SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING OPTIMIZED PERIMETER SURVEILLANCE
First Claim
1. A software module apparatus for enabling a user to generate a virtual tripwire through a geographic area of interest using a plurality of sensors, the apparatus comprising:
- an input for allowing a user to input a digital elevation model (DEM) of the area of interest;
an input responsive to a user controlled device for defining a swath of the area of interest, the swath representing a subregion laying over, or adjacent to, a border to be monitored; and
a display generated for illustrating computed locations of a plurality of independent sensors used to form the virtual tripwire through the swath of the area of interest.
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Abstract
A software module apparatus for enabling a user to generate a virtual tripwire through a geographic area of interest using a plurality of sensors. The apparatus may make use of an input for allowing a user to input a digital elevation model (DEM) of the area of interest. An input responsive to a user controlled device may also be used for defining a swath of the area of interest, the swath representing a subregion laying over, or adjacent to, a border to be monitored. A display may be generated for illustrating computed locations of a plurality of independent sensors used to form the virtual tripwire through the swath of the area of interest.
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21 Claims
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1. A software module apparatus for enabling a user to generate a virtual tripwire through a geographic area of interest using a plurality of sensors, the apparatus comprising:
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an input for allowing a user to input a digital elevation model (DEM) of the area of interest; an input responsive to a user controlled device for defining a swath of the area of interest, the swath representing a subregion laying over, or adjacent to, a border to be monitored; and a display generated for illustrating computed locations of a plurality of independent sensors used to form the virtual tripwire through the swath of the area of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A software module apparatus for enabling a user to generate a virtual tripwire through a geographic area of interest using a plurality of sensors to detect the presence of an object or individual that crosses the virtual tripwire, the software module comprising:
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an input for allowing a user to input a digital elevation model (DEM) of the area of interest; an input for enabling the user to define a plurality of candidate sensors that represents a maximum number of sensors that may be used to form the virtual tripwire; a display generated for illustrating the virtual tripwire, the display displaying; computed locations of at least a subplurality of the candidate sensors used to form the virtual tripwire through the area of interest; a viewshed of each one of the subplurality of the candidate sensors used to form the virtual tripwire, each said viewshed representing a coverage region of its associated said candidate sensor and selected adjacent ones of the viewsheds of different ones of subplurality of the candidate sensors overlapping with one another; and the display overlaying the viewsheds on the DEM while displaying the virtual tripwire. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A software module apparatus for enabling a user to generate a virtual tripwire through a geographic area of interest using a plurality of sensors to detect the presence of an object or individual that crosses the virtual tripwire, the software module comprising:
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an input for allowing a user to input a digital elevation model (DEM) of the area of interest; a computing subsystem for determining a minimum number of sensors, and a location of each one of said minimum number of sensors on the DEM, required to form the virtual tripwire; and a display adapted to use information generated by the computing subsystem for illustrating the virtual tripwire as an overlay on the DEM. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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