METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DECISION SUPPORT

• US 20160300504A1
• Filed: 12/08/2014
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thales Nederland BV (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Thales Nederland BV (Thales SA)
• Inventors: HAMMING, Jan-Egbert, KOUDIJS, Frank, COLIJN, Frank, VAN WENSVEEN, Pim
• Granted Patent: US 10,037,709 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30212 Military
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30241 Trajectory
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/11 Region-based segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/003 for military purposes and tactics

Abstract

A decision support method for use by an operator surrounded by adverse entities in a battlefield environment comprises generating a layered representation of the physical environment surrounding the operator from sensor information by mapping the spherical physical environment of the operator into a geometrical representation suitable for display on a screen, the representation being segmented into a plurality of layers having respective sizes, each layer being associated with a respective category of tactical actions. The representation further comprises visual elements representing adverse entities in the surrounding physical environment of the operator, each visual element being represented so as to be superposed with a given layer.

Claims

1. A decision support method for use by an operator surrounded by adverse entities in a battlefield environment, the method comprising generating a layered representation of the physical environment surrounding the operator from sensor information by mapping the spherical physical environment of the operator into a geometrical representation suitable for display on a screen, said representation being segmented into a plurality of layers having respective sizes, each layer being associated with a respective category of tactical actions, said representation further including visual elements representing adverse entities in the surrounding physical environment of the operator, each visual element being represented so as to be superposed with a given layer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein it comprises associating at least one geographical parameter with each layer, said parameters comprising the distance range delimiting the layer, said distance range being associated with a begin range and an end range.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the distance range associated with each layer is predefined and static, or dynamically defined depending on predefined criteria.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein it further comprises generating a representation of a set of actable deterrent systems in association with each layer.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein it further comprises generating a representation of the trajectory history information for each entity over the different layers.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein it further comprises generating a representation of tactical recommendations in association with each entity depending on the position of the entity with respect to the layers.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein it further comprises receiving one or more operator selections to trigger actuation of one or more deterrent subsystems.

8. A computer program comprising instructions for carrying out the steps of the method according to claim 1, wherein said computer program is executed on a suitable computer device.

9. A computer readable medium having encoded thereon a computer program according to claim 8.

10. A decision support system for use by an operator surrounded by adverse entities in a battlefield environment, the system comprising a graphical user interface manager for generating a layered representation of the physical environment surrounding the operator, from sensor information, on a graphical user interface by mapping the spherical physical environment of the operator into a geometrical representation suitable for display, said representation being segmented into a plurality of layers having respective sizes, each layer being associated with a respective category of tactical actions, said representation further including visual elements representing adverse entities in the surrounding physical environment of the operator, each visual element being represented so as to be superposed with a given layer.