Projectile Interceptor Mountable on a Firearm

摘要

Ballistic projectile protection devices, and methods for their use, are provided. In a preferred embodiment, a gun-mounted ballistic protection device is provided, comprising multiple interception media launchers that cover and protect a user's vital organs from incoming projectiles. In some aspects of the invention, a control system using a microphone or other sensors, with multiple sampling points in a forward location, determine the location and trajectory of an incoming projectile, and deploy interception media to intercept the incoming projectile. In a preferred embodiment, a user may activate the projectile protection device with a partial trigger pull, or a button placed within reach of a user's trigger finger.

主权项

1. A firearm-mounted ballistic protection system, comprising:
At least one interception media, held in a housing mounted on a firearm, and configured to be launched from said housing; interception media launching propellant and at least one launching propellant trigger; computer hardware, configured to control said at least one launching propellant trigger and a microphone or other emanating phenomena sensor mounted on said firearm; wherein said microphone or other emanating phenomena sensor is mounted on said firearm, at a location forward from said housing, and is wired, or otherwise in communication, with said computer hardware, and is fixed at a distance from said computer hardware; and wherein said computer hardware is capable of performing operations, based in part on said distance and said location, to determine a location and trajectory of a projectile approaching said firearm; and wherein said computer hardware is capable of intercepting said projectile at least in part by triggering said propellant.