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Systems and methods for collaborative vehicle mission operations

  • US 10,123,181 B1
  • Filed: 05/03/2017
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for collaborative vehicle mission operations, the system comprising:

  • a first mission node residing on at least one support vehicle, the first mission node including;

    a navigation system;

    at least one on-board communications transceiver comprising electronics configured to establishing wireless radio frequency communication links;

    at least one mission sensor that outputs mission sensor data, wherein the at least one mission sensor comprises a vehicle mounted mission sensor;

    a mission computer coupled to the mission sensor, wherein the mission computer receives sensor measurements from the at least one mission sensor and sends configuration instructions to the mission sensor, the mission computer comprising a sensor data preprocessor that receives the mission sensor data from the vehicle mounted mission sensor, and predefined mission profile data; and

    an on-board human machine interface in communication with the navigation system and the mission computer;

    at least one second mission node comprising at least one mission crew personal computing device configured to be mobile, the at least one mission crew personal computing device including;

    a personal computing device processor executing at least one personal computing device mission application;

    a human machine interface coupled to the personal computing device processor; and

    at least one communications transceiver comprising electronics configured to establishing at least a first wireless radio frequency communication link with the at least one on-board communications transceiver;

    wherein, in response to a selection entered on the human machine interface by a user, the at least one personal computing device mission application communicates to the mission computer a selected mission category, wherein based on the selected mission category, the mission computer reads a predefined mission profile from the predefined mission profile data and configures the sensor data preprocessor to analyze and filter the mission sensor data from the vehicle mounted mission sensor as indicated by the predefined mission profile; and

    wherein, in response to a position entered on the human machine interface by the user, the at least one personal computing device mission application communicates to the navigation system a deployment position for the support vehicle, wherein the navigation system generates a route to the deployment position;

    wherein the sensor data preprocessor extracts a subset of the mission sensor data from the vehicle mounted mission sensor defined as relevant to the selected mission category based on the predefined mission profile and the mission computer transmits the subset of data defined as relevant to the selected mission category to the at least one second mission node;

    wherein the mission crew personal computing device comprises a gesture sensor;

    wherein the at least one personal computing device mission application translates pre-defined user gestures into specific commands or directions from the user; and

    wherein the first mission node and the at least one second mission node communicate via peer-to-peer datalinks.

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