Threat Correlation Matrix for Military Sensor Fusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multiple threat warning systems on military platforms often provide overlapping and independent notifications, making it difficult for crew members to distinguish between single and multiple threats, requiring extensive knowledge of each system and leading to delayed or inappropriate responses.
Innovation Solution
A system that federates independent inputs by converting them into standardized information, using a correlator with a changeable correlation matrix and configuration file to adaptively process data, automatically determining whether notifications concern a single or multiple objects of interest, and providing accurate responses without requiring advanced knowledge of the contributing systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple independent threat warning systems are used to detect threats, then detection capability is improved, but system complexity and difficulty of operation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent threat warning systems (RWR, MLR, AEW) into a single integrated display system that shows all threats on one unified interface. This merging approach maintains the detection capabilities of each individual system while eliminating the need for crew members to monitor and interpret multiple separate displays, thereby reducing operational complexity without sacrificing detection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated display system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays threats from different radar types (RWR, MLR), provides unified threat assessment, and presents standardized threat information in a consistent format. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to replace multiple specialized systems, improving detection capability while reducing the complexity of having to operate and understand multiple separate systems.
2Reliability
If multiple independent threat warning systems provide separate notifications, then detection coverage is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges notifications from multiple independent threat warning systems into a single unified display interface. Instead of requiring crew members to separately monitor RWR, MLR, and AEW systems, all threat notifications are consolidated on one display with standardized formatting, making the system easier to operate while maintaining comprehensive detection coverage from all sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated display system acts as an intermediary between multiple independent threat warning systems and the crew members. It receives data from various systems, processes and standardizes the information, and presents it in a unified manner, thereby simplifying the operational burden on crew members while preserving the detection capabilities of all contributing systems.
3Device complexity
If system-specific interfaces are used to combine inputs, then integration is achieved, but adaptability and extensibility worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal integrated display system that can accommodate multiple types of threat warning inputs (RWR, MLR, AEW) through a single interface design. This universal approach allows the system to adapt to different input sources without requiring system-specific interfaces, thereby improving adaptability and extensibility while maintaining effective integration of all threat warning systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated display system is designed to be dynamic and configurable, allowing it to adapt to different threat warning systems and their changing capabilities. The system can dynamically adjust to new input sources and modifying existing systems without requiring redesign of the interface, thereby achieving both integration and high adaptability.
4Stability of the object's composition
If hard-coded behavior is used in interfaces, then system stability is improved, but adaptability and ease of modification worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic configuration approach where the integrated display system can be adjusted and reconfigured without hard-coding behavior. The system maintains stability through its robust architecture while allowing flexible modification of display parameters, data sources, and processing logic, thereby achieving both system stability and high adaptability to changing requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for combining the inputs of various sensors used in platforms, primarily those having a military use, having or making use of a number of inputs capable of determining information about an environment in which they are operating. Each input is configured to output a standardized set of information regarding its capabilities and the environment in which it is operating. A correlator is configured to adaptably process the information based on rules contained in at least one changeable correlation matrix and information contained in at least one changeable configuration file. The information, or simply an alert, is provided to at least one output that provides the information to a human operator.