This installation for locating impacts comprises an interactive plate, at least three transducers arranged and distributed against the interactive plate in order to pick up progressive mechanical waves propagating therein and to transform them into electrical signals, and an electronic central unit programmed to locate an impact in the interactive plate by an analysis of the electrical signals that it receives from the transducers. It further includes an additional plate attached to the front face of the interactive plate and having an impact-receiving zone, and means for attaching the additional plate to the interactive plate, configured to ensure contact against the entire portion of the front face of the interactive plate located opposite the impact-receiving zone of the additional plate.

This installation for locating impacts comprises an interactive plate, at least three transducers arranged and distributed against the interactive plate in order to pick up progressive mechanical waves propagating therein and to transform them into electrical signals, and an electronic central unit programmed to locate an impact in the interactive plate by an analysis of the electrical signals that it receives from the transducers. It further includes an additional plate attached to the front face of the interactive plate and having an impact-receiving zone, and means for attaching the additional plate to the interactive plate, configured to ensure contact against the entire portion of the front face of the interactive plate located opposite the impact-receiving zone of the additional plate.

A device for locating an impact against an interactive surface includes at least three transducers distributed against the interactive surface and an electronic central unit programmed to locate the impact by analysing propagation time differences of progressive mechanical waves from the impact to the transducers on the basis of instants of impact detection identified in the electrical signals supplied by the transducers. The electronic central unit is programmed to trigger an impact detection from a first instant when at least one M-th derivative from at least one of the received electrical signals exceeds a predetermined non-zero threshold value and for then determining, for each electrical signal received from each transducer, at least one second instant, subsequent to the first instant, of the first zero crossing of at least one N-th derivative of this electrical signal, from which is identified at least one instant of impact detection.

A device for locating an impact against an interactive surface includes at least three transducers distributed against the interactive surface and an electronic central unit programmed to locate the impact by analysing propagation time differences of progressive mechanical waves from the impact to the transducers on the basis of instants of impact detection identified in the electrical signals supplied by the transducers. The electronic central unit is programmed to trigger an impact detection from a first instant when at least one M-th derivative from at least one of the received electrical signals exceeds a predetermined non-zero threshold value and for then determining, for each electrical signal received from each transducer, at least one second instant, subsequent to the first instant, of the first zero crossing of at least one N-th derivative of this electrical signal, from which is identified at least one instant of impact detection.

Targets for use in training personnel in the operation of thermal imaging systems are described, the targets include: an internal cavity; an electrically powered heat source; the heat source is arranged to introduce heat to the internal cavity to cause warming of the target to thereby generate a heat signature.

An interactive target system including a first target assembly having a first target base operationally engaged with a first anchoring component, a first target surface rotatably engaged with, or fixed to, the first target base, a first spring adapted to bias the first target surface into the open position, a first electronics component having a first target GPS operationally engaged with the first target assembly, a first target strike status detector adapted to generate a first target strike count, and a first target electromagnetic signal transmitter and receiver, a first cooperating signal device having a first cooperating signal device GPS operationally engaged with the first cooperating signal device, a first cooperating signal device electromagnetic signal transmitter and receiver, a clock, and a first sound generator adapted to selectably generate a first notification sound.

An interactive target system including a first target assembly having a first target base operationally engaged with a first anchoring component, a first target surface rotatably engaged with, or fixed to, the first target base, a first spring adapted to bias the first target surface into the open position, a first electronics component having a first target GPS operationally engaged with the first target assembly, a first target strike status detector adapted to generate a first target strike count, and a first target electromagnetic signal transmitter and receiver, a first cooperating signal device having a first cooperating signal device GPS operationally engaged with the first cooperating signal device, a first cooperating signal device electromagnetic signal transmitter and receiver, a clock, and a first sound generator adapted to selectably generate a first notification sound.

A shooting range facility that is for recreational or sporting purposes includes a target support plate, which can be tilted according to several different possible inclinations with respect to a reference plane, and at least one target representation intended to be displayed in a plane of the target support plate. Each target representation has several different displayable deformations, respectively associated with the several different possible inclinations, these different deformations being designed so that the orthogonal projections thereof in the reference plane are all identical when they are respectively displayed in the plane of the target support plate according to the inclinations with which they are respectively associated.

The present invention provides systems and methods for remote competition involving first and second sets of targets at first and second geographically remote locations. Status, hit and game information including game result information is communicated and received from first and second apps at the first and second locations via a cloud resource, and a competition occurs between users at the first and second locations.

A shooting range facility that is for recreational or sporting purposes includes a target support plate, which can be tilted according to several different possible inclinations with respect to a reference plane, and at least one target representation intended to be displayed in a plane of the target support plate. Each target representation has several different displayable deformations, respectively associated with the several different possible inclinations, these different deformations being designed so that the orthogonal projections thereof in the reference plane are all identical when they are respectively displayed in the plane of the target support plate according to the inclinations with which they are respectively associated.