Route planning system and method for minimizing exposure to threats
First Claim
1. System for route planning configured to be mounted on a moving object, said system comprising:
- a three-dimensional (3D) map; and
a route planning module configured to;
re-plan at least one route of the moving object upon request;
determine a plurality of available routes based on identified threat areas and for each determined available route;
(a) performing line of sight calculations in the 3D map to find positions or zones from which the moving object is visible during a predetermined time period, the predetermined time period being long enough to perform aiming and firing at the moving object;
(b) determining and identifying one or more potential threat areas in the 3D map based on the line of sight calculations in the 3D map, wherein in each potential threat area the moving object is exposed to a potential threat from any of said positions or zones; and
(c) associating a cost with the route based on the corresponding at least one potential threat; and
automatically or manually select one of the plurality of available routes as the re-planned route based on the cost associated to each of the plurality of available routes.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for route planning. The system is arranged to be mounted on a moving object. The system comprises a route planning module arranged to plan a route of the object upon request, wherein occasions of being visible from any point in the map within a shooting range during a predetermined time period is minimized. The system is characterized in that the route planning module is arranged to determine areas in the 3D map in which the object will be exposed to a potential threat during a predetermined time period based on line of sight calculations, and determining a re-planned route avoiding said potential threat areas.
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14 Claims
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1. System for route planning configured to be mounted on a moving object, said system comprising:
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a three-dimensional (3D) map; and a route planning module configured to; re-plan at least one route of the moving object upon request; determine a plurality of available routes based on identified threat areas and for each determined available route; (a) performing line of sight calculations in the 3D map to find positions or zones from which the moving object is visible during a predetermined time period, the predetermined time period being long enough to perform aiming and firing at the moving object; (b) determining and identifying one or more potential threat areas in the 3D map based on the line of sight calculations in the 3D map, wherein in each potential threat area the moving object is exposed to a potential threat from any of said positions or zones; and (c) associating a cost with the route based on the corresponding at least one potential threat; and automatically or manually select one of the plurality of available routes as the re-planned route based on the cost associated to each of the plurality of available routes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for re-route planning for an object moving according to a route to a planned destination, said method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving, from one or more databases, data associated with a three-dimensional (3D) map; determining a plurality of available routes based on identified threat areas and for each determined available route; (a) performing, via one or more processing units, line of sight calculations in the 3D map to find positions or zones from which the moving object is visible during a predetermined time period, the predetermined time period being long enough to perform aiming and firing at the moving object; (b) determining and identifying, via the one or more processing units, one or more potential threat areas in the 3D map based on the line of sight calculations in the 3D map, wherein in each potential threat area the moving object is exposed to a potential threat from any of said positions or zones; and (c) associating a cost with the route based on the corresponding at least one potential threat; and automatically or manually selecting one of the plurality of available routes as the re-planned route based on the cost associated to each of the plurality of available routes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product for re-route planning for an object moving according to a route to a planned destination, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising at least one executable portion configured for:
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re-planning at least one route of the moving object upon request; determining a plurality of available routes based on identified threat areas and for each determined available route; (a) performing, via one or more processing units, line of sight calculations in a three-dimensional (3D) map to find positions or zones from which the moving object is visible during a predetermined time period, the predetermined time period being long enough to perform aiming and firing at the moving object; (b) determining and identifying, via the one or more processing units, one or more potential threat areas in the 3D map based on the line of sight calculations in the 3D map, wherein in each potential threat area the moving object is exposed to a potential threat from any of said positions or zones; and (c) associating a cost with the route based on the corresponding at least one potential threat; and automatically or manually selecting one of the plurality of available routes as the re-planned route based on the cost associated to each of the plurality of available routes.
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