Inventors:
Abha Moitra - Westwood MA, US
Robert M. Mattheyses - Schenectady NY, US
Robert J. Szczerba - Endicott NY, US
Louis J. Hoebel - Burnt Hills NY, US
Virginia A. Didomizio - Latham NY, US
Boris Yamrom - Bronx NY, US
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation - Bethesda MD
International Classification:
G01C 21/00
G06F 17/00
Abstract:
A method routes an entity () through a predetermined area for scanning the content of the predetermined area. The method comprises the steps of: partitioning the predetermined area into cells (); determining a starting cell for the entity (); initiating a scan of a number of the cells from the starting cell and determining the content of each of the number of cells; and determining a total cost for the entity () to travel to each of the scanned cells and to perform a scan from each of the scanned cells.