US 12,135,366 B2
Active protection system and method of operating active protection systems
Uwe Illner, Oberkochen (DE); Jan Erbe, Aalen (DE); Martin Welzenbach, Aalen (DE); Oliver Römpp, Aalen (DE); Oliver Rudow, Hohenbrunn (DE); Franck Friedlander, Munich (DE); Felix Blume, Neubiberg (DE); and Carlos Martini, Vierkirchen (DE)
Assigned to HENSOLDT SENSORS GmbH, Taufkirchen (DE)
Filed by HENSOLDT SENSORS GMBH, Taufkirchen (DE)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,217.
Claims priority of application No. 20199573 (EP), filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0207974 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 13/86 (2006.01); F41H 11/02 (2006.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC G01S 13/867 (2013.01) [F41H 11/02 (2013.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An active protection system comprising:
a surveillance camera unit configured to provide an all-around view and image data of a region of interest;
a detection and countermeasure unit configured to detect a potential threat and, upon a confirmation of the potential threat as a confirmed threat, to activate a countermeasure suitable to at least mitigate the confirmed potential threat; and
a central processing unit configured to confirm the detected potential threat based on the image data of the surveillance camera unit and to provide data indicating the confirmed threat;
a human-machine interface (HMI) including a display device and inputs to control the surveillance camera unit and the detection and countermeasure unit, wherein the HMI represents a common interface to visualize both images obtained from the surveillance camera system and objects detected by the detection and countermeasure unit,
wherein the central processing unit and the HMI with the display are shared hardware of the surveillance camera unit and the detection and countermeasure unit,
wherein the central processing unit and the HMI are accommodated within a common housing, and
wherein the detection and countermeasure unit includes one or more countermeasure devices, and wherein the one or more countermeasure devices include, as a countermeasure, at least one of the following: a laser dazzler and a smoke dispenser.