BALLISTIC IMPACT DETECTION SYSTEM

A protective garment contains a projectile detection device, in addition to impact and breach resistant materials for protecting the wearer. An arrangement of force sensitive regions defines a grid arrangement responsive to an incoming projectile. The force sensitive regions include pressure sensitive or piezoelectric characteristics such that an impact varies the electrical response of each region. A detection circuit connects to each region for sampling. A sampling of the regions computes a high velocity impact by a sudden change in the sensed electrical characteristics, such as a sudden drop in resistance between two planer sheets. The grid arrangement identifies the impact placement on the garment, and can be mapped to anatomical regions to evaluate a severity. Placement and impact force, along with GPS coordinates of the wearer, are transmitted by the detection circuit and/or in conjunction with an app on a mobile device of the wearer for alerting first responders. 1. A projectile detection device for a protective garment , comprising:an electrically resistive mesh disposed between opposed planar sheets of a selectively conductive material, the opposed planar sheets configured for electrical communication in response to pressure;a plurality of conductive members for applying a voltage to each of the opposed planar sheets; anda detection circuit for identifying an electrical communication between the opposed planar sheets, the detection circuit configured for determining, based on the identified electrical communication, a severity and location of a projectile impact causing a compressive force.2. The device of wherein the conductive members further comprise a conductive sheet disposed on the selectively conductive material claim 1 , the conductive members connected to the detection circuit.3. The device of wherein the detection circuit is configured to sample a series of measurements indicative of the electrical communication and compute a change in the ...