Autonomous mission profile planning

A method for planning a mission profile in real time, comprising:

• ascertaining a plurality of target information, including a target location, a target velocity, and a target location error;
• and
• autonomously determining a pattern including a front-end trace and a back-end trace from the ascertained target information, including:
• projecting along a target axis a distance of the target location error to establish two intersections of the target axis with the target location error;
• projecting perpendicularly left and right from the intersections to determine a pair of possible start point pairs;
• selecting the possible start point pair including a closest single start point;
• selecting the farthest start point of the selected start point pair;
• identifying an adjusted start point;
• mirroring the adjusted start point to obtain an adjusted start point pair;
• and
• laying out the front-end and back-end traces from the adjusted start point pair.

An apparatus for use in planning a mission profile in real time, comprising:

• a receiver capable of receiving a plurality of target information, the target information including a target location;
• a computing device;
• and
• a program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by the computing device, perform a method for autonomously determining a pattern from the target information.

An apparatus for planning a mission profile in real time, comprising:

• a receiver capable of receiving a plurality of target information, the target information including a target location;
• a computing device;
• and
• a program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by the computing device, perform a method for autonomously determining a pattern including a front-end trace and a back-end trace from the ascertained target information, the method including:
• projecting along a target axis a distance of the target location error to establish two intersections of the target axis with the target location error;
• projecting perpendicularly left and right from the intersections to determine a pair of possible start point pairs;
• selecting the possible start point pair including a closest single start point;
• selecting the farthest start point of the selected start point pair;
• identifying an adjusted start point;
• mirroring the adjusted start point to obtain an adjusted start point pair;
• and
• laying out the front-end and back-end traces from the adjusted start point pair.

An apparatus capable of planning a mission profile in real time, comprising:

• a platform, including
• a receiver capable of receiving a plurality of target information, the target information including a target location;
• a first computing device;
• and
• a first program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by the computing device, perform a method for autonomously determining a pattern including a front-end trace and a back-end trace from the ascertained target information, the method including:
• projecting along a target axis a distance of the target location error to establish two intersections of the target axis with the target location error;
• projecting perpendicularly left and right from the intersections to determine a pair of possible start point pairs;
• selecting the possible start point pair including a closest single start point;
• selecting the farthest start point of the selected start point pair;
• identifying an adjusted start point;
• mirroring the adjusted start point to obtain an adjusted start point pair;
• and
• laying out the front-end and back-end traces from the adjusted start point pair;
• a first vehicle, including:
• a second program storage device capable of being encoded with the pattern by the first computing device;
• and
• a second computing device capable of implementing the pattern encoded on the second program storage device through control of the vehicle;
• and
• a second vehicle, including:
• a third program storage device capable of being encoded with the pattern by the first computing device;
• and
• a third computing device capable of implementing the pattern encoded on the third program storage device through control of the vehicle.

An apparatus for planning a mission profile in real time, comprising:

• means for ascertaining a plurality of target information, including a target location, a target velocity, and a target location error;
• and
• means for autonomously determining a pattern including a front-end trace and a back-end trace from the ascertained target information, including:
• means for projecting along a target axis a distance of the target location error to establish two intersections of the target axis with the target location error;
• means for projecting perpendicularly left and right from the intersections to determine a pair of possible start point pairs;
• means for selecting the possible start point pair including a closest single start point;
• means for selecting the farthest start point of the selected start point pair;
• means for identifying an adjusted start point;
• means for mirroring the adjusted start point to obtain an adjusted start point pair;
• and
• means for laying out the front-end and back-end traces from the adjusted start point pair.