ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,961, issued on May 20, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).
"Device and method for shot analysis" was invented by Joachim Laguarda (Paris) and Kevin Ly Van (Pontoise, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for shot analysis are provided. The method includes steps of detecting the firing of a shot; recording image data in the line of sight before the shot, immediately following the shot, and after the shot; analyzing the resolution of the shot by processing the data recorded immediately following the shot; and temporal analysis of the shot by processing the data recorded immediately following the shot, the...