Analyzing system performance, operational performance, and costs of a surveillance system

• US 7,983,941 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Moe, Richard B., Conz, Richard J., Fillebrown, Lisa A., Coombs, Nickolia L., Munro, Bruce C., Kelberlau, William R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sterrett; Jonathan G.
• Application Number:
  US11/549,179
• Publication Number:
  US 20080040170A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,740 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7.12
• US Class Current: 705/7.12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06312 Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

Analyzing a system includes receiving system performance data indicating performance of one or more sensor systems, operational performance data indicating performance of the sensor systems in one or more scenarios, and cost analysis data indicating one or more cost values associated with the sensor systems. Integrated data is established from the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data. The integrated data is analyzed to establish one or more relationships between at least two of the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing a surveillance system, comprising:

receiving system performance data indicating performance of a plurality of sensor systems of a surveillance system, a sensor system comprising an infrared light camera, a visible light camera, a thermal imaging camera, or a radar system, the surveillance system configured to monitor a region to detect a plurality of targets, a target comprising a human, animal, or vehicle, the system performance data indicating the ability of a sensor system to detect, classify, recognize, or identify a target;

receiving operational performance data indicating effectiveness of the sensor systems in detecting one or more targets of one or more scenarios, each scenario describing one or more physical features that affect the detection of the one or more targets;

receiving cost analysis data indicating one or more cost values associated with the sensor systems;

establishing, by one or more processors, integrated data from the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data;

analyzing, by the one or more processors, the integrated data to establish one or more relationships between at least two of the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data;

fixing, by the one or more processors, a sensor system cost value that takes into account complexity, weight, volume, or quantity of the sensor systems to yield a cost constraint, the sensor system cost value being a monetary value;

optimizing, by the one or more processors, an operational performance parameter in accordance with the cost constraint; and

selecting a sensor system for the surveillance system based on the optimization.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a scenario of the one or more scenarios describes an environment of at least one of the sensor systems.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a scenario of the one or more scenarios describes a target of at least one of the sensor systems.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing data operable to generate an image describing the one or more relationships.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a relationship of the one or more relationships comprises:

the effect of at least one of system performance and operational performance on cost.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a relationship of the one or more relationships comprises:

the effect of at least one of system performance and cost on operational performance.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a relationship of the one or more relationships comprises:

the effect of at least one of operational performance and cost on system performance.

8. A system for analyzing a surveillance system, comprising:

one or more memories operable to store;

system performance data indicating performance of a plurality of sensor systems of a surveillance system, a sensor system comprising an infrared light camera, a visible light camera, a thermal imaging camera, or a radar system, the surveillance system configured to monitor a region to detect a plurality of targets, a target comprising a human, animal, or vehicle, the system performance data indicating the ability of a sensor system to detect, classify, recognize, or identify a target;

operational performance data indicating effectiveness of the sensor systems in detecting one or more targets of one or more scenarios, each scenario describing one or more physical features that affect the detection of the one or more targets; and

cost analysis data indicating one or more cost values associated with the sensor systems; and

an integrated analyzer, executed by one or more processors, and in communication with the one or more memories and operable to;

establish integrated data from the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data;

analyze the integrated data to establish one or more relationships between at least two of the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data;

fix a sensor system cost value that takes into account complexity, weight, volume, or quantity of the sensor systems to yield a cost constraint, the sensor system cost value being a monetary value;

optimize an operational performance parameter in accordance with the cost constraint; and

select a sensor system for the surveillance system based on the optimization.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein a scenario of the one or more scenarios describes an environment of at least one of the sensor systems.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein a scenario of the one or more scenarios describes a target of at least one of the sensor systems.

11. The system of claim 8, the integrated analyzer further operable to:

provide data operable to generate an image describing the one or more relationships.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein a relationship of the one or more relationships comprises:

the effect of at least one of system performance and operational performance on cost.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein a relationship of the one or more relationships comprises:

the effect of at least one of system performance and cost on operational performance.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein a relationship of the one or more relationships comprises:

the effect of at least one of operational performance and cost on system performance.

15. A method for analyzing a surveillance system, comprising:

receiving system performance data indicating performance of a plurality of sensor systems of a surveillance system, the surveillance system configured to monitor a region to detect a plurality of targets, a target comprising a human, animal, or vehicle, the system performance data indicating the ability of a sensor system to detect, classify, recognize, or identify a target, a sensor of the sensor systems comprising at least one of;

an infrared light camera;

a visible light camera;

a thermal imaging camera; and

a radar system;

receiving operational performance data indicating effectiveness of the sensor systems in detecting one or more targets of one or more scenarios, each scenario describing one or more physical features that affect the detection of the one or more targets;

receiving cost analysis data indicating one or more cost values associated with the sensor systems, a scenario of the one or more scenarios describing;

an environment of at least one of the sensor systems; and

a target of at least one of the sensor systems;

establishing, by one or more processors, integrated data from the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data;

analyzing, by the one or more processors, the integrated data to establish one or more relationships between at least two of the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data, wherein;

a first relationship of the one or more relationships comprises;

the effect of at least one of system performance and operational performance on cost;

a second relationship of the one or more relationships comprises;

the effect of at least one of system performance and cost on operational performance; and

a third relationship of the one or more relationships comprises;

the effect of at least one of operational performance and cost on system performance;

establishing one or more constraints of at least one of the system performance data, the operational performance data, and the cost analysis data, a cost constraint established by fixing a sensor system cost value that takes into account complexity, weight, volume, or quantity of the sensor systems to yield the cost constraint, the sensor system cost value being a monetary value;

establishing an objective comprising an operational performance parameter to be optimized;

optimizing, by the one or more processors, the objective in accordance with the cost constraint;

selecting a sensor system for the surveillance system based on the optimization; and

providing data operable to generate an image describing the one or more relationships.