AUTOMATIC GUN SAFETY DEVICES BASED ON POSITIONING SYSTEMS

摘要

A gun safety device on a gun automatically prevents the gun from firing when it is inside a registered area, which includes: a positioning device for determining the geographic position of a gun; a data processing device for identifying whether the gun is located within a registered area by comparing the gun's position with the stored geographic positions of the registered areas, and for generating a disable signal when the gun is identified to be inside a registered area; and a safety seizer operable to prevent the gun from discharging in response to receiving the disable signal from the data processing device. The automatic gun safety device may further include a communication device for communications with external networks. Optionally, the data processing device sends the gun's location to a monitoring center. The practice of this invention will ensure the community safety meanwhile defend the constitutional right of gun ownership.

主权项

1. An automatic gun safety device installed on a gun, comprising:
a positioning device for receiving signals from, or transmitting signals to, or both receiving signals from and transmitting signals to, external devices of a positioning system and determining a geographic position of the gun based on such signals, wherein the positioning device determines the geographic position of the gun using one or more technologies selected from a group consisting of: cellular technology using radio signals between the positioning device and cellular towers of cellular networks, Wifi technology, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) technology, and TV (television) technology; a data processing device coupled to the positioning device, the data processing device storing position information regarding geographic positions of a plurality of registered areas, the data processing device comparing the position of the gun determined by the positioning device with stored position information of the registered areas to determine whether the gun is located within any one of the registered areas, the data processing device generating a disable signal when the gun is determined to be located within any one of the registered areas; and a safety seizer coupled to the data processing device to receive the disable signal, operable to disable the gun to prevent it from discharging in response to receiving the disable signal.