Visual disruption network and system, method, and computer program product thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016298941-A1
Application number	US-201615191373-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 23, 2016
Priority date	Jun 19, 2012
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosed: subject matter involve an airborne-based network for implementing a laser-based visual disruption countermeasure scan pattern system. method, and computer program product. The scan pattern can be comprised of a plurality of lasers each with their own scan pattern and may he used to disrupt an optical system of a weapon or an individual One vehicle in the network can transmit target information and/or scan information to one or more other vehicles or to a non-vehicle remote location in the network.

First claim

1 - 8 . (canceled)

9 . A visual acquisition disruptor scanning network, comprising:
means for receiving at a vehicle data regarding previously defined multiple threat regions associated with one or more known threats to an other vehicle, the previously defined multiple threat regions being defined with respect to previous positions of the other vehicle; and means for outputting a plurality of optical impairment signals from the vehicle, the plurality of optical impairment signals following respective scan patterns based on previous scan patterns of the other vehicle corresponding to the previously defined multiple threat regions, said means for outputting a plurality of optical impairment signals configured and operative to supply an increased amount of energy to a portion of the previously defined threat regions determined to overlap.

10 . The visual acquisition disruptor scanning network according to claim 9 ,
wherein the data regarding previously defined multiple threat regions includes an uncertainty area around respective locations of the one or more known threats to the other vehicle.

11 . The visual acquisition disruptor scanning network according to claim 9 ,
wherein the optical impairment signals are output simultaneously or substantially simultaneously from said means for outputting a plurality of optical impairment signals of the vehicle.

12 . The visual acquisition disruptor scanning network according to claim 9 ,
wherein each said scan pattern 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.

13 . The visual acquisition disruptor scanning network according to claim 9 ,
wherein the data regarding previously defined multiple threat regions associated with one or more known threats to the other vehicle includes scan pattern data from previous scan patterns deployed by the other vehicle.

14 - 20 . (canceled)

Assignees

• Lockheed Corp

Inventors

• Moraites Stephen C
• Herman Carl R

Classifications

• G01S5/00

  Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations {(using active systems G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00)} · CPC title

• F41H13/0056 Primary

  for blinding or dazzling, i.e. by overstimulating the opponent's eyes or the enemy's sensor equipment · CPC title

• F41H11/02

  Anti-aircraft or anti-guided missile {or anti-torpedo} defence installations or systems (cartridges or missiles for producing smoke or for dispensing radar chaff or infrared material F42B5/15, F42B12/48, F42B12/70; {informative reference: details of radar or sonar systems G01S7/00; jamming or electronic countermeasures G01S7/38, G01S7/495, H04K3/00}) · CPC title

• B64D45/00

  Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for · CPC title