A method for displaying a battle situation under consideration and indication of the movement and position of friendly forces and with the position and motion behavior of targets being derived from angle and distance information, wherein: the display takes place on an electronic display device; one or a plurality of passive bearing systems and/or passive distance measuring systems are provided to furnish angle and distance information of targets which radiate wave energy; position, course and sp...

An image of a road area ahead of a vehicle is formed based on road data read from a navigation system, or based on an image shot by a camera means such as a video camera. A temperature profile ahead of the vehicle detected by a temperature detecting means such as an infrared camera is superposed on the image of the road area. As a result, if a low-temperature zone is detected on the road area, it is determined that there is snow or ice existing on the road area, or if a high-temperature zone is ...

A situation-based monitoring system monitors various activities of persons in rooms of a home or residential care facility, determines when the person is in distress and communicates that fact to appropriate personnel. The system includes a programmable processor connected with sensors in the monitored area. The sensors detect various physical parameters associated with the monitored persons, such as motion or the identity of the persons themselves. From the sensed conditions, the processor dete...

A horizontal situation display instrument, primarily for an aircraft, having a compass card servo driven from a gyrocompass system, a track bar adjustable relative to the compass card and movable therewith and a meter bar arranged to repeat radio bearing information of both geographical bearing and relative bearing.

A plurality of events representative of a situation in which the host vehicle is operated are selected, including at least one set of related events. Input data is provided to an inference engine from either a first set of data representative of a target in a field of view of the host vehicle, a second set of data representative of the position or motion of the host vehicle, or a third set of data is representative of an environment of said host vehicle. The inference engine operates in accordan...

A situation awareness display device for providing a graphical display of e relative position of remote units moving along with and in proximity to the local unit utilizing the device. The device is comprised of a tracking means for determining the instantaneous position of the local unit, a communications means for communicating that local position information to cooperating remote units over an external communication link, and receiving the position information of those remote unit over that s...

A situation awareness system includes a plurality of cameras. Each camera acquires a sequence of images of a particular part of an area of interest. There is overlap between the parts so that the system can obtain depth information about objects in the area of interest. An analyzer identifies moving objects in the areas of interest, attributes of the moving objects, and events related to the moving objects. A display device displays the attributed objects and events as annotated graphic elements...

A method for situation management includes specifying a composite event as a combination of two or more predefined component events and defining a rule, which causes a reaction to be invoked upon an occurrence of the composite event subject to a given condition. When at least first and second instances of the component events are received before invoking the reaction, the first instance is evaluated subject to the condition, so as to determine whether the first instance can satisfy the rule, bef...

An apparatus for simulating in-flight problem situations is provided. The apparatus comprises a false instrument display surface which has a false instrument reading and is adapted to cover and obscure a true instrument reading in such manner that a pilot views the false instrument reading. A method of simulating in-flight problem situations during flight in a airplane having a pilot and an instructor is also provided and uses a display of a false instrument reading.

A modification is presented to improve radar systems, which normally tracks a single target, to enable them to perform a simultaneous search of a large space volume while maintaining track of a selected target. This modification entails an operating process in which a search is conducted with a controlled search pattern and search time so that the antenna is as close as possible to the tracked target position at the search conclusion and antenna slewing time is mimimized. Finally, the present pr...