LV13880B - Method for minefield arrangement and control - Google Patents

Abstract

The innovation refers to construction of a minefield and methods of its control. The objective of the innovation is to elaborate construction of a minefield and methods of its control applying lesser tangible investment and using modern networking methods, to safeguard timing of mines positioned on the minefield according to the defined scenario of field operation, including more full-rate protection of a minefield against various mine clearing methods. The objective of the invention is achieved in such a way that, when constructing a minefield the mines are linked up in a mesh network using wire and /or wireless connections, development of mine laying (configuration blocks) and initialization of mines on the field, intercommunication of linked mines on the minefield and event management, as well as changing of previously formed mine mesh network and/or switching off mesh network in compliance with the program execution instructions, at that there are being formed physical and logical connections, uniting them within a logical mesh network without a common control point.

Description

The invention relates to methods for setting up and controlling a minefield.

There are various techniques for setting up and controlling a minefield, including mine clearance and mine clearance.

A mobile robotic assembly containing a platform with threaded rotating guides that can be used to detonate mines upon entering them is known [1],

There are various systems of guessing that operate without the presence of a mentioner at the point of mention. In these cases, mines are laid with artillery projectiles, rockets, special systems for firing mines from cluster modules. [2] There are various mine clearance systems known, such as robotic mining complexes, mainly designed as armored vehicles [3, 4],

Various techniques for detonating mines are known, including the use of detonating cords, electric detonators, and complex control panels. Such assemblies include control panel, batteries, switches, actuators, control cable system, power supply [5],

There is a known minefield, set up as a local area network, that unites robotic mine computers, which in turn can automatically determine the mine coordinates [6]. A minefield so constructed can contain hundreds of robots, which, once laid in a minefield, establish communication and interaction. After the hostilities have occurred, the local network calculates a new minefield cover scheme and begins filling the field voids. Mine-robot movement is performed mechanically or by solid rockets.

The disadvantage of all the above systems and techniques is the high material investment and they do not ensure the coordinated operation of minefields.

The object of the invention is to develop a minefield installation and management method with less material investment and, by using modern networking methods, to ensure the coordinated operation of minefields, according to well-defined minefield operation scenarios, incl. providing better protection of minefields against various mine clearance techniques.

The object of the present invention is achieved by providing a minefield for wire mesh stacking using wired and / or wireless connections, for creating and initializing mine configuration (configuration templates) in the minefield, for minefield-to-mine communication and event management, and pre-configured mine grid change and / or grid shutdown according to program execution instructions, and physical and logical mine connections are formed by combining them in a logical grid without a single central control point.

The minefield installation and its management are implemented as follows.

Minefields are known to lay mines with the capability of operating within a dedicated network, which is created during mine laying and operates without a single central control point. Minesweighing on a grid using wired and / or wireless connections. Minefields are constructed using mines equipped with technical equipment that ensures their connection. The mine deployment process is complemented with a mine network setup process that initiates automatic mine inter-initialization and pre-defined scenario execution. Mine Grid Settings (Configuration Templates) are designed to support the provision of different military scenarios based on a single grid, taking into account the action in the event of loss of one or more grid points (mines). In the mine grid initialization process determines the next operation of the grid according to the pre-selected settings (configuration templates). At the end of the grid initialization process, changes to settings made and / or mine in the grid are detected or denied. Events detected by individual mine grid points (mines) (mine sensor readings) are interpreted according to the grid-initialized settings and communicated throughout the grid network, ensuring that grid points (mines) interact seamlessly. By switching off a pre-installed mine in the grid, if this option was provided during the grid installation, the grid is reliably deactivated, reflecting the degree of exclusion, taking into account the loss of the grid points (mines) and the resulting grid breaks.

The proposed minefield construction and management technique, unlike known techniques, requires minefields to be trained during their installation phase to operate in a specific, combat-specific scenario or combination thereof.

For instance:

• Maximum Damage Mode - Mines detonate only after enemy forces have completed a specific minefield, based on individual mine sensor readings. In this condition, the mines can also be detonated without the need to re-trigger the sensors;

• Detention Mode - Minimizes damage by detonating not mines fired by sensors, but located in the direction of friendly forces, thus deterring attacking forces from proceeding further;

• mine clearance protection, which includes:

o Immediate or delayed detonation of a nearby mine if the mine to be analyzed has lost its ability to operate without notification of a detonation or, for example, the occurrence of a tensile effect is detected when using thermal demining techniques;

o the application of mine clearance detonation areas, where certain sequences of events indicating the use of mechanical means of mine clearance are detected in the grid, temporarily canceling mine detonation in a defined area in the direction of the mine clearance vehicle movement. It can be combined with a detained detonation if a mine movement is detected (mechanical mine clearance equipment equipped with specially designed plows), thus potentially damaging the forces that follow the demining vehicle.

Depending on military planning decisions, the meshed field may be set with or without the ability to deactivate it at a later time (by sending a specific deactivation code). In the first case, it is possible to provide protection against attempts to deactivate the code (detonates the mine that received the wrong code first after a certain number of unsuccessful attempts, transforms the field action scenario into a maximum loss mode, individual detonation mode with de-mining protection, etc.). In the event of an incorrect deactivation code being transmitted, a silent mode is provided in which the minefield does not respond to the signal rejector, thereby not detecting its state or changes in its state.

The proposed minefield installation and control technique is provided by executing program execution instructions contained in the physical medium, as well as executing such instructions, which results in the creation, initialization of the minefield network (configuration templates), minefield communication and event management, as well as changing the pre-defined mine grid settings and / or turning off the grid.

The developed minefield deployment and management technique allows for the coordinated operation of minefields, with well-defined minefield operational scenarios, with less material investment and modern networking techniques, and more effective protection of the minefield against different mine clearance techniques.

References:

1. Patents RU 2298761, Cl, F41H11 / 16, 2007.

2. Patents RU 2270975, C2, F42B12 / 58, 2006.

3. Patents RU 2168146, C2, F41H11 / 16, 2001.

4. Patents RU 2190825, C2, F41H11 / 16, 2002.

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6. 10.PoMaHOB, CTan> 3 Ha cyuie, xypHaji KoMn & ioTeppa, 2007.

Claims (1)

A minefield setting and control technique, which includes mine laying, mine detonation, and minefielding, characterized in that the minefield is wired and / or wirelessly connected to a mine grid by setting (configuring) a minefield. Template) creation and initialization of the minefield, minefield-to-mine mine communication and event management, and pre-configured mine grid settings and / or grid shutdowns according to program execution instructions, followed by physical and logical mine connections to a logical grid without a single central control point.