Systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans
First Claim
1. A method of detecting friendly fire comprising:
- obtaining position data of a military asset via a GPS receiver contained within a position sensor associated with the military asset;
processing position data and sensor data via a processing component contained in the sensor that receives the position data from the GPS receiver;
communicating sensor data to a host device via a communication interface in the sensor configured to enable wireless communication between the sensor and the host device;
obtaining direction data from an electronic compass in communication with the processing component;
exchanging information with the host device to enable the host device to determine when users of individual sensors are firing weapons at each other; and
receiving a friendly fire incident warning when the sensor is associated with the friendly fire incident.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of tracking individual assets may include obtaining position data of an asset via a GPS receiver in communication with a position sensor associated with the asset, processing position data and sensor data via a processing component associated with the position sensor that receives the position data from the GPS receiver, and communicating sensor data to a host device via a communication interface associated with the position sensor and configured to enable wireless communication between the position sensor and the host device.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of detecting friendly fire comprising:
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obtaining position data of a military asset via a GPS receiver contained within a position sensor associated with the military asset; processing position data and sensor data via a processing component contained in the sensor that receives the position data from the GPS receiver; communicating sensor data to a host device via a communication interface in the sensor configured to enable wireless communication between the sensor and the host device; obtaining direction data from an electronic compass in communication with the processing component; exchanging information with the host device to enable the host device to determine when users of individual sensors are firing weapons at each other; and receiving a friendly fire incident warning when the sensor is associated with the friendly fire incident. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system that detects friendly fire comprising:
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a plurality of position sensors for attachment to military assets, each sensor comprising; a GPS receiver for determining the position of a military asset; a processing component that receives position data from the GPS receiver, the processing component including a subcomponent configured for communicating sensor data; and an electronic compass in communication with the processing component; and a communication interface configured to enable wireless communication between the sensor and a host; wherein the communication interface is further configured to; allow exchange of information with a host device to enable the host device to determine when users of individual sensors are firing weapons at each other; and receive a friendly fire incident warning when the sensor is associated with the friendly fire incident. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of determining whether to employ lethal measure within a certain boundary to avoid harm to assets, wherein the assets include certain devices and/or humans, the method comprising:
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associating a sensor with each asset, wherein said sensor having a GPS receiver; determining by the GPS receiver a location of the asset; transmitting wirelessly the location of the asset so determined to a host device; and determining whether to employ the lethal measure in response to the location of the asset transmitted to the host device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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