Firearm training system supporting trigger region incursion tracing

Abstract

According to an example, a method is performed by an electronic control system of a firearm training device that simulates a firearm. The method includes, responsive to detecting an object within a trigger region neighboring a trigger of the firearm training device via a trigger region incursion sensor, controlling a laser emitter of the firearm training device to emit a first laser emission at a first wavelength according to a first emission pattern. The method further includes, responsive to detecting actuation of the trigger via a trigger sensor of the firearm training device, controlling the laser emitter to emit a second laser emission at a second wavelength according to a second emission pattern. In this example, the first wavelength differs from the second wavelength, or the first emission pattern differs from the second emission pattern.

1 . A firearm training system, comprising:
 a firearm training device including:
 a device body that takes the form of a simulated firearm; 
 a trigger moveably coupled to the device body; 
 a trigger sensor mounted to the device body to detect actuation of the trigger; 
 a trigger region incursion sensor mounted to the device body to detect an object being present within a trigger region neighboring the trigger; 
 a laser emitter mounted to the device body and configured to emit a laser along a path that simulates a firing trajectory of the simulated firearm; 
 an electronic control system mounted to the device body, wherein the electronic control system is configured to:
 responsive to detecting an object within the trigger region via the trigger region incursion sensor, control the laser emitter to emit a first laser emission at a first wavelength according to a first emission pattern; and 
 responsive to detecting actuation of the trigger via the trigger sensor, control the laser emitter to emit a second laser emission at a second wavelength according to a second emission pattern; 
 
 wherein the first wavelength differs from the second wavelength, or the first emission pattern differs from the second emission pattern. 
   
     
     
         2 . The firearm training system of  claim 1 , wherein the first emission pattern differs from the second emission pattern. 
     
     
         3 . The firearm training system of  claim 2 , wherein the first wavelength is the same as the second wavelength. 
     
     
         4 . The firearm training system of  claim 2 , wherein the first emission pattern has a first pulse length for each of a plurality of repeating pulses of the first laser emission; and
 wherein the second emission pattern has a second pulse length for each of a plurality of repeating pulses of the second laser emission that differs from the first pulse length.   
     
     
         5 . The firearm training system of  claim 2 , wherein the first emission pattern is variable responsive to a command received via an interface of the electronic control system. 
     
     
         6 . The firearm training system of  claim 5 , wherein the electronic control system has settings data stored thereon that includes one or more laser settings that defines the first emission pattern and the second emission pattern. 
     
     
         7 . The firearm training system of  claim 6 , wherein the electronic control system is further configured to:
 receive, via the interface, a command to change a laser setting of the one or more laser settings stored on the electronic control system that defines a first pulse length for a plurality of repeating pulses of the first laser emission for the first emission pattern; and   update the laser setting stored on the electronic control system based on the command to vary the first pulse length of the first laser emission for the first emission pattern.   
     
     
         8 . The firearm training system of  claim 1 , wherein the first wavelength differs from the second wavelength. 
     
     
         9 . The firearm training system of  claim 8 , wherein the first emission pattern is the same as the second emission pattern. 
     
     
         10 . The firearm training system of  claim 8 , wherein the first wavelength is variable responsive to a command received via an interface of the electronic control system. 
     
     
         11 . The firearm training system of  claim 10 , wherein the electronic control system has settings data stored thereon that includes one or more laser settings that defines the first wavelength and the second wavelength. 
     
     
         12 . The firearm training system of  claim 11 , wherein the electronic control system is further configured to:
 receive, via the interface, a command to change a laser setting of the one or more laser settings stored on the electronic control system that defines the first wavelength; and   update the laser setting stored on the electronic control system based on the command to vary the first wavelength of the first laser emission.   
     
     
         13 . The firearm training system of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic control system is configured to:
 control the laser emitter to emit the first laser emission at the first wavelength according to the first emission pattern while the object remains present within the trigger region prior to actuation of the trigger, and discontinue emitting the first laser emission at the first wavelength according to the first emission pattern responsive to detecting actuation of the trigger.   
     
     
         14 . The firearm training system of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic control system is configured to:
 control the laser emitter to emit the first laser emission at the first wavelength according to the first emission pattern while the object remains present within the trigger region, and discontinue emitting the first laser emission at the first wavelength according to the first emission pattern responsive to the object no longer being present within the trigger region.   
     
     
         15 . A method performed by an electronic control system of a firearm training device that simulates a firearm, the method comprising:
 responsive to detecting an object within a trigger region neighboring a trigger of the firearm training device via a trigger region incursion sensor, controlling a laser emitter of the firearm training device to emit a first laser emission at a first wavelength according to a first emission pattern; and   responsive to detecting actuation of the trigger via a trigger sensor of the firearm training device, controlling the laser emitter to emit a second laser emission at a second wavelength according to a second emission pattern;   wherein the first wavelength differs from the second wavelength, or the first emission pattern differs from the second emission pattern.   
     
     
         16 . A monitoring system for simulated firearm training, the monitoring system comprising:
 an optical sensor subsystem including one or more optical sensors;   a computing system of one or more computing devices including a storage subsystem having instructions stored thereon executable by the computing system to:
 detect, via the optical sensor subsystem, a first laser emission from a simulated firearm within a field of view of the one or more optical sensors in which the first laser emission has a first wavelength and a first emission pattern; 
 wherein the first laser emission is emitted by the simulated firearm responsive to the simulated firearm detecting an object within a trigger region neighboring a trigger of the simulated firearm via a trigger region incursion sensor; 
 record a first time-based spatial representation of the first laser emission in the storage subsystem; 
 attribute the first laser emission to the simulated firearm based on settings data stored in the storage subsystem that associates the first wavelength and/or the first emission pattern with an identifier of the simulated firearm; 
 detect, via the optical sensor subsystem, a second laser emission from the simulated firearm within the field of view of the one or more optical sensors in which the second laser emission has a second wavelength and a second emission pattern; 
 wherein the second laser emission is emitted by the simulated firearm responsive to the simulated firearm detecting actuation of the trigger via a trigger sensor; 
 wherein the first wavelength differs from the second wavelength, or the first emission pattern differs from the second emission pattern; 
 record a second time-based spatial representation of the second laser emission in the storage subsystem; 
 attribute the second laser emission to the simulated firearm based on the settings data stored in the storage subsystem that associates the second wavelength and/or the second emission pattern with the identifier of the simulated firearm; and 
 output event data that includes the identifier of the simulated firearm, the first time-based spatial representation, and the second time-based spatial representation. 
   
     
     
         17 . The monitoring system of  claim 16 , wherein the event data is output via a graphical user interface. 
     
     
         18 . The monitoring system of  claim 17 , wherein the first time-based spatial representation is depicted via the graphical user interface by a first graphical representation; and
 wherein the second time-based spatial representation is depicted via the graphical user interface by a second graphical representation that differs from the first graphical representation.   
     
     
         19 . The monitoring system of  claim 18 , wherein the first graphical representation includes a first color and the second graphical representation includes a second color that differs from the first color. 
     
     
         20 . The monitoring system of  claim 16 , wherein the first emission pattern differs from the second emission pattern; and
 wherein the first wavelength is the same as the second wavelength.