the like linked (either by hardwire, wirelessly, or by a combination thereof) with the central control station for enabling
15 remote monitoring of exercise, or performance of firer.
FIG. 1 shows the projectile detection target system, the system 100 comprises a target arrangement connected to a projectile detection unit 200, a firing point unit 300, a shot detection unit 400, an optional control station 600, an optional lane detection unit 700, and a firer 500.
20 FIG. 5 shows the multi-lane projectile detection target system, the system shows one or more firing lanes, comprises one or more target arrangements connected to one or more projectile detection units, one or more firing point units, one or more shot detection units, an optional one or more lane detection units, one or more firers and an optional control station.
25 The functionality of each target arrangement, projectile detection unit, firing point unit, shot detection unit, control station, lane detection unit, firer of FIG. 5 is same as that of FIG. 1
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FIG. 2 shows the target arrangement and the projectile detection unit, wherein the target arrangement connected to the projectile detection unit 200 comprises:
a) the target arrangement comprises:
- a target (201) can be of any size and shape,
5 - a motor unit (207),
- a target holder (202) for holding the target, is connected to the motor shaft of
the motor unit for performing upward movement or downward movement of
the target based on the control signals of: number of times the target shall
move up or down position and duration for which the target shall be held in
10 up or down position, whereby the control signals are received from at least
one of the firing point unit or the control station. The motor unit receives the reading of the projectile hit or miss location from the frame and communicates it to the firing point unit. Further, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the system can also be operated using the
15 discussed target arrangement customizable to showcase a target in a
stationary, swing out, slicing, rotational, or any combinational modes thereof for an effective training value for the firer both at outdoor and indoor training scenarios,
- a strobe light 209 is connected to the motor unit of the target arrangement.
20 The motor unit communicates the data and controls the working of the strobe
lamp by at least one of the firing point unit or the control station, strobe light
indicates the projectile hit on the target by the LED 210 by any coloured light
and creates the return fire flash when the projectile is not fired at the target
for the predetermined time by the LED 211 by any coloured light other than
25 the coloured light generated by the LED 210, where the predetermined time
can be any time set by at least one of the firing point unit or the control station. The motor unit communicates and controls the working of the strobe lamp and night lamp,
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- a lamp 208 is arranged at the target arrangement for target illumination
during night time and the lamp intensity can be varied by the firing point
unit. The motor unit communicates and controls the lamp by the firing point
unit. Further, though it is preferable to use AC power supply, it should be
5 apparent to those skilled in the art that the system can also be operated using
low voltage power supply like batteries.
b) Projectile detection unit, connected to the target arrangement for detecting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile on the target, communicates and reports to the firing point unit (FPU) at least one of: wireless unit and
10 through lane detection unit, comprises:
a frame 212 is fixed below the target,
the frame is mounted with four or more acoustic sensors, where each acoustic sensor 205 is holded by acoustic sensor rubber holder 206 and each acoustic sensor 205 is protected by acoustic sensor protective cover
15 204. The frame which is mounted with four or more acoustic sensors is
arranged at the bottom edge of the target holder to detect one or more wave fronts generated by the projectile when the projectile passes over the four or more acoustic sensors, the propagating wave fronts actuates acoustic sensors at different time gaps, based on the detection the data
20 are sent across to the FPU for calculating the projectile hit or miss
location on the target by considering the external factor like the air temperature, required 6 or more sensors to calculate azimuth and elevation angles in order to calculate more accurate position of the projectile hit on the target.
25 - a temperature and cross wind compensation arrangement which
comprises one or more sensors in order to compensate temperature and wind effect on the hit or miss location of the projectile on the target.
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FIG. 3 shows the firing point unit (FPU), the FPU 300 comprises the following components: Sun screen cover 301 to make the screen readable and to protect the screen from sun light, FPU body 303, angle adjustment knobes 302 and 305 for adjusting the body of the FPU, handle 304, display 306, on/off switch 307, power 5 LED 308 glows when the power is supplied to the FPU, LED 309 indicates the data communication processing with the hard disk, keypad 310 and stand 311.
FPU is placed at the firer end, receives the projectile hit or miss location from the projectile detection unit for computing and displaying the location of hit or miss in terms of X and Y coordinates along with the score for every hit or miss and the 10 aggregate score in relation to the silhouette shape and instantly displays hit or miss location on the target image in the FPU.
The firing point unit (FPU) performs at least one of the following functions:
enables the firer to setup his exercise and monitor his performance in the
exercise;
15 - enables the firer to monitor his performance in the firing practice
exercise;
configure the exercise with at least one of: type of practice, type of
weapon, firing position, number of projectiles, name of practice, number
of rounds, time of practice selected from at least one of day, night, firing
20 position, firing range, type of target, type of exercise, lane number, set
upward movement or downward movement of the target in the target
arrangement;
start or stop the exercise;
monitor the exercise details instantly during the exercise;
25 - set upward movement or downward movement of the target in the target
arrangement;
firer can independently configure and carry out their firing practice
without an instructor's intervention;
firer can review their performance in current session or any recorded
30 session;
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enables the firer to perform zoom in, zoom out and panning of the target
image in the display of the FPU;
enables the firer to independently handle the lane operations with or
without the control station connection;
5 - enables the firer to adjust the display settings of the FPU screen;
displays the connectivity status with at least one of: target arrangement,
projectile detection unit, shot detection unit, lane detection unit and
control station;
displays at least one of: atmospheric temperature, FPU battery charge
10 status;
FPU comprises monitor which displays the data readable at all weather
conditions of at least one of: sun light, night time, moon light, foggy and
rain;
displays replay of the selected session with the exercise details;
15 - records the session details and synchronizes this data with the control
station;
FPU can function independently, of other FPUs if connected one or more
FPUs, and the Control Station;
It comprises at least one of: built in wireless module and built in wired
20 module for establishing connection with at least one of: target
arrangement, projectile detection unit, shot detection unit, lane detection
unit and control station.
FIG. 4 shows the shot detection unit, the shot detection unit (SDU) 400 comprises the 25 following components: sensor health indicator 401 indicates whether sensor is in working condition, acoustic sensor 402 detects the projectile fired by the firer, acoustic sensor holder 403 holds the acoustic sensor, dust and rain cover 404 protects the SDU from dust and rain, screw fixing hole 405 is used to fix the dust and rain cover and SDU base cover 406.
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SDU is placed at the firer end and connected to the firing point unit, comprises an acoustic sensor which detects the projectile when fired by the firer, SDU reports the number of projectiles fired by the firer to the FPU and FPU records each projectile as hit or miss based on the information of: hit or miss location from PDU and 5 comparison of the number of projectiles fired by the firer on the target and the total number of projectiles allotted to the firer in an exercise.
FIG. 1 shows an optionally connected lane detection unit (LDU) 700, establishes communication between the firing point unit and the target arrangement, and communicates with the projectile detection unit through motor unit of the target
10 arrangement, LDU sends lane number to the one or more firing point units and/or one or more target arrangements, if one or more LDU's are connected, LDU sends firing range to the firing point unit, LDU is integrated with the power supply source for providing power to the firing point unit and target arrangement; LDU comprises at least one of: wireless module and wired module for establishing communication
15 between two or more lane detection units placed at different firing ranges for example 100m, 200m and 300m lines of different target ends.
Optionally connected Control Station (CS) 600 as shown in the FIG. 1, communicates with the target arrangement, projectile detection unit, shot detection unit and lane detection unit through firing point unit, the CS receives and plots X and Y
20 coordinates of the projectile hit from at least one of: the firing point unit directly and firing point unit via lane detection unit, CS processes, records and displays the hit or miss positions on the target. The control station is capable of displaying the measured values on a computing device (preferably a computer system, laptop, PDAs, etc) provided therein.
25 CS will perform at least one of the following functions:
configure and run the one or more exercises for one or more firers;
receives exercise details from FPU set by one or more firers;
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receives computed data from the FPU based on the information received from at least one of: the target arrangement at least one of: the target arrangement, projectile detection unit, shot detection unit;
instructor at the CS can override at least one of one or more exercises or any
5 information set by one or more firers through FPU at anytime;
exercise comprises at least one of: type of practice, type of weapon, firing
position, number of projectiles, name of practice, number of rounds, time of
practice selected from at least one of: day or night, firing position, firing
range, type of target, type of exercise, lane number, set upward movement,
10 and downward movement of the target in the target arrangement;
displays the recorded details of one or more exercises of one or more lanes during the exercise;
displays replay of the selected session with one or more exercises for evaluating the performance of one or more firers;
15 - enables to view and print the session reports to evaluate the performance of
the one or more firers;
synchronizes the configured data of CS with one or more FPUs.
FIG. 5 shows the multi-lane projectile detection target system, the system shows one 20 or more firing lanes, comprises one or more target arrangements connected to one or more projectile detection units, one or more firing point units, one or more shot detection units, one or more firers, an optional one or more lane detection units, an optional control station. Each firing lane as shown in FIG. 1 comprises a target arrangement connected to a projectile detection unit 200, a firing point unit 300, a 25 shot detection unit 400, an optional control station 600, an optional lane detection unit 700, and a firer 500.
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Each firing lane comprises an SDU placed at the firer end and is connected to the firing point unit, SDU comprises an acoustic sensor which detects the projectile when fired by the firer and reports the number of projectiles fired by the firer to the FPU and FPU records each projectile as hit or miss or cross fire based on the information 5 of: hit or miss or cross fire location received from PDU and comparison of the number of projectiles fired by the firer on the target and the total number of projectiles allotted to the firer in an exercise. SDU in each firing lane is used to detect whether a projectile fired by a firer from a particular lane has hit the corresponding lane target or has it hit a neighbouring target. If a hit is detected without a projectile 10 being fired from its corresponding lane then the hit will be labelled as crossfire on that particular lane and the actual lane from where the projectile has been fired will label the projectile as a miss.
Although the present invention has been described in terms of certain preferred embodiments and illustrations thereof, other embodiments and modifications to 15 preferred embodiments may be possible that are within the principles and spirit of the invention. The above descriptions and figures are therefore to be regarded as illustrative and not restrictive.
Thus the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and 20 includes both combinations and sub combinations of the various features described hereinabove as well as variations and modifications thereof, which would occur to persons skilled in the art upon reading the foregoing description.
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Claim.,
1. A system for detecting and reporting the hit or miss location of the
supersonic projectile on the target comprising:
a) a target arrangement comprises:
- a target;
- a motor unit; and
- a target holder for holding the target, is connected to the motor shaft of the motor;

b) a projectile detection unit connected to the target arrangement for detecting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile on the target; and
c) a firing point unit is placed at the firer end, receives the projectile hit or miss location from the projectile detection unit for computing and displaying the location of hit or miss in terms of X and Y coordinates along with the score for every hit or miss and the aggregate score.
2. The system of claim 1, where in the projectile detection unit (PDU),
connected to the target arrangement for detecting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile, communicates and reports to the firing point unit by at least one of: a wireless unit and through a lane detection unit comprises:
- a frame is fixed below the target;
- the frame is mounted with four or more acoustic sensors arranged at the bottom edge of the target holder to detect one or more wave fronts generated by the projectile when the projectile passes over the four or
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more acoustic sensors, the propagating wave fronts actuates acoustic sensors at different time gaps; and
- a temperature and cross wind compensation arrangement which
comprises one or more sensors in order to compensate temperature and
5 wind effect on the hit or miss location of the projectile on the target.
3. The system of claim 1, where in the motor unit connected to the target
holder performs upward movement or downward movement of the target
based on the control signals of: number of times the target shall move up
or down position and duration for which the target shall be held in up or
10 down position, whereby the control signals are received from at least one
of the firing point unit or a control station, the motor unit communicates and controls at least one of a strobe light and a night lamp, the motor unit receives the reading of the projectile hit or miss location from the frame and communicates it to the firing point unit.
15 4. The system of claim 1, further comprises:
- a strobe light is connected to the motor unit of the target arrangement,
the motor unit communicates and controls the strobe light by at least one
of: the firing point unit or a control station, the strobe light indicates at
least one of: the projectile hit on the target or projectile miss of the target
20 by any coloured light and creates the return fire flash when the projectile
is not fired at the target for the predetermined time by any coloured light other than the coloured light used to indicate at least one of the projectile hit on the target or projectile miss of the target; and
- a lamp is arranged at the target arrangement for target illumination
25 during night time and the lamp intensity can be varied by the firing point
unit, the motor unit communicates and controls the lamp by the firing point unit.
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5. The system of claim 1, where in the firing point unit (FPU) performs at least one of the following functions:
enables the firer to setup his exercise and monitor his performance in the exercise;
5 - enables the firer to monitor his performance in the firing practice
exercise;
configure the exercise with at least one of: type of practice, type of
weapon, firing position, number of projectiles, name of practice,
number of rounds, time of practice selected from at least one of day,
10 night, firing position, firing range, type of target, type of exercise, lane
number and set upward movement or downward movement of the target in the target arrangement;
start or stop the exercise;
monitor the exercise details instantly during the exercise;
15 - set upward movement or downward movement of the target in the
target arrangement;
firer can independently configure and carry out their firing practice without an instructor's intervention;
firer can review their performance in current session or any recorded
20 session;
enables the firer to perform zoom in, zoom out and panning of the target image in the display of the FPU;
enables the firer to independently handle the lane operations with or without a control station connection;
25 - enables the firer to adjust the display settings of the FPU screen;
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displays the connectivity status with at least one of: the target arrangement, the projectile detection unit, a shot detection unit, a lane detection unit and the control station;
displays at least one of: atmospheric temperature, FPU battery charge
5 status;
- FPU comprises monitor which displays the data readable at all weather
conditions of at least one of: sun light, night time, moon light, foggy
and rain;
displays replay of the selected session with the exercise details;
10 - records the session details and synchronizes this data with the control
station;
- FPU can function independently, of other FPUs if connected one or
more FPUs, and the control station; and
- FPU comprises at least one of: built in wireless module and built in
15 wired module for establishing connection with at least one of: the
target arrangement, the projectile detection unit, the shot detection unit, the lane detection unit and the control station.
6. The system of claim 1, further comprises: a shot detection unit (SDU) is placed at the firer end and connected to the firing point unit, comprises an
20 acoustic sensor which detects the projectile when fired by the firer, SDU
reports the number of projectiles fired by the firer to the FPU and FPU records each projectile as hit or miss based on the information of: hit or miss location received from PDU and comparison of the number of projectiles fired by the firer on the target and the total number of projectiles
25 allotted to the firer in an exercise.
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7. The system of claim 1, further comprises an optional lane detection unit
(LDU), establishes communication between the firing point unit and the
target arrangement, and communicates with the projectile detection unit
through motor unit of the target arrangement, LDU sends lane number to
5 the one or more firing point units and/or one or more target arrangements if
one or more LDU's are connected, LDU sends firing range to the firing
point unit, LDU is integrated with the power supply source for providing
power to the firing point unit and target arrangement; LDU comprises at
least one of: wireless module and wired module for establishing
10 communication between two or more lane detection units placed at
different firing ranges of different target ends.
8. The system of claim 1, further comprises an optional control station (CS)
which communicates with the target arrangement, projectile detection unit,
shot detection unit and an optional lane detection unit through firing point
15 unit, the CS receives and plots X and Y coordinates of the projectile hit or
miss from at least one of the firing point unit directly or firing point unit via lane detection unit, CS processes, records and displays the hit or miss positions on the target, CS will perform at least one of the following functions:
20 - configure and run the one or more exercises for one or more firers;
- receives exercise details from FPU set by one or more firers;
- receives computed data from the FPU based on the information received from at least one of the target arrangement at least one of: the target arrangement, projectile detection unit and shot detection unit;
25 - instructor at the CS can override at least one of: one or more exercises
and any information set by one or more firers through FPU at anytime;
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- exercise comprises at least one of: type of practice, type of weapon, firing position, number of projectiles, name of practice, number of rounds, time of practice selected from at least one of: day or night, firing position, firing range, type of target, type of exercise, lane number and set upward movement or downward movement of the target in the target arrangement;
- displays the recorded details of one or more exercises of one or more lanes during the exercise;
- displays replay of the selected session with one or more exercises for evaluating the performance of one or more firers;
- enables to view and print the session reports to evaluate the performance of the one or more firers; and
- synchronizes the configured data of CS with one or more FPUs.
9. A method for detecting and reporting a hit or miss location of a supersonic projectile on a target, the method comprising:
detecting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile on a target by a projectile detection unit which is connected to a target arrangement, whereby the target arrangement comprising a target holder for holding a target is connected to a motor shaft of a motor unit; and
receiving the projectile hit or miss location from the projectile detection unit by a firing point unit which is placed at the firer end, for computing and displaying the location of hit or miss in terms of X and Y coordinates along with the score for every hit or miss and the aggregate score.
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10. The method of claim 9, wherein the steps of detecting the hit or miss location of the supersonic projectile on a target by a projectile detection unit comprising:
- fixing a frame below the target;
5 - mounting the frame with four or more acoustic sensors arranged at the
bottom edge of the target holder to detect one or more wave fronts generated by the projectile when the projectile passes over the four or more acoustic sensors, the propagating wave fronts actuates acoustic sensors at different time gaps;
10 - communicating and reporting to the firing point unit by at least one of:
a wireless unit and through a lane detection unit; and
- compensating temperature and wind effect on the hit or miss location
of the projectile on the target by a temperature and cross wind
compensation arrangement which comprises one or more sensors.
15 11. The method of claim 9, wherein the motor unit comprising the steps of:
performing the upward movement or downward movement of the
target based on the control signals of: number of times the target shall
move up or down position and duration for which the target shall be
held in up or down position, whereby the control signals are received
20 from at least one of: the firing point unit and a control station;
communicating and controlling at least one of a strobe light and a night lamp; and
receiving the reading of the projectile hit or miss location from the frame and communicating it to the firing point unit.
25 12. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
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indicating by a strobe light at least one of the projectile hit on the target
or projectile miss of the target by any coloured light and creating the
return fire flash when the projectile is not fired at the target for the
predetermined time by any coloured light other than the coloured light
5 used to indicate at least one of the projectile hit on the target or
projectile miss of the target, whereby the strobe light is connected to the motor unit of the target arrangement, communicating and controlling the strobe light by the motor unit through at least one of the firing point unit or a control station; and
10 illuminating the target by a lamp during night time and varying the
lamp intensity by the firing point unit, communicating and controlling the lamp by the motor unit through the firing point unit, whereby the lamp is arranged at the target arrangement.
13. The method of claim 9, where in the firing point unit (FPU) further
15 comprising at least one of the steps of:
- enabling the firer to setup his exercise and monitor his performance in the exercise;
- enabling the firer to monitor his performance in the firing practice exercise;
20 - configuring the exercise with at least one of: type of practice, type of
weapon, firing position, number of projectiles, name of practice, number of rounds, time of practice selected from at least one of day, night, firing position, firing range, type of target, type of exercise, lane number and set upward movement or downward movement of
25 the target in the target arrangement;
- start or stop the exercise;
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- monitoring the exercise details instantly during the exercise;
- set upward movement or downward movement of the target in the target arrangement;
- configuring and carrying out the firing practice without an instructor's intervention by the firer independently;
- reviewing the performance in current session or any recorded session by the firer;
- enabling the firer to perform zoom in, zoom out and panning of the target image in the display of the FPU;
- enabling the firer to independently handle the lane operations with or without a control station connection;
- enabling the firer to adjust the display settings of the FPU screen;
- displaying the connectivity status with at least one of: the target arrangement, the projectile detection unit, a shot detection unit, a lane detection unit and the control station;
- displaying at least one of: atmospheric temperature, FPU battery charge status;
- displaying the data by a monitor readable at all weather conditions of at least one of: sun light, night time, moon light, foggy and rain;
- displaying replay of the selected session with the exercise details;
- recording the session details and synchronizing this data with the control station;
- allowing the FPU to function independently, of other FPUs if connected one or more FPUs, and the control station; and
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- establishing connection by at least one of: built in wireless module and built in wired module with at least one of: the target arrangement, the projectile detection unit, the shot detection unit, the lane detection unit and the control station.
14. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
detecting the projectile when fired by the firer by a shot detection unit (SDU) which comprises an acoustic sensor, whereby the SDU is placed at the firer end and connected to the firing point unit;
reporting the number of projectiles fired by the firer to the FPU by the SDU; and
recording each projectile as hit or miss by the FPU based on the information of: hit or miss location received from PDU and comparison of the number of projectiles fired by the firer on the target received from the SDU and the total number of projectiles allotted to the firer in an exercise.
15. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of:
establishing communication by an optional lane detection unit (LDU) between the firing point unit and the target arrangement;
communicating by the optional LDU with the projectile detection unit through motor unit of the target arrangement;
sending lane number by the optional LDU to the one or more firing point units and/or one or more target arrangements if one or more LDU's are connected;
sending firing range to the firing point unit by the optional LDU;
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providing power to the firing point unit and target arrangement by the optional LDU which has an integrated power supply source; and
establishing communication between two or more lane detection units placed at different firing ranges of different target ends by the optional LDU comprises at least one of: wireless module and wired module.
16. The method of claim 9, further comprising an optional control station (CS) performing at least one of the steps of:
- establishing communication with the target arrangement, projectile detection unit, shot detection unit and the optional lane detection unit through firing point unit;
- receives and plots X and Y coordinates of the projectile hit or miss from at least one of: the firing point unit directly and the firing point unit via lane detection unit;
- processes, records and displays the hit or miss positions on the
target;
- configure and run the one or more exercises for one or more firers;
- receives exercise details from FPU set by one or more firers;

- receives computed data from the FPU based on the information received from at least one of: the target arrangement, the projectile detection unit and a shot detection unit;
- enabling the instructor at the CS to override at least one of: one or more exercises and any information set by one or more firers through FPU at anytime;
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- configuring the exercise by selecting at least one of: type of practice, type of weapon, firing position, number of projectiles, name of practice, number of rounds, time of practice selected from at least one of: day or night, firing position, firing range, type of target, type of exercise, lane number and set upward movement or downward movement of the target in the target arrangement;
- displaying the recorded details of one or more exercises of one or more lanes during the exercise;
- displaying replay of the selected session with one or more exercises for evaluating the performance of one or more firers;
- enabling to view and print the session reports to evaluate the performance of the one or more firers; and
- synchronizing the configured data of CS with one or more FPUs.
Dated this January 7, 2014
Signature: Authorized Signatory Name: M.Vijaya Rama Rao
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