GUNSHOT SPOTTING SYSTEM

There are various ways to detect the location of the gunshot. When a gun
is fired, it produces a loud distinctive sound known as a gunshot with certain
frequencies. The gunshot travels to all directions and reaches every different
point along the way of its travelling at different time, this provides us the
information to locate the gunshot This is called the Gunshot Spotting System.
Gunshot spotting system consists of three microphones placed along a straight
line with equal distance apart, a filter, time recorder and a program to calculate
the location. The purpose of this report is to explain in detail the concept of the
gunshot locating system. The design of the system involves microphones, USB
sound cards, filters, time recorders and processing software.