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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
Jung Soon Jang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Matthew A. Vavrina, Seattle, WA (US);
John L. Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Meng Hiot Lim, Singapore, SG;
Caishun Chen, Singapore, SG;
Jung Soon Jang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Matthew A. Vavrina, Seattle, WA (US);
John L. Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Meng Hiot Lim, Singapore, SG;
Caishun Chen, Singapore, SG;
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and methods for mission re-planning are presented. Vehicles are monitored in real-time, and an incapacitated vehicle from among the vehicles that performs an incomplete task is detected. A remaining coverage set comprising a remaining coverage area for each of the vehicles is determined. A travel distance from a task completion location of each of the vehicles to a stopped point of the incapacitated vehicle is calculated to provide a travel set. An extra coverage set is determined based on the travel set and the remaining coverage set, and an incomplete coverage area for the incomplete task is calculated. The extra coverage set is compared to the incomplete coverage area and the remaining coverage area to provide a sufficiency list, and an assigned vehicle is selected from the vehicles based on the sufficiency list.