Patent ID: 7847723
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G01S,H04K

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a linked set of graphical displays for assessing jamming effectiveness of an electronic aircraft wherein said graphical displays convey information which is used by said electronic aircraft for positioning relative to a threat emitter system, said method comprising the steps of: providing a digital computer having a computer software program residing within an internal memory of said digital computer, wherein said computer software program includes program code for producing said graphical displays; monitoring a timer within said digital computer which sets a maximum time allotted for a software execution cycle of said computer software program; comparing a first element in a current memory stack with a second element in a previous memory stack to identify a redundant data element, wherein said current memory stack and said previous memory stack reside within said digital computer; deleting said redundant data element from said current memory stack; compacting said current memory stack to remove traces of said redundant data element deleted from said current memory stack wherein said traces of said redundant data element comprise an empty memory cell and a software pointer to said empty memory cell; evaluating a time stamp which is affixed to an active data element in said current memory stack to determine if said active data element requires a time based extrapolation; creating a system snap shot for storage in digital memory within said digital computer wherein said system snap shot is a copy of said current memory stack; processing said current memory stack in a priority order from a high priority active data element to a low priority active data element; formatting a plurality of interrelated display screens located onboard said electronic aircraft, each of said interrelated display screens having a set of textual characters and a set of graphical symbols wherein said set of graphical symbols and said set of textual characters represent a result of a jamming acceptability region processing algorithm; accepting a plurality of user customization commands to modify formats of said plurality of interrelated display screens onboard said electronic aircraft wherein said plurality of user customization commands are directed at said set of textual characters and said set of graphical symbols; generating a color coded series of advisories for an aircrew onboard said electronic aircraft and a color coded series of warnings on said plurality of interrelated display screens for viewing by the aircrew onboard said electronic aircraft wherein a specific color is determined by the results of said jamming acceptability region processing algorithm; controlling an operation of an electronic warfare jamming device using an operational control presented on any one of said plurality of interrelated display screens, wherein the aircrew on said electronic aircraft using said operational control controls the operation of said; alerting said plurality of protected entities to said jamming effectiveness determined by the result of said jamming acceptability region processing algorithm; and updating said plurality of interrelated display screens onboard said electronic aircraft corresponding to a motion of said electronic warfare platform, corresponding to a motion of said plurality of protected entities and corresponding to changes in an operation of a plurality of threat emitters.