Method, system and computer program for decision support

• US 10,037,709 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2014
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thales Nederland BV (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Thales Nederland BV (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Hamming, Jan-Egbert, Koudijs, Frank, Colijn, Frank, Van Wensveen, Pim
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhatnagar, Anand
• Application Number:
  US15/102,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20160300504A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30212 Military
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30241 Trajectory
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/11 Region-based segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/003 for military purposes and tactics

Abstract

A decision support method for use by an operator surrounded by adverse entities in a battlefield environment comprises generating a layered representation of the physical environment surrounding the operator from sensor information by mapping the spherical physical environment of the operator into a geometrical representation suitable for display on a screen, the representation being segmented into a plurality of layers having respective sizes, each layer being associated with a respective category of tactical actions. The representation further comprises visual elements representing adverse entities in the surrounding physical environment of the operator, each visual element being represented so as to be superposed with a given layer.

Claims

1. A decision support method implemented in a computer system and for use by an operator surrounded by adverse entities in a spherical physical environment, the method comprising:

generating a layered representation of the spherical physical environment surrounding the computer system based upon sensor information by mapping the spherical physical environment of the computer system into a geometrical representation that is configured for display on a screen, said layered representation being segmented into a plurality of layers having respective sizes, each layer being associated with a respective category of tactical actions, said layered representation further including at least one visual element representing at least one of the adverse entities in the surrounding spherical physical environment of the computer system, the at least one visual element being represented so as to be superposed with a given layer of the plurality of layers, the given layer being associated with a range boundary that is dynamically adjusted from data of one or more sensor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the range boundary is associated with a begin range and an end range.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a representation of a set of actable deterrent systems in association with each layer.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a representation of the trajectory history information for each entity over the different layers.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a representation of tactical recommendations in association with each entity depending on the position of the entity with respect to the layers.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving one or more operator selections to trigger actuation of one or more deterrent subsystems.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to automatically perform a decision support method for use by an operator surrounded by adverse entities in a spherical physical environment, the method comprising:

generating a layered representation of the spherical physical environment surrounding the computer system based upon sensor information by mapping the spherical physical environment of the computer system into a geometrical representation that is configured for display on a screen, said layered representation being segmented into a plurality of layers having respective sizes, each layer being associated with a respective category of tactical actions, said layered representation further including at least one visual element representing at least one of the adverse entities in the surrounding spherical physical environment of the computer system, the at least one visual element being represented so as to be superposed with a given layer of the plurality of layers, the given layer being associated with a range boundary that is dynamically adjusted from data of one or more sensor.

8. A decision support system implemented in a computer system and for use by an operator surrounded by adverse entities in a spherical physical environment, the system comprising:

a graphical user interface manager for generating a layered representation of the spherical physical environment surrounding the computer system, based upon sensor information, on a graphical user interface by mapping the spherical physical environment of the computer system into a geometrical representation configured for display, said layered representation being segmented into a plurality of layers having respective sizes, each layer being associated with a respective category of tactical actions, said layered representation further including at least one visual element representing at least one of the adverse entities in the surrounding spherical physical environment of the computer system, the at least one visual element being represented so as to be superposed with a given layer of the plurality of layers, the given layer being associated with a range boundary that is dynamically adjusted from data of one or more sensor.