SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SITUATION SPECIFIC GENERATION AND ASSESSMENT OF RISK PROFILES AND START OF SUITABLE ACTION FOR PROTECTION OF VEHICLES

• US 20110196551A1
• Filed: 01/17/2011
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eurocopter Deutschland Gesellschaft Mit Beschrã¤Nkter Haftung (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV)
• Original Assignee: Eurocopter Deutschland Gesellschaft Mit Beschrã¤Nkter Haftung (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV)
• Inventors: Vogel, Dominik, Lees, Thilo, Regenfelder, Florian
• Application Number:
  US13/007,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20110196551A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/14
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 11/02 Anti-aircraft or anti-guided missile or anti-torpedo defence installations or systems cartridges or missiles for producing smoke or for dispensing radar chaff or infrared material F42B5/15, F42B12/48, F42B12/70; informative reference: details of radar or sonar systems G01S7/00; jamming or electronic countermeasures G01S7/38, G01S7/495, H04K3/00

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle system (1) and a method for a situation specific evaluation of risks in a surrounding of said vehicle (1), comprising a detection unit (2) for detecting and providing of situation specific data; a data transmitting unit and a data receiving unit (3), processing data from sources of data and communicating necessary data for such processing; and a processing unit (4), generating application data (14) based on received data The application data (14) is based on supplemental data stored in the processing unit (4) for a situation specific profile of hazards/risks. Suitable measures for maneuver control of the vehicle depending from such application data (14) is started.

Claims

1. A vehicle system for a situation specific evaluation of risks in a surrounding of said vehicle, comprising:

a detection unit for detecting and providing of situation specific data;

a data transmitting unit and a data receiving unit, processing data from sources of data and communicating necessary data for such processing; and

a processing unit, generating application data based on received data and on supplemental data stored in the processing unit, characterized in that said vehicle is an aircraft, and in that the supplemental data in the processing unit for a situation specific profile of hazards/risks includes information regarding status with the determination of any damage in order to give a detailed status of remaining operability of the aircraft and that suitable measures for maneuver control of the aircraft depending from such supplemental data is started.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit comprises technical means providing specific information regarding the surrounding data of the vehicle in order to derive data with respect to the surrounding.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit inquires about the operation and configuration condition of the vehicle in order to derive vehicle data for calculation of a risk/hazard profile.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit comprises means of recognition and classification of oncoming objects in the surrounding of the vehicle for generation of situation data.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit comprises an interface for data transfer to other vehicles or technical information units for exchange of received data and/or application data.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein the provided application data are transferred to at least one display unit of the vehicle.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein encrypting means are provided encoding data communication.

8. A method for a situation specific evaluation of situations under fire in a surrounding of a vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein:

said vehicle being an aircraft;

detecting of oncoming objects in the surrounding of the aircraft for generating of situation data;

receiving data for calculating a current profile of surrounding and for generating surrounding data;

inquiring of data with respect to aircraft condition and configuration including information regarding status with the determination of any damage in order to give a detailed status of the remaining operability of the aircraft for generating of vehicle data; and

calculating of a risk-/hazard profile and conceiving measures on the basis of situation data, vehicle data and surrounding data.