Real-time route and sensor planning system with variable mission objectives

US6985810B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lockheed Martin Corporation · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A method routes an entity (200) through a predetermined area for scanning the content of the predetermined area. The method comprises the steps of: partitioning the predetermined area into cells (100); determining a starting cell for the entity (200); initiating a scan of a number of the cells from the starting cell and determining the content of each of the number of cells; and determining a total cost for the entity (200) to travel to each of the scanned cells and to perform a scan from each of the scanned cells.