Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Miller, Sr.
Ronald J. Miller, Sr. 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).
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Publication number: 20230005350Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for detecting, locating, and identifying gunshots. In response to detecting a discharge of a firearm, a discharge alert indicating one or more characteristics of the discharge is transmitted to a gunshot location system. The one or more characteristics of the discharge are compared to one or more characteristics of one or more gunshots detected by the gunshot location system based on acoustic signals received at one or more listening stations. In response to finding a match between the one or more characteristics of the discharge and the one or more characteristics of acoustically detected gunshot, the gunshot is associated with the firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, SR., Arijit Sengupta
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Patent number: 11060812Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Safearms LLCInventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, Sr., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Patent number: 11060813Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Safearms LLCInventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, Sr., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Patent number: 11041685Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Safearms LLCInventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, Sr., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Publication number: 20210088298Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, SR., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Publication number: 20210088299Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, SR., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Publication number: 20200363150Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, Sr., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Patent number: 10837723Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: SAFEARMS LLCInventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, Sr., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Publication number: 20200109905Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a firearm. Components embedded in a portion of the firearm enable the firearm to determine if a user of the firearm is authorized to do so, and either enable or disable a firing mechanism of the firearm accordingly. The firearm may also send communication signals regarding the status of the firearm or events detected by the firearm to a remote device controlled by an authorized user. The system may thereby notify the authorized user of attempted unauthorized use of the firearm, that the firearm has been left behind by the authorized user, or that the firearm is being tampered with. The system may also include multi-tag or a voice-override features that prevent the firearm from being used against the authorized user should the authorized user lose control of the firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, SR., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Patent number: 10365057Abstract: Systems and methods to use, monitor, and control a firearm technology including smart components embedded into a portion of the firearm and communicatively coupled to the firearm, are disclosed. Use of such smart components may permit the firearm to display and/or send alerts regarding status updates (such as power levels of a battery, indication of need of maintenance, or status of enablement or disablement). Further, use of such smart components may permit the firearm to recognize authorized users to permit one or more firearm operations, to be tracked via inventory control tags, to communicate with remote devices such as a cell phone, to charge an internal power supply, to prevent unauthorized tampering of the device, to enable voice control operations, and/or to inject a destructive solution into the firearm based on unauthorized use, wherein the solution may permanently destroy the firearm functionality.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Safearms LLCInventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, Sr., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good
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Publication number: 20170010062Abstract: Systems and methods to use, monitor, and control a firearm technology including smart components embedded into a portion of the firearm and communicatively coupled to the firearm, are disclosed. Use of such smart components may permit the firearm to display and/or send alerts regarding status updates (such as power levels of a battery, indication of need of maintenance, or status of enablement or disablement). Further, use of such smart components may permit the firearm to recognize authorized users to permit one or more firearm operations, to be tracked via inventory control tags, to communicate with remote devices such as a cell phone, to charge an internal power supply, to prevent unauthorized tampering of the device, to enable voice control operations, and/or to inject a destructive solution into the firearm based on unauthorized use, wherein the solution may permanently destroy the firearm functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Terrell C. Black, Kevin S. Weaver, Ronald J. Miller, Sr., Arijit Sengupta, James A. Good