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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2002
Abha Moitra, Westwood, MA (US);
Robert M. Mattheyses, Schenectady, NY (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);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method routes an entity ( ) through a predetermined area for scanning the content of the predetermined area. The method includes the steps of: partitioning the predetermined area into cells ( ); determining a starting cell for the entity ( ); initiating a scan of a number of the cells from the starting cell and determining the content of each of the number of cells; and determining a total cost for the entity ( ) to travel to each of the scanned cells and to perform a scan from each of the scanned cells.