Target Transfer Device Using Expected Weapon Image
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing target transfer systems from reconnaissance to active agent systems face challenges in reliably handing over targets due to significant viewing angle and line of sight deviations between the reconnaissance and active agent image recording devices, limiting the use of reconnaissance images and potentially failing in high-angle deviations or complex target environments.
Innovation Solution
A device that determines an expected active agent image based on a pre-calculated trajectory, allowing for the transformation of target coordinates from the reconnaissance image into the expected active agent image, thereby eliminating viewing direction and angle deviations, and enabling target transfer even with large line of sight differences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the reconnaissance system and active agent use different viewing directions or angles, then the reconnaissance image can be obtained from various positions, but the target transfer reliability deteriorates due to deviation between reconnaissance image and weapon image
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary transformation of target coordinates from the reconnaissance image to the expected weapon image before the active agent actually captures the target. By calculating the expected weapon image based on pre-determined trajectory and transforming coordinates in advance, the system prepares the target data in the correct reference frame beforehand, ensuring reliable target transfer even when viewing angles differ significantly.
Solution Approach 2:
The expected weapon image serves as an intermediary representation that bridges the reconnaissance image and the actual weapon image. Instead of directly comparing reconnaissance image features with actual weapon image features (which may have large angular deviations), the system transforms coordinates to the expected weapon image frame, creating an intermediate reference that accounts for trajectory and viewing geometry, thereby enabling reliable target identification.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the viewing angle deviation exceeds limited thresholds (e.g., 15°), then more flexible reconnaissance positions are possible, but the target transfer fails due to inability to match characteristic image features
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the reference frame parameter from the reconnaissance image coordinate system to the expected weapon image coordinate system. By transforming target coordinates according to the predetermined trajectory and viewing geometry, the system adapts the target representation to match the expected weapon viewpoint, enabling successful target transfer even when the original reconnaissance angle differs significantly from the weapon approach angle.
3Reliability
If characteristic image features are transformed based on predetermined trajectory, then target transfer reliability improves, but the device complexity increases due to additional transformation calculations
Solution Approach 1:
The coordinate transformation is performed in advance based on the predetermined trajectory before the active agent captures the actual target image. By calculating the expected weapon image and transforming coordinates beforehand, the system avoids the need for complex real-time transformations during target acquisition, reducing computational complexity while maintaining high reliability.
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AI summary
Device (1) for transferring a target from a reconnaissance system (4), which includes an image acquisition device for capturing a reconnaissance image (6) of a target environment (2), to a weapon system (5), which includes a weapon (8) with an image acquisition device for capturing a weapon image (9) of the target environment (2), wherein the device (1) is configured to transfer a target (3) detected in a reconnaissance image (6) of the target environment (2) to the weapon system (5), wherein the device (1) has a control device configured to determine an expected weapon image (10) of the target environment (2) before the weapon (8) is deployed, based on a pre-calculated trajectory of the weapon (8).which would correspond to an active agent image (9) captured by the active agent (8) of the active agent system (5) in the event of an actual approach of the active agent (8) to the target environment (2) and to transfer the target coordinates of the target (3) determined on the basis of the reconnaissance image (6) into the reconnaissance image (6) based on a transformation into the correspondingly determined, expected active agent image.