Embodiments of the invention are directed to techniques for preemptively managing countermeasures of a vehicle. Prior to identifying an actual threat, at least one countermeasure device may be preemptively oriented to point in a direction most likely to produce a threat. The preemptive orientation m
Embodiments of the invention are directed to techniques for preemptively managing countermeasures of a vehicle. Prior to identifying an actual threat, at least one countermeasure device may be preemptively oriented to point in a direction most likely to produce a threat. The preemptive orientation may be determined my environmental information and/or vehicular information. Once an actual threat is identified, the countermeasure device may re-orient to point to the identified threat. The preemptive orientation may save time in the re-orientation process thereby providing extra time for countermeasures to be actively deployed.
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1. A method of preemptively positioning at least one countermeasure device of a vehicle, comprising: (a) computing, using at least one controller, a pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device based at least on environmental information about the current environment of the vehic
1. A method of preemptively positioning at least one countermeasure device of a vehicle, comprising: (a) computing, using at least one controller, a pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device based at least on environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle; and(b) orienting the at least one countermeasure device based on the computed pre-threat orientation. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein: computing the pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device occurs prior to identifying a threat; andthe method further comprises repeating acts (a) and (b). 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving the environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle, wherein receiving the environmental information comprises: using at least one sensor of the vehicle to obtain measurements of the current environment; anddetermining the environmental information from the measurements. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein computing the pre-threat orientation comprises computing a center of mass of a potential threat. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein computing the pre-threat orientation is further based on vehicular information about the vehicle. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the vehicular information comprises a thermal map describing thermal emissions from the vehicle. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein: the at least one countermeasure device comprises a first countermeasure device and a second countermeasure device; andthe vehicular information comprises information about the operation of the first countermeasure device. 8. A vehicle comprising: at least one countermeasure device;at least one controller coupled to the countermeasure device, wherein the at least one controller is configured to: (a) compute a pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device based at least on environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle; and(b) orient the at least one countermeasure device based on the computed pre-threat orientation. 9. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to: repeat acts (a) and (b). 10. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to: receive the environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle, wherein receiving the environmental information comprises: using at least one sensor of the vehicle to obtain measurements of the current environment; anddetermining the environmental information from the measurements. 11. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein computing the pre-threat orientation comprises computing a center of mass of a potential threat. 12. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein computing the pre-threat orientation is further based on vehicular information about the vehicle. 13. The vehicle of claim 12, wherein the vehicular information comprises a thermal map describing thermal emissions from the vehicle. 14. The vehicle of claim 12, wherein: the at least one countermeasure device comprises a first countermeasure device and a second countermeasure device; andthe vehicular information comprises information about the operation of the first countermeasure device. 15. At least one computer readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed on a computer system of a vehicle, perform a method of preemptively positioning countermeasures, the method comprising: (a) computing a pre-threat orientation of the at least one countermeasure device based at least on environmental information about the current environment of the vehicle; and(b) orienting the at least one countermeasure device based on the computed pre-threat orientation. 16. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein computing the pre-threat orientation comprises computing a center of mass of a potential threat. 17. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein computing the pre-threat orientation is further based on vehicular information about the vehicle. 18. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the vehicular information comprises a thermal map describing thermal emissions from the vehicle. 19. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein: the at least one countermeasure device comprises a first countermeasure device and a second countermeasure device; andthe vehicular information comprises information about the operation of the first countermeasure device. 20. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the at least one countermeasure device is a jam head.
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