SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TACTICAL ROUTES

• US 20110098914A1
• Filed: 07/07/2008
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Primordial, Inc. (Polaris Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Primordial, Inc. (Polaris Inc.)
• Inventors: Estes, Kyle K., Freed, Erik S., Milbert, Randy L.
• Application Number:
  US12/920,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20110098914A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for generating a tactical route to a battlefield destination including an Intervisibility Analyzer for analyzing propagation of optical lines of sight in a geographic terrain, a Speed Analyzer for analyzing speed of travelers in the geographic terrain, and a Route Generator for generating routes that facilitate tactical movement. The Intervisibility Analyzer and Speed Analyzer are used by a Cost Generator to determine tactical movement costs in geographic terrain. The Route Generator includes a Cost Evaluator for evaluating the cost of an edge during route generation.

Claims

1. A system for generating tactical routes, the system comprising:

an intervisibility analyzer for analyzing propagation of optical lines of sight between locations in a geographic terrain,

a speed analyzer for analyzing speeds of travelers across locations in said geographic terrain, and

a route generator for generating routes that facilitate tactical movement based on said intervisibility and speed analyses.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises means for meeting a speed constraint.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said route analyzer comprises means for avoiding slow areas.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said route analyzer comprises means for computing intervisibility sums.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said route analyzer comprises means for computing intervisibility unions.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said route analyzer comprises means for minimizing intervisibility sums.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said route analyzer comprises means for minimizing intervisibility unions.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said route analyzer comprises means for maximizing intervisibility sums per distance traveled.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said route analyzer comprises means for maximizing intervisibility unions per distance traveled.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for meeting a speed constraint and

means for computing intervisibility sums.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for meeting a speed constraint and

means for computing intervisibility unions.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for avoiding slow areas and

means for computing intervisibility sums.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for avoiding slow areas and

means for computing intervisibility unions.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for meeting a speed constraint and

means for minimizing intervisibility sums.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for meeting a speed constraint and

means for minimizing intervisibility unions.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for avoiding slow areas and

means for minimizing intervisibility sums.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for avoiding slow areas and

means for minimizing intervisibility unions.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for meeting a speed constraint and

means for maximizing intervisibility sums per distance traveled.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for meeting a speed constraint and

means for maximizing intervisibility unions per distance traveled.

20. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for avoiding slow areas and

means for maximizing intervisibility sums per distance traveled.

21. The system of claim 1 wherein said route generator comprises:

means for avoiding slow areas and

means for maximizing intervisibility unions per distance traveled.