Method and system for improving situational awareness of command and control units
First Claim
1. A method for sharing visual situational information of objects among a plurality of command and control units comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing to each command and control unit a mechanism for storing a digital reference map of a geographical area;
(b) receiving by at least one command and control unit an image of a scene which includes at least one object within said geographical area;
(c) registration of said received image of said scene to said digital reference map of said at least one command and control unit;
(d) updating a situational information of said at least one object in said digital reference map of said at least one command control unit according to said received image of said scene and, (e) transferring said updating of said situational information of said at least one object to at least one other command and control unit among said plurality of command and control units.
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Abstract
A method for sharing visual situational information of objects among a number of command and control units. The method includes the steps of providing to each command and control unit a mechanism for storing a digital reference map of a geographical area, receiving by one or more command and control unit an image of a scene which includes one or more object within the geographical area, registration of the received image of the scene to the digital reference map, updating a situational information of the object in the reference map, and transferring the updating of the situational information to one or more other command and control unit.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for sharing visual situational information of objects among a plurality of command and control units comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing to each command and control unit a mechanism for storing a digital reference map of a geographical area;
(b) receiving by at least one command and control unit an image of a scene which includes at least one object within said geographical area;
(c) registration of said received image of said scene to said digital reference map of said at least one command and control unit;
(d) updating a situational information of said at least one object in said digital reference map of said at least one command control unit according to said received image of said scene and, (e) transferring said updating of said situational information of said at least one object to at least one other command and control unit among said plurality of command and control units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for improving the situational awareness of a plurality of command and control units, the system comprising:
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(a) a plurality of command and control units;
in each command and control unit a database located in an addressable memory of said each of command and control units, each said database storing a digital reference map of a geographical area which includes a location of at least one object under a surveillance of at least one command and control unit;
(b) a mechanism for image registration of a scene in said digital reference map in accordance to a received image of said scene which includes said at least one object, and (c) a communication mechanism between said at least one command and control unit and at least one other command and control unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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