ES2435797B1 - HUNTING SAFETY EQUIPMENT, AND SAID EQUIPMENT OPERATION PROCEDURE - Google Patents

Abstract

Hunting safety equipment, and operation procedure of said equipment. # They allow to increase the personal safety of hunters (3), hunting dogs, companions and people who participate in such hunts or who walk through hunting grounds, managing to minimize accidents caused by “friendly fire”, that is, fire between hunters (3, 3 ’) located on the same line of fire, thus saving a large number of human lives.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Hunting safety equipment, and operating procedure of said equipment

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION 5

The present invention belongs to the field of firearms, and more specifically to safety devices and mechanisms for hunters, or persons involved in hunting and hunting grounds.

The main object of the present invention is a hunting safety equipment and procedure that allows to increase the safety of hunters, minimizing accidents due to "friendly fire" between hunters located in the same line of fire, thus allowing Save a large number of human lives.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

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Currently, numerous studies quantify in ten million the shots fired annually in hunting and hunting grounds. Thus, it is common the fact that a hunter who has a potential prey in his sights also has another fellow hunter or a walker in the same line of fire, with the serious dangers that this entails. Another situation of frequent danger is that of a hunter who, thinking he sees a prey hidden behind some bushes, shoots and later realizes that he was not an animal but a hunting companion, having 20 fatal consequences. Continuously appear in the media hunting accidents produced every year for this reason; As a result of these, many hunters are injured of varying severity, presenting important sequels, and may even lose their lives.

Currently the only security systems on the market for hunting events and hunting grounds are 25 optical systems, based on the use of reflective vests, and whose use is already mandatory in some Autonomous Communities of Spain.

Therefore, the technical problem that arises here is that the current security systems for hunters and people participating in preserves and hunts are inefficient and unsafe systems, where reflective vests, 30 in addition to being useless in certain situations of low visibility, they alert animals to the presence of the hunter, escaping these quickly; Not to mention how annoying and uncomfortable these vests are for hunters, who in most cases prefer to do without them.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 35

By means of the present invention, the aforementioned technical problem is solved by providing a hunting safety equipment, as well as an operation procedure for said equipment, which allow to increase the personal safety of hunters, people who work and / or walk through land in the that hunts are made or belonging to hunting grounds, and even of hunting dogs, allowing to minimize accidents by 40 "friendly fire", that is, fire between hunters located on the same line of fire, thus saving large numbers of human lives.

More specifically, the hunting safety equipment object of the invention is intended to be carried by hunters, hunting dogs and / or people participating in hunting or hunting grounds, said hunting safety equipment 45 comprising an emitting device configured to emit signals. electromagnetic; a receiver device adapted to detect electromagnetic signals from other hunters, hunting dogs and / or people participating in hunting or hunting grounds that also carry the hunting safety equipment described herein; and alarm means, preferably acoustic and / or luminous, linked to the receiving device and adapted to activate and alert the hunter in case said receiving device detects an electromagnetic signal emitted by another hunter, 50 sign that in the direction of the There is another hunting partner who is aiming for the weapon, so the shot must be aborted. It should be understood that when the term "other hunter" is used herein, it refers here to a secondary hunter, a person participating in hunting or walking through hunting grounds, or even hunting dogs themselves.

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According to a first preferred embodiment, the hunting safety equipment additionally comprises a global GPS positioning device that allows the geographical position of the hunter to be established at all times, while the above-mentioned emitting device comprises wireless transmission means incorporating in The electromagnetic signal emitted from the geographical position of each hunter (latitude, longitude and height). Said wireless transmission means may be based on RF radio frequency transmission, or the use of the general radio packet service 60, better known as the GPRS service. At this point it is convenient to indicate that when this report refers to a global GPS positioning system, it is understood that it can be based

on American, Russian (GLONASS), European (GALILEO) satellites, or any other similar system.

It is also provided that the hunting safety equipment object of the invention additionally comprises a device for estimating the orientation of the hunter's weapon, adapted to calculate the firing direction of the weapon, that is, the direction the hunter is aiming at. at each moment, and which is preferably coupled to the gun barrel. More particularly, said device for estimating the orientation of the weapon comprises at least one device selected from: an electronic compass, an accelerometer and a gyroscope, according to the requirements and needs of each application and by means of which it is possible to obtain greater precision and accuracy. However, in order to protect the physical integrity of companions, walkers or even the dogs themselves that frequently accompany the hunters in the hunts, it is envisaged that in another version of the hunting safety equipment, this 10 only has a device GPS, transmitter and receiver devices and alarm means, without orientation estimation device.

According to a second preferred embodiment, the emitting device comprises a directional emitting antenna coupled in the barrel of the hunter's weapon and adapted to emit electromagnetic signals only in the firing direction, preferably at an angle between ± 5 ° to ± 10 °, regarding the firing line, depending on the range and characteristics of the weapon; and said emitter device also comprising a multidirectional antenna adapted to emit electromagnetic signals in all directions in case the receiving device of a secondary hunter receives electromagnetic signals from a first hunter, a sign that the secondary hunter is being targeted by the first Hunter. twenty

It is envisioned that said emitted electromagnetic signals are RF radio frequency signals that incorporate information and identification data of the hunter, such as registration, personal identifier, etc., so that it is known who is the emitter of said signals. However, in relation to said emitted electromagnetic signals, it has been foreseen that these may also be sound or light signals such as a laser beam, where each hunter 25 must be equipped in this particular case with a vest or fabric specially adapted to detect said light beams Similarly, in order to protect companions, walkers and / or dogs from hunting, it is envisaged that in a simpler version of hunting safety equipment, it will only have emitter and receiver devices and alarm means, without antenna directional station.

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On the other hand, according to a third preferred embodiment, the emitting device comprises a multidirectional antenna adapted to emit electromagnetic signals in all directions, while the receiving device preferably comprises a receiving directional antenna coupled in the gun barrel of the hunter, and adapted to receive only electromagnetic signals in the firing direction of the weapon so that the rest of the signals surrounding the hunter do not affect him in any way when determining whether or not he can fire. Similarly, to protect companions, walkers and / or dogs from hunting, it is provided that in a simpler version of the hunting safety equipment of the present invention, it only has emitter and receiver devices and alarm means, without antenna directional receiver.

In addition, it is envisaged that the hunting safety equipment described herein may additionally comprise about 40 means of disabling the firing of the weapon, which allow the weapon to be blocked and prevent firing in case the alarm means are activated, which means that there is another hunter in his line of fire.

Likewise, the hunting security team may additionally comprise data storage means that allow to save and record identification information of the hunters, positions, distances, dates, 45 hours or various data that facilitate a possible investigation process in case of accident.

Finally, indicate that the hunting safety equipment of the present invention can be applied both in hunting and hunting grounds, as in state security forces and bodies (army, police, etc.), and even in leisure activities and entertainment, such as paintball. fifty

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization thereof, a set of such is attached as an integral part of said description. Drawings where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figures 1A and 1B.- They show schematic views of a first preferred embodiment of the hunting safety equipment object of the invention. 60

Figures 2A and 2B.- They show schematic views of a second preferred embodiment of the equipment

hunting safety object of invention.

Figures 3A and 3B.- They show schematic views of a third preferred embodiment of the hunting safety equipment object of the invention.

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PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Several examples of preferred embodiments are described below, with reference to the aforementioned figures, without any limitation in the scope of protection of the present invention.

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In a first preferred embodiment, shown in Figures 1A and 1B, the hunting safety equipment (1) intended to be carried by hunters (3, 3 '), hunting dogs and / or persons participating in said hunting or hunting grounds hunting, includes:

- a global GPS positioning device (40) configured to locate the geographic position of every 15 hunter (3, 3 ’),

 - a transmitter device (10) which in the present embodiment comprises wireless transmission means (14) by which electromagnetic radio frequency signals (11) are sent that incorporate the GPS position of each hunter (3, 3 ’),

 - a receiving device (20) adapted to detect the GPS positions of other hunters (3 ’), dogs of 20 hunts and / or people participating in such hunts or hunting grounds,

- an orientation estimation device (50) of the hunter's weapon (2) (3), adapted to calculate the firing direction, and

 - acoustic and / or audible alarm means (30) linked to the receiving device (20), and adapted to activate and alert the hunter (3) in case said receiving device (20) detects the GPS position of another hunter 25 (3 ') in the firing direction calculated by the orientation estimation device (50).

In a second preferred embodiment of the hunting safety equipment (1), shown in Figures 2A and 2B, the fundamental difference with respect to the first embodiment is that here the emitting device (10) comprises a directional emitting antenna (12) coupled in the gun barrel (2) of the hunter (3) and adapted to emit RF electromagnetic signals (11) only in the firing direction of the weapon (2), not having a GPS device (40), or estimation device of the orientation (50) of the weapon (2); and a multidirectional antenna (13) adapted to emit electromagnetic response signals (11 ’) in all directions in case the receiving device (20) receives electromagnetic signals (11) from the first hunter (3).

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Finally, in figures 3A and 3B a schematic view of the third preferred embodiment of the hunting safety equipment (1) can be seen, and where in this case the emitting device (10) comprises, in addition to the alarm means (30 ), a multidirectional antenna (13) adapted to emit electromagnetic signals (11) in all directions; and where the receiving device (20) comprises a directional receiving antenna (21) coupled in the gun barrel (2) of the hunter (3) and adapted to detect electromagnetic signals (11) only in the direction of gun firing (2) ).

In accordance with another object of the invention, the operating procedures of each of the three embodiments of the hunting safety equipment (1) described above are described below. According to the first preferred embodiment of the equipment, the operating procedure comprises:

a1) constant emission of the GPS geographical position by each hunter (3) to the rest of the hunters (3 ’), as shown in Figure 1A,

a2) determination of the weapon's orientation (2) of the hunter (3), and

a3) issuing a warning signal to the hunter (3), in the event that the receiver device (20) of the latter, 50 detects in its line of fire the GPS position of another hunter (3 '), as observed in figure 1B.

In accordance with the present embodiment, step a1) is performed by means of a global GPS positioning device (40) and wireless transmission means (14). For its part, stage a2) is executed through at least one orientation estimation device (50) of the weapon (2) selected from: an electronic compass, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope.

On the other hand, according to the second preferred embodiment of the equipment, the operation procedure of the hunting safety equipment (1) comprises:

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 b1) emission of an electromagnetic signal (11) by a first hunter (3) in the firing direction of his weapon (2), as shown in Figure 2A,

 b2) instantaneous emission by a second hunter (3 ') of an electromagnetic response signal (11') in all directions (omnidirectional), as seen in Figure 2B, in case it receives the signal issued by the first hunter (3), which means that said second hunter (3 ') is the firing line of the first hunter (3), and

b3) emission of a warning signal to the first hunter (3), after detecting the electromagnetic signal of 5 response (11 ’) emitted by the second hunter (3’).

In the present embodiment, step b1) is carried out by means of a directional emitting antenna (12) coupled to the gun barrel (2), said directional emitting antenna (12) emitting electromagnetic signals (11) at an angle of ± 5 ° with respect to the firing line, as shown in Figure 2B, incorporating said signals identifying data of the hunter (3). However, it is provided that said electromagnetic signal (11) emitted in said step b1) is a light signal by means of a laser beam.

Finally, according to the third preferred embodiment of the equipment described above, the operating procedure comprises:

 c1) constant emission of an electromagnetic signal (11) in all directions by each hunter (3, 3 ’) from the first moment, as shown in Figure 3A, and

 c2) issuing a warning signal to the hunter (3) who is aiming with his weapon (2), in case the receiver's device (20), in this case the receiving directional antenna (21), detects in his line of fire the electromagnetic signal (11) emitted by another hunter (3 '), as shown in Figure 3B.

In the three embodiments mentioned above, steps a3), b3) and c2) are carried out by means of acoustic and / or audible alarm means (30). Lastly, it should be noted that when the three embodiments described above talk about electromagnetic signals (11), it is envisioned that these may be RF radio signals, GPRS signals, ultrasound signals or a light source.

In addition, as mentioned above, when the terms “other hunter (3 ')” or “second hunter (3')” are used, it is understood that it is equally applicable to “hunting dogs” that often accompany hunters (3) and that for visibility reasons they can be confused with a potential dam. In this way, the physical integrity of dogs is protected by simply attaching the hunting safety equipment (1) of the present invention to the dog's collar.

Claims (19)

1.- Hunting safety equipment (1) intended to be carried by hunters (3), hunting dogs and / or people participating in such hunting or hunting grounds, characterized in that it comprises:  5  - a transmitter device (10) configured to emit electromagnetic signals (11),  - a receiving device (20) adapted to detect electromagnetic signals (11) from other hunters (3 '), hunting dogs and / or people participating in said hunting or hunting grounds that also carry hunting safety equipment (1 ), Y  - alarm means (30) linked to the receiving device (20), and adapted to activate and alert the hunter (3) in case said receiving device (20) detects an electromagnetic signal (11) emitted by another hunter ( 3'). 2. Hunting safety equipment (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the emitting device (10) comprises a directional emitting antenna (12) coupled in the gun barrel (2) of the hunter (3) and adapted to emit electromagnetic signals (11) only in the firing direction of the weapon (2). 3. Hunting safety equipment (1) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the emitting device (10) additionally comprises a multidirectional antenna (13) adapted to emit electromagnetic signals (11) in all the addresses. twenty 4. Hunting safety equipment (1) according to claims 1 and 3, characterized in that the receiving device (20) comprises a directional receiving antenna (21) coupled to the gun barrel (2) of the hunter (3) and adapted to detect electromagnetic signals (11) only in the firing direction of the weapon (2).  25 5. Hunting safety equipment (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that it additionally comprises a GPS global positioning device (40) and the emitting device (10) comprises wireless transmission means (14) for incorporation of the geographical position of each hunter (3, 3 ') in the emitted electromagnetic signal (11).  30 6. Hunting safety equipment (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that it additionally comprises an orientation estimation device (50) of the hunter's weapon (2) (3), adapted to calculate the firing direction . 7. Hunting safety equipment (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the device for estimating the orientation (50) of the weapon (2) is coupled to the gun barrel (2) of the hunter (3 ). 8. Hunting safety equipment (1) according to any one of claims 6 or 7, characterized in that the orientation estimation device (50) of the weapon (2) comprises at least one device selected from: - an electronic compass, 40 - an accelerometer, and - a gyroscope. 9. Hunting safety equipment (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it additionally comprises data storage means (70) that allow to store and record information identifying the hunters (3, 3 '), positions, distances, dates, hours or miscellaneous data that facilitate a possible investigation process in the event of an accident. 10.- Operating procedure of the hunting safety equipment (1) described in any one of the preceding 50 claims 1-9, characterized in that it comprises the steps: a1) constant emission of the exact geographical position by each hunter (3) to the rest of the hunters (3 ’), a2) determination of the weapon's orientation (2) of the hunter (3), and 55 a3) issuance of a warning signal to the hunter (3), in the event that the receiving device (20) of the latter detects in its line of fire the geographical position of another hunter (3 ’). 11. Operating procedure according to claim 10, characterized in that step a1) is performed by means of a global GPS positioning device (40) and wireless transmission means (14). 60 12. Operating procedure according to claim 10, characterized in that step a2) is execute through at least one orientation estimation device (50) of the weapon (2) selected from: - an electronic compass, - an accelerometer, and - a gyroscope.  5 13. Operation procedure of the hunting safety equipment (1) described in any one of the preceding claims 1-9, characterized in that it comprises the steps:  b1) emission of an electromagnetic signal (11) in the firing direction of the weapon (2) of the first hunter (3), 10  b2) instantaneous emission by a second hunter (3 ') of an electromagnetic response signal (11') in all directions (omnidirectional) in case said second hunter (3 ') receives the signal emitted by the first hunter (3), which means that the second hunter (3 ') is the firing line of the first hunter (3), and b3) emission of a warning signal to the first hunter (3), after detecting the electromagnetic response signal (11 ’) emitted by the second hunter (3’). fifteen 14. Operation procedure according to claim 13, characterized in that step b1) is carried out by means of a directional emitting antenna (12) coupled to the gun barrel (2) of the hunter (3). 15. Operation procedure according to claim 13, characterized in that the electromagnetic signal 20 emitted in said step b1) is an RF radio frequency signal. 16. Operation procedure according to claim 15, characterized in that the radio frequency signal incorporates identification data of the hunter (3).  25 17. Operation procedure according to claim 15, characterized in that the electromagnetic signal emitted in said step b1) is a light signal by means of a laser beam. 18. Operation procedure of the hunting safety equipment (1) described in any one of the preceding claims 1-9, characterized in that it comprises the steps:  c1) constant emission of an electromagnetic signal (11) in all directions by each hunter (3, 3 ’), and  c2) issuing a warning signal to the hunter (3) who is aiming with his weapon (2), in case the receiver device (20) of the latter detects in its line of fire the electromagnetic signal (11) emitted by another hunter 35 (3 '). 19. Operating procedure according to claims 10, 13 and 18, characterized in that steps a3), b3) and c2) are carried out by means of acoustic and / or audible alarm means (30). 40