Real-time team coordination system for reconnaissance and surveillance missions

US7647232B2 · 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: Feb 21, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0283
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method routes a predefined number of entities (200) through a predetermined area for scanning the content of the predetermined area. The method comprises the steps of: partitioning the predetermined area into a first set of cells (100); grouping the first set of cells (100) into a number of corridors (201) equal to the number of entities (200); determining a starting cell for each entity (200) in each corridor (201); initiating a scan of cells of each of the corridors (201) from the starting cell of each of the entities (200) and determining the content of each of the scanned cells; and determining a total cost for each entity (200) to travel to each of the scanned cells scanned by each entity (200) and performing a scan from each of the scanned cells by each entity (200).