The video camera is already in use by the military. Apparently it is = effective even in low light and IR. ----- Original Message ----- = From: "Ruben J=F6nsson" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [EE] Design for a Rifle Range target and scoring system Sorry if this has already been suggested but how about a (video-) camera and some sort of image processing software. The camera takes images of the paper target and presents the data accordingly. You could actually also send the image to a screen close to the shooter so = he can see for himself. That would of course make him the intelliget part of = the target system. Could be fairly cheap with an ordinary video camera (safely behind some sort of protection) and an rf unit that sends the video signal = back to a receiver for the screen near the shooter. There are rf units that also = can send back remote control ir signals that could be used to position and zoom = the camera. /Ruben > As the OP I apologize for making this such a complicated question. All I > wanted was some ideas as to how to make an 'intelligent' target that will = > be > able to say 'that shot was in the 9 ring at 2 O'clock or that shot was a > bullseye' and perhaps report the coordinates of where the bullet passed = > thru > the plane of the target. Of course the intelligent target must have a = > paper > target for the shooter to aim at. But the scoring would be done by the > 'Intelligent Target' not an observer. > > Vic > > -- = > ______________________________________________________________ > > Victor Fraenckel > KC2GUI > windswaytoo ATSIGN gmail DOT com > -- = > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Ruben J=F6nsson AB Liros Electronic Box 9124, 200 39 Malm=F6, Sweden TEL INT +46 40142078 FAX INT +46 40947388 ruben@pp.sbbs.se =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist