Virtual Clone Comparison for Vehicle Doctrine Deviation Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current debriefing systems lack the ability to effectively compare an operator's performance to a predetermined profile or doctrine, and identify deviations and their consequences in real-time or post-activity, which limits the effectiveness of learning and improvement processes.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize a profile comparator to generate a virtual clone of a platform based on recorded parameters during an activity session, comparing these to a predetermined profile to identify deviations and their consequences, allowing for real-time or post-activity debriefing and performance evaluation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If a debriefing system is implemented to review and discuss activity details, then learning and improvement processes are enhanced, but the system lacks the ability to effectively compare operator performance to a predetermined profile or doctrine, limiting the effectiveness of the debriefing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveloss of performance comparison dataVSAvoidcomplexity of profile comparison system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a virtual clone of the platform that replicates the operator's actions and decisions during the activity session. This clone serves as a reference model representing ideal or predetermined profile performance, enabling direct comparison between actual operator behavior and expected doctrine without requiring complex manual analysis frameworks

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically compares the virtual clone's performance against the predetermined profile or doctrine and generates feedback information about deviations. This feedback is then presented to the operator during debriefing, creating a closed-loop system that continuously improves performance through structured comparison and learning

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If manual debriefing methods are used to review operator actions, then the process is simple to implement, but the ability to identify specific deviations from doctrine and their consequences is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprecision of deviation identificationVSAvoidtime required for detailed analysis
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes the virtual clone with the predetermined profile or doctrine before the activity session begins. This allows the comparison framework to be ready in advance, enabling precise measurement of deviations during debriefing without requiring time-consuming manual setup or analysis of what the operator should have done

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically performs the comparison between the operator's actual performance and the predetermined profile, identifying deviations and their consequences without requiring manual intervention. The virtual clone self-evaluates against the doctrine and generates the comparison results, freeing the debriefer from time-consuming manual analysis

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If real-time comparison during activity session is implemented, then immediate feedback is provided, but the system complexity and computational requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of performance evaluationVSAvoidcomplexity of real-time comparison system
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses a virtual clone as a simplified representation of the platform that can be efficiently managed and compared in real-time. This clone model enables rapid computation and comparison during the activity session without requiring complex analysis of the full system state, providing immediate feedback while maintaining computational efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20230274657A1System and method for identifying a deviation of an operator of a vehicle from a doctrine
Publication Date: 2023.08.31 ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD
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AI summary

A profile comparator for comparing between a human operator and a clone including a storage device, a simulation processor and a parameter comparator, the storage device including a recording of at least one parameter during an activity session of a platform, the platform including at least one control system, the parameter being at least one of a parameter of the platform and an action of an operator of the platform during the activity session, and a predetermined profile, the simulation processor configured to generate a virtual clone of the platform according to at least one of the recorded parameter, the simulation processor being further configured to manage the virtual clone according to the predetermined profile, the parameter comparator configured to compare at least one comparison parameter relative to the comparison parameter of the virtual clone and configured to determine at least one deviation wherein the comparison parameter deviates from the comparison parameter of the virtual clone.