EP4317905A1 - Schutzvorrichtung für ein gegenmanniertes luftsystem (c-uas) - Google Patents

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EP4317905A1
EP4317905A1 EP21957397.9A EP21957397A EP4317905A1 EP 4317905 A1 EP4317905 A1 EP 4317905A1 EP 21957397 A EP21957397 A EP 21957397A EP 4317905 A1 EP4317905 A1 EP 4317905A1
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Raul Assaad ALVAREZ AARAB
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
    • F41H5/06—Shields
    • F41H5/16—Shields for ordnance or tanks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H3/00—Camouflage, i.e. means or methods for concealment or disguise
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
    • F41H5/02—Plate construction
    • F41H5/023—Armour plate, or auxiliary armour plate mounted at a distance of the main armour plate, having cavities at its outer impact surface, or holes, for deflecting the projectile
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
    • F41H5/06—Shields
    • F41H5/18—Rotating shields
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H7/00—Armoured or armed vehicles

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  • the present invention belongs to the sector for the protection and safety of vehicles against an attack by means of aerial systems or C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems).
  • the present invention relates to a protection device for both civil and military vehicles and ships.
  • This system is applicable to all configurations of land, sea, and aerial vehicles and assures their protection in a short period of time against manned and unmanned aerial systems.
  • C-UAS or counter-UAS protection and defense systems are currently known. These systems usually include both passive systems (networks launched from other aerial vehicles to capture the attacking system, for example) and active systems (detection systems using radar, cameras, RF sensors, etc.), which allow the detection, identification, capture, deactivation, neutralization, retreat, and/or destruction of the attacking systems.
  • UAS aerial vehicles
  • recognition and surveillance satellites perform an essential task in reference to target detection.
  • object recognition systems capture the signature of said objects to be identified by means of machine vision and cameras, process them to extract their most important characteristics (referred to as features in the literature in the field of artificial intelligence, data science and machine learning) which are stored (whether in a database or as part of the coefficients or weights of a neural network or another type of network).
  • features in the literature in the field of artificial intelligence, data science and machine learning
  • These characteristics or features are subsequently used by onboard systems of the UAS, satellites, or other surveillance elements for comparison with the received data flows (in real time or to be later processed) from the onboard cameras or sensors.
  • the UAS makes the decisions previously defined in the design of the UAS system or of its (software or hardware) components. Some examples of decisions to be made can simply be to loiter above the target, taking further data, or attack it.
  • C-UAS systems are based on storing in a database all the signatures and characteristics or features of the different known types of UAS, loitering munition, aircraft, etc. This means that a thorough observation work of said UAS must have previously been performed with the set of sensors used for collecting and storing the signature of said UAS (radar, LIDAR, sonar, electro-optical, visual or multispectral signature, visible and infrared spectral signature, thermal signature, acoustic signature, magnetic signature, GNSS position, or others). This also means that these C-UAS systems are not prepared for a new type of UAS or for a type of UAS that has not previously been identified as its features have not been previously stored.
  • the system proposed by the patent overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks in a fully satisfactory manner, allowing the protection of vehicles, people, troops and other elements against attack by aerial systems.
  • the system of the present invention comprises different layers of protection and concealing against systems and sensors currently present in aerial platforms and satellites that perform target identification, acquisition, and tracking.
  • the objective of the different concealing and protection layers is to prevent the UAS and the systems onboard same to be able to have the signature of the vehicles, people, troops, and other elements to be protected, where, first of all, they cannot be captured and stored, and at the same time allowing vehicles to modify their different signatures (radar, LIDAR, sonar, electro-optical, visual or multispectral signature, visible and infrared spectral signature, thermal signature, acoustic signature, magnetic signature, GNSS position, or others in any band or of any type) in a quick and simple manner.
  • radar laser, LIDAR, sonar, electro-optical, visual or multispectral signature, visible and infrared spectral signature, thermal signature, acoustic signature, magnetic signature, GNSS position, or others in any band or of any type
  • any vehicle must be provided with the system of the present invention when it leaves the factory to prevent the capture and storage of its signature (visual, etc.).
  • the system of the present invention when they are in operation so that the surveillance UAV, satellites, etc., cannot distinguish among the different vehicles. That is, protection is first achieved by means of concealing and secondarily by means of modifying the signature when changing the order and type of panels making up the system of the present invention.
  • the system object of the invention which is positioned at the top of the vehicle, ship or entity to be protected, comprises a first panel, which can arranged parallel or not with respect to an upper wall of the vehicle or with respect to the surface of a turret if the vehicle is a military vehicle, and at least one attachment element for attaching the first panel to any wall, surface or attachment of the vehicle or turret.
  • the system further comprises a second panel which is attached to the first panel, and at least one attachment element between the first panel and the second panel.
  • the passive security system further comprises an additional number of panels and attachment elements between panels, depending on the level of protection needed) attached to the second panel. That is, the system of the present invention comprises a set of panels attached to one another and said set in turn being attached to the vehicle.
  • the panels can be of any shape, material, dimensions, and thickness, being positioned at different distances from one another, either maintaining a layer of air between them or not, and said panels can also be painted or decorated on their faces for camouflage purposes or simply for advertising purposes in civil vehicles which are to present a given visual signature (for example, a drawing).
  • An important feature of the invention is that it allows the disassembly of the panel structure such that the position of each panel can be interchanged, for example, changing the position of the panel farthest from the upper surface of the vehicle in order to place it in the position closest to the upper surface of the vehicle, effectively modifying the signatures of the C-UAS protection system-vehicle assembly.
  • the system allows the protection of the vehicle as it allows the disassembly of several panels from the panel structure, maintaining on the vehicle one or several of the panels and installing the disassembled panels on the ground, on poles or supports, on other surfaces far from the vehicle or on other nearby vehicles.
  • This is an important aspect when protecting parked vehicles (whether on the front lines of combat or on advanced or retreated lines), stationed troops (in trenches, etc.).
  • the preferred embodiment of the C-UAS security system (12) in vehicles, object of the invention comprises a first panel (1), a second panel (3), a third panel (5), a fourth panel (7), a fifth panel (9), one or several attachment devices for attaching the first panel to the vehicle (2) which attach the system of the present invention to the vehicle (13), one or several attachment devices for attaching the second panel to the first panel (4), one or several attachment devices for attaching the third panel to the second panel (6), one or several attachment devices for attaching the fourth panel to the third panel (8), one or several attachment devices for attaching the fifth panel to the fourth panel (10), and one or several attachment devices for attaching a set of panels of the system to the floor or to another surface (11).
  • the panels (1), (3), (5), (7) and (9) are manufactured with various materials (wood, plastic, metals, composites, etc.), can be coated with a material or paint by way of protection in order to achieve the properties of concealing and modifying the different features and signatures (radar, LIDAR, sonar, electro-optical, visual or multispectral signature, visible and infrared spectral signature, thermal signature, acoustic signature, magnetic signature, or others) required in each case.
  • radar, LIDAR, sonar, electro-optical, visual or multispectral signature, visible and infrared spectral signature, thermal signature, acoustic signature, magnetic signature, or others required in each case.
  • Figure 4 shows a view of the device of the invention with several panels disassembled from the vehicle and these panels being placed on supports near the vehicle to be protected.
  • Figure 5 shows a perspective view of several embodiments of the device of the invention with panels of different sizes, with a different number of attachments for attaching to the vehicles, with different numbers of panels, and with panels of different materials and characteristics.
  • Figure 6 shows a perspective view of the different panels (1), (3), (5), (7), (9).
  • Figure 7 shows a perspective view of the attachment devices between the panels (4), (6), (8), (10).
  • Figure 8 shows a perspective view of the attachment devices for attaching to the vehicle (2).
  • Figure 9 shows a perspective view of the attachment devices for attaching panels to the floor or to another surface (11).

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  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
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