Chungnam Province Promotes Development of 'Firearm Accident Prevention System' for Hunters

Chungnam Province is promoting the development of a 'Firearm Accident Prevention System' to prevent human casualties during nuisance wildlife capture activities.

On the 22nd, Chungnam Province announced that its project, 'Development of a Misfire Prevention System through the Convergence of Sensor and Information Communication Technologies,' was selected in the recent contest hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for the 'Science and Technology Utilization Resident-Consensus Field Problem Solving Project.'

Following the selection results, Chungnam Province will receive 450 million KRW in national funding to carry out the related project. Through this project, Chungnam plans to develop devices integrating thermal imaging cameras and artificial intelligence technology, ultra-wide area utilization equipment, and a smartphone app using satellite navigation devices.

The main function of the system to be developed by Chungnam is to identify human shapes, distances, and directions between individuals to prevent misfires.

For example, the smartphone app is expected by Chungnam to help prevent safety accidents by notifying hunters according to the distance when users come close to each other.

In Chungnam, two accidents, including misfires, occurred during nuisance wildlife capture in 2020. Currently, there are 550 members of the nuisance wildlife damage prevention team active in Chungnam.

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