Patent ID: 9658078
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: F41H,G01C,G06F,G06T,G09G,H04N

Claim:
1. A system, integrated in a combat vehicle, for processing of tactical information of the combat vehicle, the system comprising: at least one image registering sensor arranged to register at least one image sequence displaying at least a portion of surroundings of the vehicle, wherein said at least one sensor is comprised of at least one sensor of a set of sensors comprising a video camera, a still image camera and an IR-camera; a navigation module comprising a GPS-receiver and a digital storage medium and arranged to register information at least indicating a current position of the vehicle; a tactical data module comprising a digital storage medium and arranged to store tactical information describing a tactical environment in which the vehicle operate, wherein said tactical information comprises information at least describing a position of at least one tactical object and/or area; at least one information processing unit coupled to said at least one sensor, said navigation module and said tactical data module receiving said at least one registered image sequence, said registered current position of the combat vehicle and said stored tactical information, wherein said at least one information processing unit is arranged to superimpose the tactical information onto said at least one registered image sequence by processing said at least one registered image sequence based on the registered current position of the combat vehicle and the position of said at least one tactical object and/or area, and to present at least a portion of said at least one processed image sequence in at least one display coupled to said information processing unit, and wherein said at least one information processing unit further is arranged to process said at least one registered image sequence based on terrain information from a terrain database module of the system, wherein said terrain database module is arranged to store terrain information describing the topology of terrain surrounding the vehicle, and wherein said at least one information processing unit is arranged to superimpose the tactical information onto said at least one registered image sequence in the form of at least one indicator displaying, in each respective image of said at least one registered image sequence, a line-of-sight to said at least one tactical object and/or area together with an indicator displaying whether said at least one tactical object and/or area is visible or obscured by terrain along the line-of-sight in each respective image of said at least one registered image sequence, and wherein said at least one information processing unit is arranged to provide said at least one indicator displaying whether said at least one tactical object and/or area is visible or obscured by terrain along the line-of-sight based on information relating to the position of said at least one tactical object and/or area, the current position of the vehicle, the terrain information and said at least one angle of the image registering sensor relative to the combat vehicle at the moment of image registration.