Patent · US Active

Collaborative coordination of target engagement

US11920899B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
6References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 18, 2022
Grant dateMar 5, 2024
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 25, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30244
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for collaboration of a plurality of nodes includes determining at each node SLAM data for the node, the SLAM data including estimated position of features and/or targets observed and processed by the node using SLAM algorithms and covariance associated with the estimated positions, communicating at each node the node's SLAM data to the other nodes via each nodes' datalink communication system, receiving at each node SLAM data communicated from the other nodes via each node's datalink communication system, combining at each node the node's SLAM data and the SLAM data received from the other nodes based on features or targets included in SLAM data from the other nodes, refining at each node estimated positions of features and/or targets based on results of the combining, and navigating each node to a target at the target destination as a function of at least one of the refined estimated positions.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.