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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Peter A. Tinker, West Hills, CA (US);
David W. Payton, Calabasas, CA (US);
Peter A. Tinker, West Hills, CA (US);
David W. Payton, Calabasas, CA (US);
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to computing reachable areas given a first point. More specifically, the present invention relates to the computation of an intersection between a first surface and a second surface for determining a set of points that are reachable from a first point. Using the present invention, a user can determine either (1) a locus of target sites that can be struck by a ballistic projectile from a given launch site, or (2) a locus of launch sites that can be used to hit a given target site. The disclosed system and method employs graphics hardware to determine an intersection between a first surface defined by trajectory paths, and a second surface defined by terrain.