Architecture for real-time maintenance of distributed mission plans

US6718261B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lockheed Martin Corporation · US

Inventors

• Robert M. Mattheyses · Schenectady, US
• Abha Moitra · Scotia, US
• Robert J. Szczerba · Endicott, US
• Louis Hoebel · Burnt Hills, US
• Virginia A. Didomizio · Latham, US
• Boris Yamrom · Schenectady, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Feb 21, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/047
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method routes a plurality of entities (200) through a predetermined area. The method includes the steps of: providing a plan; providing a deterministic method for computing the plan for the plurality of entities (200), the plan including a plurality of routes and sets of scan points for each of the entities (200); and performing the method by each of the plurality of entities (200) independently from the other of the plurality of entities (200).