Routing soldiers around enemy attacks and battlefield obstructions
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for electronically generating and presenting a travel route, the method comprising:
- electronically identifying threats that impede progress,electronically generating a route that avoids said threats,electronically presenting said route,electronically determining the positions of enemy units, andelectronically determining the attack ranges of said enemy units.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for safely routing a soldier to a destination on the battlefield. The method includes a Threat Analyzer (100) for assessing threats to the soldier, a Graph Builder (102) for building a graph representing the battlefield, a Route Generator (104) for generating a route that avoids the threats, and a Route Presenter (106) for guiding the soldier along the route. The Threat Analyzer (100) includes an Enemy Analyzer (200) for determining the attack range of enemy units and an Obstruction Analyzer (202) for detecting obstructions in aerial imagery. The Graph Builder (102) includes a Cost Evaluator (712) that takes into account traversal speeds for soldiers across various types of terrain. The Route Presenter (106) overlays the route on live video in the soldier'"'"'s heads-up display.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for electronically generating and presenting a travel route, the method comprising:
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electronically identifying threats that impede progress, electronically generating a route that avoids said threats, electronically presenting said route, electronically determining the positions of enemy units, and electronically determining the attack ranges of said enemy units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer-implemented method for electronically generating and presenting a travel route, the method comprising:
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electronically identifying threats that impede progress, electronically generating a route that avoids said threats, electronically presenting said route, and electronically determining the positions of battlefield obstructions. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for electronically generating and presenting a travel route, the method comprising:
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electronically identifying threats that impede progress, electronically generating a route that avoids said threats, electronically presenting said route, electronically determining the positions of enemy units, electronically determining the attack ranges of said enemy units, and electronically determining the positions of battlefield obstructions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method for electronically generating and presenting a travel route, the method comprising:
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electronically identifying threats that may impede progress, electronically generating a route that avoids said threats, electronically presenting said route, electronically determining the positions of enemy units, electronically determining the attack ranges of said enemy units, electronically retrieving sets of aerial imagery from two different time periods, and electronically determining the differences between said sets of aerial imagery. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method for electronically generating and presenting a travel route, the method comprising:
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electronically identifying threats that impede progress, electronically generating a route that avoids said threats, electronically presenting said route, electronically determining the positions of enemy units, electronically determining the attack ranges of said enemy units, electronically retrieving sets of aerial imagery from two different time periods, electronically retrieving road vector data covering the same area as said aerial imagery, electronically using said road vector data to produce aerial imagery containing only roads, and electronically determining the differences between said sets of aerial imagery containing only roads. - View Dependent Claims (18, 23)
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19. A computer-implemented system for electronically generating and presenting geographical route between supplied locations, the system comprising:
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a threat analyzer for electronically identifying threats that may impede progress, a route generator for electronically generating a that avoids said threats, a route presenter for electronically presenting said route, an enemy analyzer for electronically determining the attack ranges of enemy units, and an obstruction analyzer for electronically determining the positions of battlefield obstructions. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 24)
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