Patents by Inventor Fred Swensen

Fred Swensen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Target Device for Determining Received Hits in a Light Based Weapons Simulation System
    Publication number: 20160071426
    Abstract: A target device is usable with a simulation system which includes a weapon simulator having a trigger, a chamber for firing a blank cartridge in response to the trigger, and a transmitter arranged to emit a light signal defining one or more activation codes of prescribed duration in response to the trigger. The target device includes a sensor array of photodiodes and a processor receiving output signals from the photodiodes. The processor determines that the sensor array has been hit by the weapon simulator in response to a first portion of one activation code being received by one of the photodiodes and at least one second portion of the same activation code being received by the same or a different one of the photodiodes when the first portion and the at least one second portion correspond to an entirety of one activation code within the respective prescribed duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Quail, Rory Bochinski, Alex McIlraith, Luke Draper, Fred Swensen
  • Target device for determining received hits in a light based weapons simulation system
    Patent number: 9033710
    Abstract: A target device is usable with a simulation system which includes a weapon simulator having a trigger, a chamber for firing a blank cartridge in response to the trigger, and a transmitter arranged to emit a light signal defining one or more activation codes of prescribed duration in response to the trigger. The target device includes a sensor array of photodiodes and a processor receiving output signals from the photodiodes. The processor determines that the sensor array has been hit by the weapon simulator in response to a first portion of one activation code being received by one of the photodiodes and at least one second portion of the same activation code being received by the same or a different one of the photodiodes when the first portion and the at least one second portion correspond to an entirety of one activation code within the respective prescribed duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Stress Vest Inc
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Quail, Rory Bochinski, Alex McIlraith, Luke Draper, Fred Swensen
  • Target Device for Determining Received Hits in a Light Based Weapons Simulation System
    Publication number: 20140186802
    Abstract: A target device is usable with a simulation system which includes a weapon simulator having a trigger, a chamber for firing a blank cartridge in response to the trigger, and a transmitter arranged to emit a light signal defining one or more activation codes of prescribed duration in response to the trigger. The target device includes a sensor array of photodiodes and a processor receiving output signals from the photodiodes. The processor determines that the sensor array has been hit by the weapon simulator in response to a first portion of one activation code being received by one of the photodiodes and at least one second portion of the same activation code being received by the same or a different one of the photodiodes when the first portion and the at least one second portion correspond to an entirety of one activation code within the respective prescribed duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Quail, Rory Bochinski, Alex McIlraith, Luke Draper, Fred Swensen