Abstract: A shooting target system exhibiting a ballistic plate having a front face, capable of being struck by aimed projectiles, and an opposed rear face which is made to accept an array of sensors for the detection and transmittal of ballistic strike information. The array of sensors is applied to the opposed rear face and is made to cover a major portion of the rear face. Each sensor is responsive to discrete areas of vibration of the ballistic plate, resulting from a projectile strike, which generates a strike signal that is transmitted to a processor connected to each of the sensors. The processor determines which of the sensors is/are first activated by a projectile strike during a limited time interval and calculates the location of a projectile strike based on the location of the activated sensors and whether each sensor's input is above or below a preselected threshold.

Abstract: A shooting target system has a ballistic plate having a front face adapted to be struck by aimed projectiles and an opposed rear face, an array of sensors applied to cover a major central portion of the rear face of the plate, each sensor having an output connection and being responsive to vibration of the plate in response to a projectile strike to generate a strike signal on the output connection, a processor connected to each of the sensors, the processor operable in response to a bullet strike to determine which of the sensors is/are first activated by a projectile strike during a limited time interval after the projectile strike, to calculate a projectile strike location based on the locations of the activated sensors. Sensor activation may be determined by whether or not a voltage generated based on each sensor's output connection is above or below a preselected threshold.