Real-time team coordination system for reconnaissance and surveillance missions
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for routing a predetermined number of entities through a predetermined area for scanning the content of the predetermined area, said method comprising the steps of:
- partitioning the predetermined area into a first set of cells;
grouping the first set of cells into a number of corridors, the number of corridors being equal to the predetermined number of entities;
the computer determines a starting cell for each entity in a corresponding corridor;
initiating a scan of a number of cells from the starting cell of a portion of each of the corridors from the starting cell of each of the entities and determining the content of each of the number of cells; and
the computer determines a total cost for each entity to travel to each of the cells scanned by each entity and performing a scan from each of the cells scanned by each entity.
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Abstract
A method routes a predefined number of entities (200) through a predetermined area for scanning the content of the predetermined area. The method comprises the steps of: partitioning the predetermined area into a first set of cells (100); grouping the first set of cells (100) into a number of corridors (201) equal to the number of entities (200); determining a starting cell for each entity (200) in each corridor (201); initiating a scan of cells of each of the corridors (201) from the starting cell of each of the entities (200) and determining the content of each of the scanned cells; and determining a total cost for each entity (200) to travel to each of the scanned cells scanned by each entity (200) and performing a scan from each of the scanned cells by each entity (200).
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for routing a predetermined number of entities through a predetermined area for scanning the content of the predetermined area, said method comprising the steps of:
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partitioning the predetermined area into a first set of cells; grouping the first set of cells into a number of corridors, the number of corridors being equal to the predetermined number of entities; the computer determines a starting cell for each entity in a corresponding corridor; initiating a scan of a number of cells from the starting cell of a portion of each of the corridors from the starting cell of each of the entities and determining the content of each of the number of cells; and the computer determines a total cost for each entity to travel to each of the cells scanned by each entity and performing a scan from each of the cells scanned by each entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for determining a route for each of a plurality of entities through a predetermined area and for analyzing the content of the predetermined area, said product comprising:
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a first procedure that partitions the predetermined area into cells; a second procedure that groups the cells into corridors; a third procedure that determines a starting cell for each entity, each starting cell being located in a corresponding corridor; a fourth procedure that initiates a scan of a number of the cells from each starting cell and determines the content of each of the number of cells; and a fifth procedure that determines a total cost for each entity to travel to each of the cells scanned in that corresponding corridor and for each entity to perform a scan from each of the cells scanned in that corresponding corridor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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