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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
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);
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 a predefined number of entities () through a predetermined area for scanning the content of the predetermined area. The method comprises the steps of: partitioning the predetermined area into a first set of cells (); grouping the first set of cells () into a number of corridors () equal to the number of entities (); determining a starting cell for each entity () in each corridor (); initiating a scan of cells of each of the corridors () from the starting cell of each of the entities () and determining the content of each of the scanned cells; and determining a total cost for each entity () to travel to each of the scanned cells scanned by each entity () and performing a scan from each of the scanned cells by each entity ().