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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2014
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Richard Edward Simpson, Bristol, GB;
BAE SYSTEMS plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining a route for a vehicle (), the method comprising: measuring a position of the vehicle (); providing a specification of a region () into which the vehicle () is to be moved; and, using the measurements and specification, determining the vehicle route. The route determination process comprises constructing a graph () within a state space (X) of the vehicle (), identifying, within the graph (), a path for the vehicle (), performing a path shortening algorithm on the identified path, and, using the shortened path, determining the vehicle route. The path shortening algorithm comprises: selecting two vertices along the path that are separated by at least two edges; connecting the two selected vertices with an additional edge; and, depending on certain cost values, removing the edges and vertices by which the selected vertices are connected, and including, in the path, the additional edge.