COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENT FOR TARGET IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING
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1. A collaborative engagement system comprising:
- at least two unmanned vehicles comprising an unmanned air vehicle including sensors configured to locate a target and an unmanned ground vehicle including sensors configured to locate and track a target; and
a controller facilitating control of, and communication and exchange of data to and among the unmanned vehicles, the controller facilitating data exchange via a common protocol;
wherein the collaborative engagement system controls the unmanned vehicles to maintain line-of-sight between a predetermined target and at least one of the unmanned vehicles.
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Abstract
A collaborative engagement system comprises: at least two unmanned vehicles comprising an unmanned air vehicle including sensors configured to locate a target and an unmanned ground vehicle including sensors configured to locate and track a target; and a controller facilitating control of, and communication and exchange of data to and among the unmanned vehicles, the controller facilitating data exchange via a common protocol. The collaborative engagement system controls the unmanned vehicles to maintain line-of-sight between a predetermined target and at least one of the unmanned vehicles.
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25 Claims
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1. A collaborative engagement system comprising:
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at least two unmanned vehicles comprising an unmanned air vehicle including sensors configured to locate a target and an unmanned ground vehicle including sensors configured to locate and track a target; and a controller facilitating control of, and communication and exchange of data to and among the unmanned vehicles, the controller facilitating data exchange via a common protocol; wherein the collaborative engagement system controls the unmanned vehicles to maintain line-of-sight between a predetermined target and at least one of the unmanned vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A portable tasking interface for facilitating collaboration among at least two unmanned vehicles, the at least two unmanned vehicles comprising an unmanned air vehicle including sensors configured to locate a target and an unmanned ground vehicle including sensors configured to locate and track a target, the portable tasking interface facilitating control of, and communication and exchange of data to and among, the unmanned vehicles via a common protocol;
wherein the portable tasking interface is configured to control the unmanned vehicles to assist the operator in searching for a target and to maintain a line-of-sight between an operator-selected target and at least one of the unmanned vehicles.
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20. A method for collaborative target detection and tracking by unmanned vehicles with operator supervision, the method comprising:
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receiving target-relevant data from unmanned vehicles; utilizing the target-relevant data to manually detect and select a target; and tracking the selected target via autonomous or semi-autonomous behaviors on each unmanned vehicle such that at least one unmanned vehicle maintains line-of-sight with the target. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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