LAR Display System for Dynamic Payload Release Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mission planning systems for payload release platforms, such as those used in air-to-surface munitions, only provide limited awareness of payload behavior outside defined release conditions and do not account for changing variables like wind conditions, leading to inaccurate Launch Acceptability Region (LAR) displays.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that dynamically computes and displays multiple Launch Acceptability Regions based on varying input parameters, including release altitude and velocity, and meteorological conditions, using an input module, LAR computing module, image data generation module, and display module to provide enhanced visual representations in two- or three-dimensional formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a single LAR is displayed for a given release altitude and other input conditions, then the display is simple and clear, but the operator awareness of payload behavior outside defined conditions is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the LAR display into multiple discrete regions, each representing a different input parameter value. Instead of showing a single aggregated LAR, the display is divided into multiple separate LARs that can be individually visualized and compared, allowing operators to see payload behavior across different conditions simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a new dimension to the display by incorporating multiple input parameter values along one axis (e.g., release altitude) while maintaining the traditional LAR visualization. This transforms a two-dimensional LAR display into a three-dimensional visualization where the third dimension represents variations in input parameters, enabling comprehensive payload behavior analysis.
2Measurement precision
If the LAR display accounts for changing variables like wind conditions, then the accuracy of LAR information is improved, but the computational and display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary computations by pre-calculating multiple LARs for different input parameter values before the actual mission planning. This allows the computationally intensive work to be done in advance, reducing the real-time computational burden while still providing accurate, condition-specific LAR information when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system systematically varies input parameters (such as release altitude, velocity, and wind conditions) to compute multiple LARs. By changing these parameters across defined ranges and intervals, the system captures the effect of varying conditions on payload behavior, providing accurate predictions for different scenarios without requiring complex real-time adjustments.
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AI summary
A Launch Acceptability Region [LAR] display system and method for a payload-releasing platform, the system being configured to be communicably coupled to a LAR computing module (104) configured to compute LAR data representative of a Launch Acceptability Region in respect of said platform based on a set of input parameters and predefined payload performance parameters, the system comprising: —an input module (100) configured to obtain or receive a first input parameter value in respect of a first of said input parameters, generate a set of second input parameter values in respect of said first of said input parameters, said second input parameter values being different to and at respective intervals from, said first input parameter value, and input said first input parameter value and said second input parameter values to said LAR computing module so as to cause said LAR computing module to compute, based on each of said first and second input parameter values, a respective LAR and output a set of LAR data, each data item of said set of LAR data being representative of a respective LAR and the input parameter value on which it is based; —an image data generation module (106) configured to receive said set of LAR data and generate therefrom a set of LAR image data, each data item of said set of LAR image data being representative of a respective data item of said set of LAR data; and—a display module (108) configured to receive said set of LAR image data and display, simultaneously, a visual representation of each LAR, wherein the relative positions in said display of said visual representations is based on their respective associated input parameter value.