A new tool may be available for law enforcement to help document gun use. Current body cameras and other recording devices are somewhat limited and sometimes don't capture critical gun usage events. This concept from Laser Aiming Systems Corp uses a gun integrated camera to record video when the gun is fired. Since the camera is part of the gun, it will always aiming in the direction of the gun target.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to recording devices coupled to guns that are configured to record events. In an embodiment, a gun-mounted recording device comprises: a sensor configured to: sense the gun is in use; and send an activation signal to a recording device in response to sensing the gun is in use. Further, the recording device is communicatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the recording device is configured to: transition from a lower-power state to a higher-power state in response to receiving the activation signal, wherein the recording device records wherein the higher-power state; and record at least one aspect of the gun's environment in response to transitioning from the lower-power state to the higher-power state.
Gun-mounted recording device with auto on
Inventors: Brian Hedeen, Mike Cisewski, Ethan Mork
Current Assignee: Laser Aiming Systems Corp
Filed: Apr. 6 , 2022