System and method for displaying simulation data and visualization data

• US 20080147366A1
• Filed: 12/19/2006
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
• Original Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
• Inventors: Markuck, Christopher, Schutz, Jason
• Application Number:
  US11/641,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20080147366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models

Abstract

Methods and systems for converting simulation data from a first format into a second format thereby allowing the converted data to be overlaid onto imagery data. A simulator, such as OneSAF, generates the simulation data in a first format. An adapter converts the simulation data from the first format into a second format. A imagery system, such as Google Earth, then displays the converted simulation data in the second format over imagery data for the corresponding location.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system comprising:

a simulator generating simulation data in a first format;

an adapter converting the simulation data from the first format into a second format; and

an imagery system for generating a display comprising the converted simulation data in the second format onto imagery data.

2. The computer implemented system of claim 1 wherein the simulator is OneSAF.

3. The computer implemented system of claim 1 wherein the first format is one of Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture (HLA).

4. The computer implemented system of claim 1 wherein the adapter comprises a web server and a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) creator.

5. The computer implemented system of claim 1 further comprising one or more network links to provide the converted simulation data in the second format to the imagery system.

6. The computer implemented system of claim 1 wherein the imagery system is a three dimensional imagery system.

7. The computer implemented system of claim 1 wherein the imagery system is Google Earth.

8. The computer implemented system of claim 1 wherein the imagery system is one of Microsoft®

t Virtual Earth™

, two-dimensional Google Maps, three-dimensional NASA World Wind, and three-dimensional Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc (ESRI) AreGIS Explorer.

9. The computer implemented system of claim 1 wherein the simulation data includes data associated with at least one entity.

10. The computer implemented system of claim 9 wherein the at least one entity is one of an airplane, helicopter, unmanned aerial vehicle, ground vehicle, water vessel, and troops.

11. A method comprising:

obtaining simulation data in a first format;

converting the simulation data into a second format; and

displaying the converted simulation data and imagery data.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising generating simulation data using a simulator.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the simulator is OneSAF.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the first format is one of Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture (HLA).

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the converted data is overlaid onto the imagery data.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising communicating the converted simulation data in the second format to the imagery system via one or more network links.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the imagery system is a three dimensional imagery system.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the imagery system is Google Earth.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the imagery system is one of Microsoft®

Virtual Earth™

, two-dimensional Google Maps, three-dimensional NASA World Wind, and three-dimensional Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc (ESRI) AreGIS

Explorer.

20. A system comprising:

a OneSAF simulator generating simulation data in Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) format;

an adapter converting the simulation data form the DIS format into a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format; and

a Google Earth imagery system for displaying the converted simulation data onto imagery data, wherein the converted simulation data is overlaid onto the imagery data.