[특허]Visual disruption system, method, and computer program product

Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Visual disruption system, method, and computer program product

국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	G01S-007/495 G01S-005/00 F41H-013/00
출원번호	US-0527056 (2012-06-19)
등록번호	US-9632168 (2017-04-25)
발명자 / 주소	Moraites, Stephen C. Herman, Carl R.
출원인 / 주소	Lockheed Martin Corporation
대리인 / 주소	Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
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Aspects of the disclosed subject matter involve airborne-based systems, methods, and computer program products for optimizing a laser-based visual disruption countermeasure scan pattern. The scan pattern can be comprised of a plurality of lasers each with their own scan pattern and may be used to disrupt an optical system of a weapon or an individual. Based on the scan patterns and/or data used to generate the scan patterns, the shape or intensity of the scan pattern or patterns can be modified.

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A laser-based visual disruption countermeasure system on-board a helicopter, the system comprising: a hostile fire indicator subsystem on-board the helicopter to identify locations of stationary or moving ground-based threats to the helicopter and to generate respective ground-projection zones around the identified locations indicative of possible error in the identified locations, each of the zones around the identified threat locations being in the form of an ellipse; andan eye-safe laser-based visual disruption subsystem on-board the helicopter to generate and output a plurality of laser beams each having a first intensity sufficient to interfere with and temporarily impair a human optical system, each of said laser beams being output so as to follow a rectangular scan pattern completely enveloping a corresponding ellipse defining the zone indicating possible error in a corresponding identified threat location, irrespective of current position of the helicopter, said eye-safe laser-based visual disruption subsystem being operative to maintain at the same time two or more of the rectangular scan patterns,wherein the system is configured and operativeto determine whether a first rectangular scan pattern and a second rectangular scan pattern maintained at the same time overlap, each of the first and second rectangular scan patterns being output by a respective one of the laser beams, andsaid first and second rectangular scan patterns each being modified by increasing applied laser beam energy of the respective one of the laser beams from the first intensity to a second intensity only for any overlapping portion of the first and second rectangular scan patterns, while maintaining or decreasing said applied laser beam energy of the respective one of the laser beams for any non-overlapping portion of the first and second rectangular scan patterns, andwherein said increase in said applied laser beam energy includes increasing at least one selected from scanning frequency and intensity. 2. The laser-based visual disruption countermeasure system according to claim 1, wherein the ground-projection zones around the identified locations are defined based on respective positions along a flight path of the helicopter at which hostile fire associated with the ground-based threats occurred. 3. The laser-based visual disruption countermeasure system according to claim 1, wherein the stationary or moving ground-based threats are human beings firing any one of a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), and small arms fire. 4. The laser-based visual disruption countermeasure system according to claim 1, wherein the system is configured and operative to cease said applied laser intensity for the non-overlapping portion of the first and second rectangular scan patterns upon application of said increased laser beam energy for the overlapping portion. 5. A visual acquisition disruptor scanning system, comprising: means for defining multiple distinct threat regions associated with one or more known threats to a vehicle;means for outputting a plurality of optical impairment signals that follow scan patterns based on corresponding distinct threat regions defined by said means for defining multiple distinct threat regions; andmeans for determining whether any of the defined distinct threat regions overlap,wherein said means for outputting a plurality of optical impairment signals is configured and operative to modify each of the scan patterns by increasing an amount of energy supplied to any portion of the defined distinct threat regions determined to overlap while maintaining or decreasing an amount of energy supplied to any non-overlapping portion of the defined distinct threat regions, andwherein said increasing an amount of energy includes increasing at least one selected from scanning frequency and intensity. 6. The visual acquisition disruptor scanning system according to claim 5, further comprising: means for identifying the one or more threats; andmeans for estimating respective locations of the one or more identified threats,wherein said means for defining multiple distinct threat regions is constructed and operative to define an uncertainty area around the respective locations of the one or more identified threats. 7. The visual acquisition disruptor scanning system according to claim 5, wherein the optical impairment signals are output sequentially along a path of the vehicle. 8. The visual acquisition disruptor scanning system according to claim 5, wherein each of said scan patterns is a ground projection in the form of one of a square, a rectangle, an oval, a circle, an ellipse, a triangle, an octagon, a hexagon, or an asymmetric polygon. 9. The visual acquisition disruptor scanning system according to claim 5, wherein said means for determining whether any of the defined distinct threat regions overlap is configured and operative to associate any overlap as a single threat. 10. A visual acquisition disruptor scan pattern method, comprising: electronically identifying a common portion and any uncommon portion of at least two different flash detection areas;deploying a first laser scan pattern corresponding to a first flash detection area and a second flash detection area, the first and second flash detection areas being among the at least two different flash detection areas;deploying a second laser scan pattern corresponding to one of the first and second flash detection areas, andresponsive to said electronically identifying, modifying each of the first and second laser scan patterns by automatically applying in scanning fashion an increased amount of laser energy to the common portion, while maintaining or decreasing an amount of laser energy applied to the uncommon portion,wherein said automatically applying in scanning fashion an increased amount of laser energy includes increasing at least one selected from scanning frequency and intensity of one or more lasers for the common portion. 11. The visual acquisition disruptor scan pattern method according to claim 10, further comprising: generating a plurality of different flash detection areas including said at least two different flash detection areas; anddeploying a plurality of different laser scan patterns including the first and second laser scan patterns, wherein the plurality of different laser scan patterns correspond to said plurality of different flash detection areas,wherein the number of different flash detection areas matches the number of different laser scan patterns, andwherein each laser scan pattern envelopes its corresponding flash detection area. 12. The visual acquisition disruptor scan pattern method according to claim 10, wherein the first and second laser scan patterns are deployed sequentially, andwherein the first and second laser scan patterns are maintained simultaneously. 13. The visual acquisition disruptor scan pattern method according to claim 10, wherein said automatically applying in scanning fashion an increased amount of laser energy to the common portion is prior to any previous scan patterns for the at least two different flash detection areas having been deployed. 14. The visual acquisition disruptor scan pattern method according to claim 10, wherein the increased amount of laser energy to the common portion is of an amount sufficient to interfere with an optical system of a weapon or an optical system of a person. 15. The visual acquisition disruptor scan pattern method according to claim 10, where the method is used with a ground-, water-, space, or air-based vehicle. 16. The laser-based visual disruption countermeasure system according to claim 1, wherein the first rectangular scan pattern completely encircles a first identified threat location and a second identified threat location,the first identified threat location is outside of the second identified threat location,the second rectangular scan pattern completely encircles the second identified threat location,the first identified threat location is different and distinct from the second identified threat location,the first rectangular scan pattern and the second rectangular scan pattern are sequentially deployed, andthe first and second rectangular scan patterns are maintained simultaneously. 17. The visual acquisition disruptor scanning system according to claim 5, wherein each of the optical impairment signals is output so as to completely encircle the threat region associated with a single threat. 18. The visual acquisition disruptor scan pattern method according to claim 11, wherein each of the different flash detection areas is associated with at least one threat, and said deploying a plurality of different laser scan patterns includes each of the different laser scan patterns completely encircling a flash detection area of the at least one threat.

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