Deployment Control System

• US 20090320585A1
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Cohen
• Original Assignee: David Cohen
• Inventors: Cohen, David
• Application Number:
  US12/226,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20090320585A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/167
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/04 for dispersing fire from a battery ; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 9/00 Systems for controlling missiles or projectiles, not provided for elsewhere
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/003 for military purposes and tactics

Abstract

Deployment control system comprises a weapon usage monitoring system for obtaining data of weapon usage, an aggregation system for aggregating usage of individual weapons to a predetermined level, and a presentation system for presentation of said weapon usage individually or at the predetermined level.

Claims

1. Deployment control system comprising:

a weapon usage monitoring system for obtaining data of weapon usage,

an aggregation system for aggregating usage of individual weapons to at least one predetermined level, and

a presentation system for presentation of said weapon usage individually or at said predetermined level.

2. The deployment system of claim 1, wherein said presentation system comprises at least one token for presentation of said weapon usage.

3. The deployment system of claim 2, wherein said token indicates a direction of fire.

4. The deployment system of claim 3, wherein said token indicates an elevation of said weapon.

5. The deployment system of claim 1, further configured to calculate ballistics information.

6. The deployment control system of claim 1, further associated with a memory stack for storing a predetermined amount of immediately preceding data, said detector being configured to save all data in said stack upon entry into a transmission mode.

7. The deployment system of claim 4, wherein said token is associated with firing detection and a ballistics calculation to indicate a target area.

8. The deployment system of claim 2, wherein said token indicates whether a weapon has been fired.

9. The deployment system of claim 3, wherein said token is associated with a second token indicating an elevation of said weapon.

10. The deployment system of claim 1, wherein said presentation system is further configured to present at least one of an ammunition level, a location, and a GPS based location of a weapon being monitored.

11. The deployment system of claim 1, wherein said aggregation system is configured to aggregate said weapon usage to a plurality of unit levels.

12. The deployment system of claim 11, wherein said unit levels are accessible according to a predetermined unit hierarchy.

13. The deployment system of claim 12, wherein said unit hierarchy is an operation-oriented hierarchy.

14. The deployment system of claim 12, wherein said unit hierarchy is the military hierarchy.

15. The deployment system of claim 1, wherein said presentation is configured to allow selection of a unit at a first one of said predetermined levels to lead to other units at hierarchically lower levels.

16. The deployment system of claim 2, wherein said tokens comprise different symbols to differentiate different unit types.

17. The deployment system of claim 1, wherein said presentation system further comprises a map.

18. The deployment system of claim 1, wherein said map comprises features and wherein at least some features of said map are represented by embedded images.

19. The deployment system of claim 1, further comprising an intelligence input system for allowing users to input real time intelligence information.

20. The deployment system of claim 19, wherein said intelligence input system comprises a distinction setter for allowing a user to distinguish between different quality levels of intelligence information.

21. The deployment system of claim 1, configured such that behavior of a unit or an individual soldier is gathered as intelligence information.

22. The deployment system of claim 17, comprising an input for allowing a current enemy position to be entered onto said map.

23. The deployment system of claim 1, wherein GPS, azimuth, elevation angle and ballistic data are combined on a map.

24. The deployment system of claim 23, further comprising functionality to use said combined data to calculate an estimated strike zone and place on said map.

25. Vehicle situation detection device comprising:

a mounting for mounting the device on a vehicle,

a physical input unit for receiving vehicle motion data,

a logic unit associated with said physical input for translating detected motion into vehicle behavior,

a comparator for comparing said vehicle behavior with predefined behavior to indicate the occurrence of a situation of interest.

26. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, wherein said dangerous behavior is thresholded.

27. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, wherein said physical input unit comprises an inclination detector.

28. Vehicle situation detection apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said physical input unit comprises an accelerometer.

29. Vehicle situation detection apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said input unit is additionally responsive to transmitter units.

30. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, wherein said alarm state comprises automatic opening of a communication channel to a central controller.

31. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, wherein said alarm state comprises automatic opening of an audio channel to a central controller.

32. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 31, wherein an end of said audio channel is located in said vehicle.

33. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, wherein said alarm state comprises automatic opening of a video link to a central controller.

34. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, said alarm state being additionally triggerable by at least one of an instability monitor, a flash fire monitor, smoke detector, explosion detector, and a loud sound monitor.

35. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, sized and configured for mounting unobtrusively on a vehicle.

36. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, further comprising location detection functionality for determining a location, said apparatus further being configured to report said location.

37. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 36, wherein said location detection functionality is one of a group comprising a GPS detector and a triangulation system.

38. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, further comprising a direction sensor, said direction sensor comprising a compass and functionality for measuring an angle in relation to a reference.

39. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, associated with a memory stack for storing a predetermined amount of immediately preceding data, said detector being configured to save all data in said stack upon entry into said alarm state.

40. Vehicle situation detection device according to claim 25, wherein said predefined dangerous behavior comprises at least one of the group comprising:

a crash, an under-vehicle explosion, a side-of vehicle explosion, a behind-vehicle explosion, an above-vehicle explosion, and a driver losing control.