A camera that sees in colour and in heat, microphones that hear unusual activity such as a gunshot or a drone, and drones that carry the same cameras. The system scans while the crew drives, reports what it finds on screen, and acts on spoken instruction. Nothing is sent off the vehicle.
On the mast, a camera with a colour sensor and a thermal one, and microphones that listen for unusual activity, a gunshot or a drone for example. On the roof, a drone that goes and takes a closer look, carrying the same pair of cameras, and a drone that can bring an aircraft down. Whatever the vehicle carries takes its orders from the same system, and the crew talks to that system.
Anything the system spots is listed on the screen inside the vehicle in plain words, as person one or vehicle two. The crew picks what to follow by saying that name out loud.
When the microphones or a drone notice something first, the camera turns onto it on its own and tells the crew what it has found. Deciding what to do about it stays with the crew.
Anything the crew can say, they can also do on the touchscreen inside the vehicle. Speaking is the quickest way in when their hands are busy, not the only way in. The options the system offers can be tapped as readily as spoken.
The kit fits on any patrol, police or military vehicle, and all of it runs on board. It needs no connection to anything else to do its job.
Illustrative 3D scene; geometry, ranges and timings are indicative only and not to scale. Every component and the workflow from end to end are in field testing. The operator directs the system by voice and makes every decision: follow, engage or recall. Anything irreversible requires a confirmation, and engagement of an aerial target occurs only where the operator is legally authorised.