Methods and systems for determining fleet trajectories with phase-skipping to satisfy a sequence of coverage requirements
US8849571B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 26, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/202
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and systems for determining trajectories for a fleet of vehicles are provided. In one example, a method comprises receiving an initial location of one or more vehicles, and receiving a sequence of coverage requirements for a region and an associated period of time. The method also comprises determining, for each of one or more phases, single-phase landmarks that a vehicle could travel to over the duration of the phase, and determining for at least one of the one or more phases, phase-skipping landmarks that a vehicle could travel to over the duration of multiple phases. The method further comprises determining which landmarks of the single-phase landmarks and phase-skipping landmarks that a vehicle should travel to based on the initial locations of the one or more vehicles and the sequence of coverage requirements.
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