PREEMPTIVE COUNTERMEASURE MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method of preemptively positioning at least one countermeasure device of a vehicle, comprising:
- (a) computing, using at least one controller, a pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device based at least on environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle; and
(b) orienting the at least one countermeasure device based on the computed pre-threat orientation.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to techniques for preemptively managing countermeasures of a vehicle. Prior to identifying an actual threat, at least one countermeasure device may be preemptively oriented to point in a direction most likely to produce a threat. The preemptive orientation may be determined my environmental information and/or vehicular information. Once an actual threat is identified, the countermeasure device may re-orient to point to the identified threat. The preemptive orientation may save time in the re-orientation process thereby providing extra time for countermeasures to be actively deployed.
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1. A method of preemptively positioning at least one countermeasure device of a vehicle, comprising:
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(a) computing, using at least one controller, a pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device based at least on environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle; and (b) orienting the at least one countermeasure device based on the computed pre-threat orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A vehicle comprising:
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at least one countermeasure device; at least one controller coupled to the countermeasure device, wherein the at least one controller is configured to; (a) compute a pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device based at least on environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle; and (b) orient the at least one countermeasure device based on the computed pre-threat orientation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. At least one computer readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed on a computer system of a vehicle, perform a method of preemptively positioning countermeasures, the method comprising:
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(a) computing a pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device based at least on environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle; and (b) orienting the at least one countermeasure device based on the computed pre-threat orientation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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