INTEGRATED COMBAT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20150026588A1
• Filed: 06/07/2013
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thales Canada Incorporated (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Thales Canada Incorporated (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Turcotte, Stephane, Blanchette, Remi, Belanger, David, Rioux, Francois, Rivest, Martin, Romano, Paul, Curry, Bill
• Application Number:
  US13/912,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20150026588A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/745
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/02 using an independent line of sight
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/04 for dispersing fire from a battery ; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/06 with rangefinder rangefinders per se G01C
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 9/00 Systems for controlling missiles or projectiles, not provided for elsewhere
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1093 Some peer nodes performing special functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

An integrated combat resource management device is in the form of a smartphone with a display screen and user input device. The smartphone has a set of integrated applications stored therein which when executed provide an interactive display offering dynamic real-time situational awareness information to the user. Configuration files contain user-specific profiles. A launcher application offers access control and the management of several user profiles on the same smartphone such that upon successful login the appropriate user-specific profile is applied.

Claims

1. An integrated combat resource management device comprising a smartphone with a display screen and user input device, wherein the smartphone has a set of integrated applications stored therein which when executed provide an interactive display offering dynamic real-time situational awareness information to the user, configuration files containing user-specific profiles, and a launcher application that offers access control and the management of several user profiles on the same smartphone such that upon successful login the appropriate user-specific profile is applied.

2. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said configuration files contain profiles organized by category of user.

3. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 1, comprising applications stored therein which when executed present the user with touch screens for accepting instructions or reports for transmission to a base or other users.

4. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a network communications module configured to establish a peer-to-peer mesh network with other like smartphones.

5. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said real-time situational awareness information includes data received from other smartphones in the peer-to-peer network.

6. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said situational awareness information comprises battlefield information including reported by other smartphones over the peer-to-peer network.

7. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the battlefield information includes the location of friendly units, and said applications are configured to display the location of said friendly units on a map displayed on the display screen.

8. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said applications are configured to display said situational awareness information in a configurable set of layers.

9. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the smartphones are configured to relay messages to smartphones out of range of the originating smartphone.

10. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a field management module for invoking various functions comprise at least two of the group consisting of peer-to-peer networking, mapping, navigation, text messaging, and reports and returns.

11. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the various functions appear on screens related to a current context for the user.

12. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a context-sensitive drop-down menu containing preprogrammed requests to permit the user to initiate specific actions within the network by selecting a specific item on the drop down menu.

13. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the specific item includes a “

call for fire”

.

14. An integrated combat resource management device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the applications run on an Android operating system.

15. An integrated combat resource management system comprising a plurality smartphones, each smartphone having a display screen and user input device, and having a set of integrated applications stored therein which when executed provide an interactive display offering dynamic real-time situational awareness information to the user, configuration files containing user-specific profiles, and a launcher application that offers access control and the management of several user profiles on the same smartphone such that upon successful login the appropriate user-specific profile, and wherein said smartphones are configured to establish a peer-to-peer network between them.

16. An integrated combat resource management system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said real-time situational awareness information includes data received from other smartphones in the peer-to-peer network.

17. An integrated combat resource management system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said situational awareness information comprises battlefield information including reported by other smartphones over the peer-to-peer network.

18. An integrated combat resource management system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the battlefield information includes the location of friendly units, and said applications are configured to display the location of said friendly units on a map displayed on the display screen.

19. An integrated combat resource management system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said applications are configured to display said situational awareness information in a configurable set of layers.