A system for precision aiming of a weapon that has a rail, aligned with a centerline of its barrel, with a bus for supplying power to, and providing communication between, a plurality of modular system components that are mounted and precisely aligned in an array on the rail. A core component receiv
A system for precision aiming of a weapon that has a rail, aligned with a centerline of its barrel, with a bus for supplying power to, and providing communication between, a plurality of modular system components that are mounted and precisely aligned in an array on the rail. A core component receives data from the sensor components via the rail and produces an output for display of aiming data which allows an operator to precisely aim the weapon at a selected target.
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1. A precision aiming apparatus for a weapon having a barrel for firing a projectile and a rail aligned with a centerline of the barrel, said rail including a bus for supplying power to, and providing communication between, electronic components that are mounted on said rail, said aiming apparatus c
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A precision aiming apparatus for a weapon having a barrel for firing a projectile and a rail aligned with a centerline of the barrel, said rail including a bus for supplying power to, and providing communication between, electronic components that are mounted on said rail, said aiming apparatus comprising, in combination: (a) a core component, configured to be mechanically mounted on and electronically coupled to the rail, having a central processor unit with a data memory and operable (1) to receive sensor data from a plurality of electronic sensor components; (2) to store said sensor data in said data memory; (3) using both current and prior sensor data, to calculate optimized aiming data for an optimum aim of the barrel with respect to a target; and (4) to transmit a signal with said optimized aiming data to an output display, thereby producing an optimized aiming solution useful to an operator for precision aiming of the weapon;(b) an input device, coupled to said core component, for receiving external data and operator commands for use by said core component;(c) an output display, configured to be mechanically mounted on and electrically coupled to said rail and thereby coupled to said core component, for displaying said optimized aiming data produced by the core component; and(d) said plurality of electronic sensor components, which are coupled to said core component, being selected from the group consisting of: (1) an optical sensor configured to detect light received from a projectile fired from the weapon;(2) a range finder configured to determine range to a target;(3) a temperature sensor configured to detect ambient temperature;(4) an air pressure sensor configured to detect ambient air pressure;(5) an humidity sensor configured to detect the relative humidity in the air;(6) a GPS locator configured to detect a current location;(7) a magnetic compass configured to detect earth's magnetic field;(8) a muzzle velocity sensor configured to detect a velocity of the projectile fired from the weapon;(9) a yaw angle sensor configured to detect yaw of the gun barrel during firing;(10) a wind sensor configured to detect wind direction and velocity;(11) a wind gust and turbulence sensor configured to detect wind turbulence;(12) a target location sensor configured to determine spatial coordinates at a target location;(13) a geodesic sensor to determine terrain at a target location; and(14) a projectile location sensor that determines an observed location of a projectile in flight;wherein said core component receives sensor data from said electronic sensor components when a shot is fired from said weapon and is operative (1) to compare said sensor data with a truth table of valid data ranges to eliminate false sensor data, (2) to compare and filter current state sensor data with prior state sensor data to calculate an adjusted, optimized aim point for a subsequent shot, and (3) to produce an output signal for transmission to said output display for a display of said optimized aim point, thereby allowing said operator to more precisely aim the weapon at a selected target. 2. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein said output display is an optical sight with a built-in electronic display adapted to be mounted on said weapon and configured to display said target. 3. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein said core component, which is mechanically mounted on and electronically coupled to said rail, communicates with said input device, said output display and with said electronic sensor components by means of said bus on said rail. 4. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a laser emission source adapted to be mounted on said weapon and configured to illuminate a said target with a laser beam when initiated by one of said core component and said input device. 5. The aiming apparatus of claim 4, wherein said laser source is adapted to be mechanically mounted on said rail and to communicate with said core component by means of the bus on said rail. 6. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein said core component includes an internal clock and is operable to generate a histogram of the rail's orientation prior to a shot and to store the histogram in the data memory. 7. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein said core component includes at least one of an accelerometer and movement-detecting gyro and is operable to store at least one of movement and acceleration measurements in the data memory. 8. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein ballistic data is stored in said memory and wherein said core component adjusts said aiming data for said output display in accordance with said ballistic data. 9. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein ammunition lot data is obtained and stored in said data memory and wherein said core component adjusts said aiming data for said output display in accordance with such lot data. 10. The aiming apparatus of claim 9, wherein said ammunition data is obtained by at least one of a download from the Internet and a transfer of data from an external data storage device. 11. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein ammunition lot data is received by said input device for storage in said data memory. 12. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein said core component uses angular and movement detection (AMD) data in the calculation of said optimized aiming data. 13. The aiming apparatus of claim 1, wherein said core component filters said sensor data using a said truth table to verify that they are within normal ranges.
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