Coordinated planning with graph sharing over networks

US10319244B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Harshad S. Sane · Southbury, US
• George Nicholas Loussides · Branford, US
• Igor Cherepinsky · Sandy Hook, US
• Brendan J. Englot · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2201/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for path planning for a plurality of vehicles in a mission space includes determining, with a processor, information indicative of a first local graph of a first vehicle; receiving, with the processor over a communication link, information indicative of a second local graph from a second vehicle; assembling, with the processor, information indicative of a global graph in response to the receiving of the second local graph; wherein the global graph includes information assembled from the first local graph and the second local graph; and wherein the global graph indicates connectivity of objectives for each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles in the mission space.