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US 7,609,156 B2Granted
Advanced cooperative defensive military tactics, armor, and systems
OwnerJeffrey D Mulleninventor
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Abstract
This invention provides impact detection and vehicle cooperation to achieve particular goals and determine particular threat levels. For example, an impact/penetration sensing device may be provided on a soldier's clothing such that when this clothing is impacted/penetrated (e.g., penetrated to a particular extent) a medical unit (e.g., a doctor or medical chopper) may be autonomously, and immediately, provided with the soldiers location (e.g., via a GPS device on the soldier) and status (e.g., right lung may be punctured by small-arms fire).
Claims49
A system comprising:
- a personal armor;
- a first system that is operable to determine if an impact occurs on said armor;
- and
- a first communications system that is operable to communicate information about said impact to a second communications system, wherein said information about said impact is communicated to a vehicle moving itself according to a first behavior and said vehicle moves itself according to a second behavior as a result of said communicated information.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of vehicles that are operable to communicate with one another in order to protect a package, wherein each one of said plurality of vehicles is operable to:
- move itself according to a first behavior;
- track the location of said package;
- determine when an attack occurs as a result of determining the impact of an object on an armor;
- and
- select a second behavior, from a plurality of additional behaviors, to protect said package as a result of said determined attack;
- and
- operate itself according to said selected second behavior.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.