System and method for identifying a deviation of an operator of a vehicle from a doctrine

• US 10,467,923 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elbit Systems Limited
• Original Assignee: Elbit Systems Limited
• Inventors: Livneh, Ofer
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullington, Robert P
• Application Number:
  US15/754,221
• Publication Number:
  US 20180247558A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• Field of Search: 434 35
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/06 for teaching control of ships, boats, or other waterborne vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/08 for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/24 including display or recording of simulated flight path

Abstract

A profile comparator for comparing between a human operator and a clone including a storage device, a simulation processor and a parameter comparator, the storage device including a recording of at least one parameter during an activity session of a platform, the platform including at least one control system, the parameter being at least one of a parameter of the platform and an action of an operator of the platform during the activity session, and a predetermined profile, the simulation processor configured to generate a virtual clone of the platform according to at least one of the recorded parameter, the simulation processor being further configured to manage the virtual clone according to the predetermined profile, the parameter comparator configured to compare at least one comparison parameter relative to the comparison parameter of the virtual clone and configured to determine at least one deviation wherein the comparison parameter deviates from the comparison parameter of the virtual clone.

Claims

1. A vehicle platform profile comparator for comparing between at least one parameter of a vehicle platform during an activity session performed according to a human operator and at least one parameter of a virtual vehicle platform during said activity session performed according to at least one clone according to at least one respective predetermined profile, said at least one clone representing both a virtual operator and said virtual vehicle platform during said activity session and said at least one respective predetermined profile representing at least one of a set of actions and outcomes of said virtual vehicle platform during said activity session, comprising:

at least one control system for modifying said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform;

a storage device comprising said at least one respective predetermined profile and a recording of at least one parameter modified by said human operator using said at least one control system during said activity session;

a simulation processor, coupled with said storage device, configured to generate said at least one clone according to said recorded at least one parameter, said simulation processor being further configured to manage said at least one clone according to said at least one respective predetermined profile until an end of said activity session;

a parameter comparator, coupled with said simulation processor and said storage device, configured to compare at least one comparison parameter between said vehicle platform and said virtual vehicle platform and further configured to determine at least one deviation wherein said at least one comparison parameter of said vehicle platform recorded during said activity session of said human operator deviates from said at least one comparison parameter of said virtual vehicle platform performed by said at least one clone generated and managed by said simulation processor; and

an output device, coupled with said simulation processor, for presenting at least one of said at least one deviation and a management of said at least one clone according to said at least one respective predetermined profile during said activity session,

wherein during said activity session said at least one clone is generated at least one of;

each time said at least one deviation is determined; and

when a predetermined event occurs.

2. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 1, wherein said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform comprises at least one action selected from a list consisting of:

a physical maneuvering of said vehicle platform by said human operator using said at least one control system;

an input of said human operator on said vehicle platform via at least one input device of said at least one control system;

at least one vocal utterance of said human operator during said activity session; and

at least one line-of-sight (LOS) measurement of said human operator during said activity session.

3. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 1, wherein said simulation processor generates said at least one clone of said virtual vehicle platform at a time period selected from a list consisting of:

after said activity session;

online during said activity session; and

after said activity session and online during said activity session.

4. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 1, wherein said at least one clone is generated according to said recording of said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform when said recording of said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform is performed by said human operator above a threshold of success during said activity session.

5. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 1, wherein said vehicle platform is selected from a list consisting of:

a land vehicle;

a sea vehicle;

an aircraft;

a space vehicle; and

a vehicle simulator.

6. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one sensory system, coupled with said storage device, configured for recording said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform, wherein a state of said vehicle platform comprises a plurality of said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform; and

at least one input interface, coupled with said at least one control system, configured for recording an action of said human operator via said at least one control system.

7. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input evaluator, coupled with said storage device and said parameter comparator, configured to determine which said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform modified by said human operator caused said at least one deviation; and

an objective evaluator, coupled with said storage device and said parameter comparator, configured to determine that said human operator failed in achieving a predefined objective of said activity session.

8. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 7, wherein said simulation processor is configured for generating a plurality of clones of said virtual vehicle platform, said parameter comparator being configured for comparing said at least one comparison parameter between said human operator and said plurality of clones and for determining a respective deviation time point at which said at least one comparison parameter of said human operator deviates beyond a predetermined threshold from said at least one comparison parameter of each one of said plurality of clones;

and

wherein said objective evaluator is further configured to determine a critical time point beyond which said predefined objective could not have been achieved by determining which of said plurality of clones achieve said predefined objective and which of said plurality of clones fail in achieving said predefined objective, wherein said plurality of clones generated prior to said critical time point achieve said predefined objective and said plurality of clones generated after said critical time point fail in achieving said predefined objective.

9. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 7, said input evaluator configured to determine a deviation input by determining which said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform modified by said human operator caused said at least one deviation, said deviation input being an action of said human operator deviating from said at least one respective predetermined profile, said input evaluator further configured to determine a critical input of said human operator from said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform modified by said human operator and recorded by said storage device, said critical input being said deviation input that made it impossible to achieve said predefined objective by following said at least one respective predetermined profile.

10. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined event is selected from a list consisting of:

a first time point during said activity session wherein said at least one comparison parameter of a previously generated one of said at least one clone is different than said at least one comparison parameter during said activity session;

a second time point wherein said at least one comparison parameter of a previously generated one of said at least one clone exceeds a threshold difference as compared to said at least one comparison parameter during said activity session;

when said vehicle platform performs a predetermined maneuver;

a predetermined action of said human operator;

a predetermined voice utterance of said human operator;

when said recording of said at least one parameter of said vehicle platform is at a predetermined value;

when a first action is performed on said human operator; and

when a second action is performed on said vehicle platform.

11. The vehicle platform profile comparator according to claim 7, wherein said simulation processor is configured for generating a plurality of clones of said vehicle platform, said parameter comparator being configured for comparing said at least one comparison parameter between said human operator and a selected one of said plurality of clones and for determining a respective deviation time point at which said at least one comparison parameter of said human operator deviates from said at least one comparison parameter of said selected one of said plurality of clones;

and

wherein said simulation processor is configured to manage at least a first one of said plurality of clones according to a first one of said at least one respective predetermined profile, and configured to manage at least a second one of said plurality of clones according to a second one of said at least one respective predetermined profile.

12. A method for comparing a vehicle platform profile between a human operator operating a vehicle platform during an activity session and at least one clone operating a virtual vehicle platform during said activity session according to at least one respective profile, said at least one clone representing both a virtual operator and said virtual vehicle platform during said activity session and said at least one respective profile representing at least one of a set of actions and outcomes of said virtual vehicle platform during said activity session, said method comprising:

defining said at least one respective profile for said activity session on said vehicle platform;

recording a state of said vehicle platform during said activity session, said state of said vehicle platform comprising a plurality of parameters recorded during said activity session of said vehicle platform;

recording at least one input of said human operator operating said vehicle platform during said activity session, said at least one input comprising at least one of a modification of a platform parameter of said vehicle platform and an action of said human operator;

generating at least one clone according to said state of said vehicle platform and managing said at least one clone according to said defined at least one respective profile;

monitoring said state of said vehicle platform relative to a state of a selected one of said at least one clone;

determining at least one deviation wherein said state of said vehicle platform deviates from said state of said selected one of said at least one clone; and

presenting to said human operator at least one of said at least one deviation and said managing of said at least one clone according to said at least one respective profile during said activity session,

wherein during said activity session said at least one clone is generated at least one of;

each time said at least one deviation is determined; and

when a predetermined event occurs.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising a procedure of determining a deviation input of said human operator by comparing said plurality of parameters recorded during said activity session of said vehicle platform with respect to said state of said selected one of said at least one clone, said deviation input being a recorded at least one input of said human operator operating said vehicle platform during said activity session deviating from said defined at least one respective profile.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

determining that said human operator failed in achieving a predefined objective of said activity session;

generating a plurality of clones, wherein said procedures of monitoring said state of said vehicle platform relative to said state of said selected one of said at least one clone and determining said at least one deviation, are performed for each one of said plurality of clones;

determining a critical time point beyond which an objective could not have been achieved by determining which of said plurality of clones achieve said objective and which of said plurality of clones fail in achieving said objective, wherein said plurality of clones generated prior to said critical time point achieve said objective and said plurality of clones generated after said critical time point fail in achieving said objective;

determining a deviation input of said human operator by comparing of said at least one input of said human operator with respect to at least one of said plurality of clones, said deviation input being at least one input of said human operator deviating from said at least one respective profile; and

determining a critical input of said human operator from said at least one input of said human operator, said critical input being said deviation input which made it impossible to achieve said objective by following said at least one respective profile.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein said method is performed for a plurality of platforms operated by a plurality of human operators, and wherein said at least one respective profile relates to a teamwork of said plurality of human operators.

16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

generating a plurality of clones of said vehicle platform, wherein said procedures of monitoring said state of said vehicle platform relative said at least one clone and determining at least one deviation, are performed for each one of said plurality of clones; and

managing at least a first one of said plurality of clones according to a first one of said at least one respective profile, and managing at least a second one of said plurality of clones according to a second one of said at least one respective profile.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein said predetermined event is selected from a list consisting of:

a first time point during said activity session wherein at least one comparison parameter of a previously generated one of said at least one clone is different than at least one comparison parameter during said activity session;

a second time point wherein said at least one comparison parameter of a previously generated one of said at least one clone exceeds a threshold difference as compared to said at least one comparison parameter during said activity session;

when said vehicle platform performs a predetermined maneuver;

a predetermined action of said human operator;

a predetermined voice utterance of said human operator;

when said state of said vehicle platform is at a predetermined value;

when a first action is performed on said human operator; and

when a second action is performed on said vehicle platform.

17. A debriefing system for comparing between a human operator

operating a vehicle platform during an activity session and at least one clone operating a virtual vehicle platform during said activity session according to at least one respective predetermined profile, said at least one clone representing both a virtual operator and said virtual vehicle platform during said activity session and said at least one respective predetermined profile representing at least one of a set of actions and outcomes of said virtual vehicle platform during said activity session, comprising:

at least one control system for modifying at least one parameter of said vehicle platform;

a storage device comprising said at least one respective predetermined profile and a recording of said at least one parameter modified by said human operator using said at least one control system during said activity session;

a simulation processor, coupled with said storage device, configured to generate said at least one clone according to said recording of said at least one parameter, said simulation processor being further configured to manage said at least one clone according to said at least one respective predetermined profile until an end of said activity session;

a parameter comparator, coupled with said simulation processor and said storage device, configured to compare at least one comparison parameter between said vehicle platform and said virtual vehicle platform and configured to determine at least one deviation wherein said at least one comparison parameter of said vehicle platform recorded during said activity session of said human operator deviates from said at least one comparison parameter of said virtual vehicle platform performed by said at least one clone generated and managed by said simulation processor; and

an output device, coupled with said simulation processor, for presenting at least one of said at least one deviation and a management of said at least one clone according to said at least one

respective predetermined profile during said activity session;

wherein during said activity session said at least one clone is generated at least one of;

each time said at least one deviation is determined; and

when a predetermined event occurs.