Combat Vehicle Tactical Display for Unified Situational Awareness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Combat vehicle operators face limited situational awareness due to the need to switch between multiple information sources, leading to increased workload and reduced ability for crew members to react quickly to their surroundings, with verbal orders being a bottleneck for information dissemination and implementation.
Innovation Solution
A system integrated into combat vehicles processes tactical information by superimposing it onto sensor video feeds, providing a unified display of tactical data, including positions and types of objects/areas, visibility indicators, and digital orders, using image registering sensors, navigation, and terrain databases to enhance situational awareness and facilitate coordinated crew operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If tactical information is provided through multiple dedicated display means, then information completeness is improved, but operator workload increases due to frequent focus switching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate display means into a single integrated display unit that shows sensor video feeds with superimposed tactical information. This combines the advantages of multiple information sources while eliminating the need for operators to switch between displays, thus reducing workload while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent overlays tactical information onto the video feed, adding a new dimension of information presentation. Instead of separate 2D displays, the system integrates tactical data as superimposed layers on the visual sensor feed, allowing operators to access multiple information types simultaneously in a unified spatial context.
2Ease of operation
If verbal communication is used for issuing orders, then simplicity of communication is improved, but information dissemination speed is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/physical process of verbal communication with an electronic digital communication system. Orders are transmitted as digital data through the system's communication interfaces, enabling simultaneous distribution to multiple crew members without the time constraints of oral transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of order information that can be replicated and distributed instantly to multiple recipients. Instead of the vehicle commander speaking to each crew member individually, the order is copied and transmitted electronically to all relevant crew members simultaneously, dramatically increasing dissemination speed.
3Measurement precision
If multiple information sources are monitored separately, then information accuracy is improved, but reaction time is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system combines multiple information sources into a single integrated display showing sensor video with superimposed tactical information. This allows operators to monitor all information sources simultaneously in one location, maintaining the accuracy benefits of multiple sources while eliminating the time loss associated with switching between them.
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AI summary
The invention pertains to a system, a method, a computer program and a combat vehicle with an integrated system,for processing of tactical information.The system comprises at least one sensor for registration of at least one image sequence display at least a portion of the surroundings of the combat vehicle. The system further comprises a navigation module arranged to register a current position of the vehicle.The system further comprises a tactical data module for storage of tactical information and an information processing unit arranged to process said image sequence to superimpose the tactical information onto said image sequence.