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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M. Mattheyses, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abha Moitra, Westwood, MA (US);
Robert J. Szczerba, Endicott, NY (US);
Louis J. Hoebel, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Virginia A. Didomizio, Latham, NY (US);
Boris Yamrom, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A method routes a plurality of entities ( ) through a predetermined area. The method includes the steps of: providing a plan; providing a deterministic method for computing the plan for the plurality of entities ( ), the plan including a plurality of routes and sets of scan points for each of the entities ( ); and performing the method by each of the plurality of entities ( ) independently from the other of the plurality of entities ( ).