Patent ID: 7110891

Claim:
A method for visually representing information pertaining to the threat to a vehicle of a magnetic mine of interest, said method comprising: determining a relationship, in a spatial region, between magnetic signature data and mine actuation data, said magnetic signature data pertaining to said vehicle, said mine actuation data pertaining to said magnetic mine; and effecting a display indicative of said relationship; said magnetic signature data including plural magnetic field values associated with said vehicle, said magnetic field values corresponding to plural locations in said spatial region, each said magnetic field value corresponding to a different said location in said spatial region; said mine actuation data including plural mine actuation criteria associated with said magnetic mine, said actuation criteria corresponding to plural locations in said spatial region, each said mine actuation criterion corresponding to a different said location in said spatial region; and said determining a relationship between said magnetic signature data and said mine actuation data including establishing a correlation, in said spatial region, between said magnetic field values and said mine actuation criteria.