US 9,285,221 B2 · Route re-planning using enemy force lethality projection

Abstract

A method, system and computer readable media for route re-planning including generating enemy force movement predictions to be used during mission planning. During a mission, enemy force movements can be compared to the predictions. By using enemy force movement predictions for an initial comparison, the enemy force movements may only need to be compared to the own force mission plan if the enemy forces deviate from the predictions. When enemy force movement deviates from the predictions, new enemy force movement predictions can be generated. The new enemy force movement predictions can then be compared to the own force mission plan to determine if a route re-plan is needed. The route can be re-planned to determine a route that reduces or eliminates the chance of a lethal encounter with an enemy or threat.

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Dependent claims

A threat assessment system comprising:

a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium bearing software instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
receiving an original mission plan and threat location data at the processor;
comparing the threat location data for a threat to a stored time/space threat threshold corresponding to the threat, the stored time/space threshold including a threshold geographical area boundary, and determining, based on the comparison, whether a moving threat location has moved outside or moved within the threshold geographical area boundary;
if the processor determines that the moving threat location has moved within the threshold geographical area boundary, maintaining the original mission plan;
and
if the processor determines that the moving threat location has moved outside the threshold geographical area boundary, assessing the impact of the threat moving outside the threshold geographical area boundary,
wherein the threat location data is obtained from a database and/or a sensor system.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having software instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

comparing threat location data for a moving threat to a time/space threat threshold corresponding to the threat, the time/space threshold including a threshold geographical area boundary;
determining whether the threat has moved outside or moved within the threshold geographical area boundary;
maintaining a current mission plan if the threat has moved within the corresponding time/space threat threshold;
and
if the threat has moved outside the corresponding time/space threat threshold, assessing the impact of the threat moving outside the corresponding time/space threat threshold.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Route re-planning using enemy force lethality projection

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Abstract

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