Situation awareness display

• US 20100001902A1
• Filed: 01/21/2005
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Smith, Michael Allen
• Application Number:
  US11/040,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20100001902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.07
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0294 Trajectory determination or predictive filtering, e.g. target tracking or Kalman filtering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for tracking unmanned air vehicles and an observation platform. A location of an unmanned air vehicle is received wirelessly from the unmanned air vehicle, the location of the unmanned air vehicle being determined by a global positioning system on the unmanned air vehicle. A location of an observation platform is received from the observation platform, the location of the observation platform being determined by a global positioning system on the observation platform. The unmanned air vehicle and the observation platform are displayed on a display device based on the received location of the unmanned air vehicle and the received location of the observation platform.

Claims

1. A method in a data processing system having a program for tracking an unmanned air vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a location of an unmanned air vehicle wirelessly from the unmanned air vehicle, the location of the unmanned air vehicle being determined by a global positioning system on the unmanned air vehicle;

receiving a location of an observation platform from the observation platform, the location of the observation platform being determined by a global positioning system on the observation platform;

calculating a zoom factor for the unmanned air vehicle based on the unmanned air vehicle'"'"'s distance to the observation platform; and

displaying the location of the unmanned air vehicle the locations of any other unmanned air vehicles and the location of the observation platform at the zoom factor.

2. A method of claim 1 further comprising receiving at least one waypoint location of a predetermined flight path of at least one unmanned air vehicle.

3. A method of claim 2 further comprising displaying the at least one waypoint location of the predetermined flight path of at least one unmanned air vehicle.

4. A method of claim 1 wherein the locations of each unmanned air vehicle and the observation platform are displayed on a map.

5. A method of claim 1 wherein the data processing system is located on the observation platform.

6. A method of claim 1 wherein the data processing system is located remote from the observation platform.

22. The method of claim 1, when a zoom factor is computed for each of a plurality of unmanned air vehicles, each zoom factor based on distance to the observation platform;

and wherein the unmanned air vehicles and the observation platform are displayed using the largest zoom factor.

7. (canceled)

13. (canceled)

14. A system for tracking an unmanned air vehicle, the system comprising:

means for receiving a location of an unmanned air vehicle;

means for receiving a location of an observation platform;

means for calculating a zoom factor for the unmanned air vehicle based on the unmanned air vehicle'"'"'s distance to the observation platform; and

means for displaying the location of the unmanned air vehicle and the location of the observation platform at the zoom factor.

11. The system of claim 14, wherein the system is located on the observation platform.

12. The system of claim 14, wherein the system is located remote from the observation platform.

23. The system of claim 14, when a zoom factor is computed for each of a plurality of unmanned air vehicles, each zoom factor based on distance to the observation platform;

and wherein the unmanned air vehicles and the observation platform are displayed using the largest zoom factor.

15. (canceled)

18. A computer-readable medium comprising memory encoded with data for causing a processing system to track at least one unmanned air vehicle, comprising:

receiving a location of an unmanned air vehicle wirelessly from the unmanned air vehicle;

receiving a location of an observation platform from the observation platform;

calculating a zoom factor for the unmanned air vehicle based on the unmanned air vehicle'"'"'s distance to the observation platform; and

visually displaying the location of the unmanned air vehicle and the location of the observation platform.

8. A computer-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising receiving at least one waypoint location of a predetermined flight path of the unmanned air vehicle from the unmanned air vehicle.

9. A computer-readable medium of claim 8, the data causing the system to display the at least one waypoint location of the predetermined flight path of the unmanned air vehicle.

10. A computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the unmanned air vehicle and the observation platform are displayed on a map corresponding to the location of the unmanned air vehicle and the location of the observation platform.

16. A computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the memory includes a view class, the view class configured to periodically check for new location.

17. A computer-readable medium of claim 16, further including a main frame class, the main frame class configured to display menu and toolbar items on the display.

19. A computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the view class updates the display placing one of the unmanned air vehicle and observation platform in the center of the display.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, when a zoom factor is computed for each of a plurality of unmanned air vehicles, each zoom factor based on distance to the observation platform;

and wherein the unmanned air vehicles and the observation platform are displayed using the largest zoom factor.

20. (canceled)