ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,778, issued on July 14.

"Apparatus and method for measuring and training movement for combat firearms performance" was invented by Jeffrey James Quail (Winnipeg, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is used to measure movement performance of a user undergoing firearm combat training. A light emitter emits a light signal along a beam path traversing over a starting location such that the light signal is interrupted by a user at the starting location. A target device initiates a visual representation of a threat directed towards a user at the starting location. A light detector detects a non-interference condition of the ...