Pursuing a fugitive to a capture location

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016358080-A1
Application number	US-201514729844-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 3, 2015
Priority date	Jun 3, 2015
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and system for pursuing a fugitive to a capture location. In one embodiment, the system including a main computer including a cornering strategy module. The main computer configured to communicate with a mapping module, a fugitive tracking and intelligence module, an asset tracking module, and a pursuit asset and receive ingress and egress information from the mapping module; predict a route of the fugitive; identify the capture location based on at least one selected from the group consisting of the received ingress and egress information and the predicted route; determine a cornering strategy based on the capture location and a cornering strategy function; and output instructions, based on the cornering strategy, to a pursuit asset in order to direct the fugitive toward the capture location.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A system for pursuing a fugitive to a capture location, the system comprising:
a main computer including a cornering strategy module, the main computer configured to
communicate with a mapping module, a fugitive tracking and intelligence module, an asset tracking module, and a pursuit asset and receive ingress and egress information from the mapping module;
predict a route of the fugitive;
identify the capture location based on at least one selected from the group consisting of the received ingress and egress information and the predicted route;
determine a cornering strategy based on the capture location and a cornering strategy function; and
output instructions, based on the cornering strategy, to a pursuit asset in order to direct the fugitive toward the capture location.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the cornering strategy function weights the received information based on the received information being one of a type selected from the group consisting of points of egress in an area, population of an area, time of day, day of the week, occurrence of special events, amount of uninhabited buildings in an area, if an area is a busy consumer area, if the area is hazardous, and lack of familiarity of an area to the fugitive.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the information includes map information.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the information includes fugitive tracking and intelligence information.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the fugitive tracking and intelligence information includes at least one selected from the group consisting of news, social media, real-time video, records databases, and intelligent transportation data.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the information includes pursuit asset information.

7 . A system for pursuing a fugitive to a capture location, the system comprising:
a main computer including a cornering strategy module; a mapping module in communication with the main computer; a fugitive tracking and intelligence module in communication with the main computer; an asset tracking module in communication with the main computer; and a pursuit asset in communication with the main computer and the asset tracking module; wherein, the main computer is configured to
receive information from at least one selected from the group consisting of the mapping module, the fugitive tracking and intelligence module, and the asset tracking module;
predict a route of the fugitive;
identify the capture location using the cornering strategy module, the capture location based on at least one selected from the group consisting of the received information, ingress and egress information, and the predicted route;
determine a cornering strategy based on the capture location and a cornering strategy function; and
output instructions, based on the cornering strategy, to a pursuit asset in order to direct the fugitive toward the capture location.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the cornering strategy function weights the received information according to at least one selected from the group consisting of points of egress in an area, population of an area, time of day, day of the week, occurrence of special events, amount of uninhabited buildings in an area, if an area is a busy consumer area, if the area is hazardous, and lack of familiarity of an area to the fugitive.

9 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the information includes map information.

10 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the information includes fugitive tracking and intelligence information.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the fugitive tracking and intelligence information includes at least one selected from the group consisting of news, social media, real-time video, records databases, and intelligent transportation data.

12 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the information includes pursuit asset information.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the pursuit asset information includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a location of a pursuit asset and a status of a pursuit asset.

14 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the pursuit asset is at least one selected from the group consisting of police personnel, a vehicle, a self-driving vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicles, a traffic light, an automated gate closure apparatus, an automated tire puncture apparatus, and an automated road block apparatus.

15 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions include at least one selected from the group consisting of turn-by-turn directions, route directions, coordinates, and operational instructions.

16 . A method for pursuing a fugitive to a capture location, the method comprising:
receiving, at a controller, information concerning the fugitive; receiving, at the controller, ingress and egress information; predicting, using the controller, a route of the fugitive; identifying, using the controller, the capture location based on at least one selected from the group consisting of the received information, the received ingress and egress information, and the predicted route; determining, using the controller, a cornering strategy based on the capture location and a cornering strategy function; and outputting instructions, based on the cornering strategy, to a pursuit asset in order to direct the fugitive toward the capture location.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the cornering strategy function weights the received information according to at least one selected from the group consisting of points of egress in an area, population of an area, time of day, day of the week, occurrence of special events, amount of uninhabited buildings in an area, if an area is a busy consumer area, if the area is hazardous, and lack of familiarity of an area to the fugitive.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the information includes map information.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the information includes fugitive tracking and intelligence information.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the fugitive tracking and intelligence information includes at least one selected from the group consisting of news, social media, real-time video, records databases, and intelligent transportation data.

21 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the information includes pursuit asset information.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the pursuit asset information includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a location of a pursuit asset and a status of a pursuit asset.

23 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the pursuit asset is at least one selected from the group consisting of police personnel, a vehicle, a self-driving vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicles, a traffic light, an automated gate closure apparatus, an automated tire puncture apparatus, and an automated road block apparatus.

24 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the instructions include at least one selected from the group consisting of turn-by-turn directions, route directions, coordinates, and operational instructions.

Assignees

• Motorola Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Blanco Alejandro G
• Alazraki Scott M
• King Melanie A
• Preston John B

Classifications

• G08B15/007 Primary

  by trapping · CPC title

• G08G1/087

  Override of traffic control, e.g. by signal transmitted by an emergency vehicle · CPC title

• G08G1/205

  Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental · CPC title

• G08G1/017

  identifying vehicles (G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01S19/393

  Trajectory determination or predictive tracking, e.g. Kalman filtering · CPC title