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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. 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.
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