Remote weapon control device and method for targeting and shooting multiple objects
AssigneeHanwha Defense Co., Ltd.
InventorHee Seo Chae
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Abstract
A remote weapon control device for controlling a weapon having a photographing device is provided. The remote weapon control device includes: a communication interface configured to receive an image captured by the photographing device; an object extractor configured to extract objects from the image; a target extractor configured to extract targets from the objects; a shooting order determinator configured to determine an order of the targets for shooting; and a control signal generator configured to generate a shooting control signal for controlling the weapon to shoot the targets in the determined order.
Claims19
A remote weapon control device for controlling a weapon having a camera, the remote weapon control device comprising:
- a display panel;
- a communication interface configured to receive an image captured by the camera;
- at least one processor configured to:
- extract objects from the image;
- identify targets from the objects;
- determine a shooting order of the targets for shooting;
- generate a shooting control signal for controlling the weapon to shoot the targets in the shooting order;
- control the display panel to display the image in a first portion of the display panel with marks that indicate the targets, the image including the targets and at least one of the objects from the image that is not a target;
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- calculate reference coordinates representing the targets in the image, calculate relative coordinates of the targets with respect to the reference coordinates, and control the display panel to display, in a second portion of the display panel that is different from the first portion while the image is displayed in the first portion, nodes located at the relative coordinates with respect to the reference coordinates while the at least one of the objects from the image that is not a target is not depicted in the second portion of the display panel;
- and
- an input interface configured to receive, from a user, a target selection command for selecting the targets from the extracted objects;
- wherein the target selection command comprises an area division command for dividing the image into a plurality of areas, the area division command comprising manually drawing a boundary line on the image to divide the image into the plurality of areas.
A remote weapon control method for controlling a weapon having a camera, the remote weapon control method comprising:
- receiving an image captured by the camera;
- extracting objects from the image;
- receiving, from a user, a target selection command for selecting targets for shooting based on the objects;
- extracting the targets from the objects according to the target selection command;
- determining a shooting order of the targets for the shooting;
- generating a shooting control signal for controlling the weapon to shoot the targets in the shooting order;
- displaying, in a first portion of a display panel, the image with marks that indicate the targets, the image including the targets and at least one of the objects from the image that is not a target;
- calculating reference coordinates representing the targets in the image, calculating relative coordinates of the targets with respect to the reference coordinates, and displaying, on a second portion of the display panel that is different from the first portion while the image is displayed in the first portion, nodes located at the relative coordinates with respect to the reference coordinates while the at least one of the objects from the image that is not a target is not depicted in the second portion of the display panel;
- receiving a shooting authorization input from the user;
- and
- transmitting the shooting control signal to the weapon according to the shooting authorization input,
- wherein the target selection command comprises an area division command for dividing the image into a plurality of areas, the area division command comprising manually drawing a boundary line on the image to divide the image into the plurality of areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.