ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,949, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to THALES SIMULATION & TRAINING AG (Switzerland).

"Personalized combat simulation equipment" was invented by Rolf Gasser (Baltschieder, Switzerland), Siani Tomer (Koniz, Switzerland) and Jonas Heil (Olten, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personalized combat simulation equipment (6, 9) for use in combat training and simulation is attached to a weapon (10). By means of sensors (1, 2, 3, 5, 55), it detects the use of the weapon and is able to determine the position and the performance in use. Evaluation is performed by an evaluation unit (6), preferably an artificial intelligence unit. Its...