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David Walter Compton
Publications - 6
Citations - 74
David Walter Compton is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Night vision. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 6 publications receiving 74 citations.
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Rail for inductively powering firearm accessories
TL;DR: In this paper, a method and system for an inductively powering rail on a firearm to power accessories such as: telescopic sights, tactical sights, laser sighting modules, and night vision scopes is presented.
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Apparatus and method for inductively powering and networking a rail of a firearm
TL;DR: In this article, a method, apparatus and system for networking accessories to a firearm or a weapon wherein the accessories are inductively powered from the rail and data is transferred between the accessories and the rail via inductive coupling is presented.
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A firearm and a method for transmitting data to and from an accessory
TL;DR: In this paper, a firearm consisting of a master CPU (76) connected to a powering rail (14), to a microcontroller (98) of a side rail (94, 96) permitting the master CPU to determine at least one of the information data of the group comprising: when an accessory has been connected, when it is disconnected; an accessory power level; GPS feedback; power level of the system; data sent to external data transfer module (84) and displayed to the user; current power level, the use of an accessory's power source and accessory identification transferred between accessories
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Method and system for providing power and data to firearm accessories
TL;DR: An apparatus and method for providing power to an accessory on a firearm, including the steps of detecting an accessory when attached to a firearm through actuation of a magnetic switch magnetically coupled to a magnet in the accessory via a pin located in the firearm and providing a power path with said accessory as discussed by the authors.