Real-time team coordination system for reconnaissance and surveillance missions

A system for performing multiple scans of a target portion of a predefined search area, said system comprising:

• a plurality of sensors for scanning a first part of the predefined search area from a plurality of starting points;
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• a device for analyzing output from each said sensor and determining a destination point within the predefined search area for each said sensor,
• said plurality of sensors each scanning a second part of the predefined search area from said destination points, the first part and the second part together comprising a part of the predefined search area at least as large as the target portion of the predefined search area.

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:

• 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;
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• 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.