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Automated Firearms Identification System (AFIDS), phase 1Items critical to the future development of an automated firearms identification system (AFIDS) have been examined, with the following specific results: (1) Types of objective data, that can be utilized to help establish a more factual basis for determining identity and nonidentity between pairs of fired bullets, have been identified. (2) A simulation study has indicated that randomly produced lines, similar in nature to the individual striations on a fired bullet, can be modeled and that random sequences, when compared to each other, have predictable relationships. (3) A schematic diagram of the general concept for AFIDS has been developed and individual elements of this system have been briefly tested for feasibility. Future implementation of such a proposed system will depend on such factors as speed, utility, projected total cost and user requirements for growth. The success of the proposed system, when operational, would depend heavily on existing firearms examiners.
Document ID
19740022268
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Blackwell, R. J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Framan, E. P. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1974
Subject Category
General
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-139371
JPL-SP-43-8
Accession Number
74N30381
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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