US3904204A - Clay shooting simulation system - Google Patents

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US3904204A
US3904204A US438262A US43826274A US3904204A US 3904204 A US3904204 A US 3904204A US 438262 A US438262 A US 438262A US 43826274 A US43826274 A US 43826274A US 3904204 A US3904204 A US 3904204A
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Gunpei Yokoi
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41J—TARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS
    • F41J9/00—Moving targets, i.e. moving when fired at
    • F41J9/14—Cinematographic targets, e.g. moving-picture targets
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/26—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying
    • F41G3/2616—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device
    • F41G3/2622—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile
    • F41G3/2627—Cooperating with a motion picture projector

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  • a clay shooting simulation system which comprises, in combination, at least a first projector providing a visible mark, at least a second projector providing an invisible mark,- a screen, a mirror adapted to reflect the visible mark and the invisible mark to the screen, apparatus for moving the mirror three-dimensionally thereby moving the two marks on the screen such that the invisible mark leads the visible mark to simulate a lead-sighting point in actual clay shooting, a light-receiving type gun responsive to an invisible light beam reflected from the invisible mark on the screen and an electric system responsive to an operation of the gun to inform a hitting to an operator.
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  • the present invention relates to a clay shooting simulation system suitable to use in the training of the clay shooting or for the amusement purpose.
  • the present invention intended to provide a novel clay shooting simulation system which can simulate the actual clay shooting almost completely.
  • the present invention comprises, in combination, a screen, at least a first projector adapted to project a visible light mark to be focussed on thescreen, at least a second projector adapted to project an invisible mark tobe focussed on the same screen, at least one mirror means adapted to reflect the two marks projected by the first and second projectors respectively to the screen, at least one means for providing continuous movements of the mirror means and the second projector with a specific continuous relative movement between the two rnarks on the screen such that the visible mark moves along a locus simulating an actual flying locus of a clay pigeon and the invisible mark always exists at a position leading the visible mark so that the invisible mark simulates a lead-sighting point with respect to the visible mark, at least one light-receiving type gun adapted to receive a light beam reflected from the invisible mark on the screen and means responsive to a receiption of the light beam by the gun for informing the hitting to an operator.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates schematically the present system
  • FIG. 2 is a plane view of the system of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of an iris means of a visible mark projector
  • FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along a line IVIV in FIG. 3,
  • FIG. 5 is a cross section taken along a line VV in FIG. 4,
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate a change in aperture size of the iris means
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 show relative positions of the mirror with respect to the projectors
  • FIG. 10 shows a change in position of the invisible mark on the screen according to the relative positions in FIGS. 8 and 9,
  • FIG. 11a shows another relative position and FIG. 1 1b shows the result obtainable by the relative position in FIG. 11a,
  • FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the mechanical portion of the present system
  • FIG. 13 shows one of the cam mechanisms used in the mechanism in FIG. 12,
  • FIGS. 14a to 14d show the operations and the effects of the cam mechanism in FIG. 13,
  • FIG. 15 A to ISD is a plane view of the mechanism in FIG. 12,
  • FIG. 16A to 16C is a similar plane view to FIG. 15 and shows the movements of the invisible mark on the screen due to the movement of the invisible projector
  • FIG. 17 shows locuses of the marks on the screen which are obtained by combining the locuses of FIGS. 14d and 160,
  • FIG. 18 is various locuses of the marks on the screen
  • FIG. 19 shows an example of the light receiving type guns suitable to use in the present system
  • FIG. 20 is a detail of a portion of the gun of FIG. 19,
  • FIG. 21 is a cross section of a case and a charging means thereof.
  • FIG. 22a shows an electric system of the present system
  • FIG. 22b is an example of a possibility determination circuit in FIG. 22a
  • FIG. 22c is a graph of the pulse trains showing the pulse delay
  • FIG. 23 is a modification of the present mechanical arrangement
  • FIG. 24a is a perspective view of a main portion of the arrangement of FIG. 23,
  • FIG. 24b is a schematical plane view of-the main portion of FIG. 2 1a,v
  • FIG. 240 is a schematical side view of the main portion of FIG. 24, and
  • FIG. 25 is another example of the iris means of the projector.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a laser clay shooting simulation system according to the present invention and FIG.2 is a plane view of the system in FIG. 1.
  • a scene in a landscape is projected onto a screen 4 by a suitable projector 6 disposed behind of the screen 4 or by a projector 6 disposed in front of the screen 4, if necessary.
  • a visible target mark A is also projected through a mirror 8 at which a clay shooter looks.
  • an invisible real target mark B is projected onto the same screen 4 in the similar manner.
  • the visible imaginary target mark A and the invisible real target mark B are made to move on the screen 4 with a special interrelation therebetween in such a manner that they simulate an actual flying locus of a clay pigeon in the clay shooting area.
  • the special interrelation between the marks A and B are provided by a special relative movements of the mirror 8 and the projectors 2A and 2B associated with the respective marks A and B.
  • the muzzle of the gun will be directed to the real mark B and a light beam reflected from the mark B on the screen 4 is received by the gun through the muzzle thereof.
  • a trigger of the gun is operated by the shooter, a light receiving means housed in the gun 10 is actuated.
  • an electric receiver 12 and a control circuit are actu-

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