Automated deployment of autonomous devices performing localized environment altering actions

• US 10,251,331 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2016
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gordon, Michael S., Pickover, Clifford A., Vukovic, Maja
• Primary Examiner(s): McPherson, James M
• Application Number:
  US15/155,288
• Publication Number:
  US 20170329339A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 79/00 Methods for working soil
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/104 involving a plurality of aircrafts, e.g. formation flying traffic control systems for aircraft G08G5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product, and a computer system for automated deployment of autonomous devices performing localized environment altering actions. A set of weather conditions for a region is received. Based on the weather conditions predicting the weather in the region is likely to have a negative effect on at least one living organism in the region. Then dispatching, one or more autonomous devices to the region, wherein the one or more autonomous devices comprise a set of sensors and at least one temperature altering element. The autonomous devices is directed to a first location of the first living organism, based, at least in part on a set of data received from the set of sensors. The autonomous devices is directed to alleviate at least a portion of the negative effect of the temperature to the first living organism.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, by one or more processors, a set of weather conditions for a region, wherein the set of weather conditions includes at least temperature;

predicting, by the one or more processors, whether the temperature will influence bodily functions of at least one organism of a plurality of organisms in the region, wherein the bodily functions are influenced by a temperature range of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region;

dispatching, by the one or more processor, one or more autonomous devices in response to predicting that the temperature will influence the bodily functions of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region;

receiving, by the one or more processor, information regarding a first location of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region; and

recommending, by the one or more processor, the one or more autonomous devices to perform at least one localized environment altering action to a first organism of the plurality of organisms in the region using at least one temperature altering element.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, a first type of weather temperatures and precipitation from the set of weather conditions, wherein the first type of weather temperatures cause hyperthermia and frostbite; and

determining, by the one or more processors, the at least one localized environment altering action is to provide heat to the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the one or more processors, an accumulation of snow on an entity, wherein the entity is at least a sidewalk, a roof, or a back of an animal; and

responsive to detecting the accumulation of snow, directing, by the one or more processors, the one or more autonomous devices to provide an airstream to move the accumulation of snow away from the entity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommending the one or more autonomous devices to perform the at least one localized environment altering action to the first organism of the plurality of organisms in the region, comprises:

detecting, by the one or more processors, at least one grouping of organisms including the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region, wherein the at least one living organism of the plurality of organisms in the region comprises one of the following;

an animal, a human, and a plant; and

analyzing, by the one or more processors, the first location of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region, based in part on determining a centroid and k-means clustering of the at least one grouping of organisms.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

utilizing, by the one or more processors, a set of sensors residing within the one or more autonomous devices, wherein the set of sensors are selected from a the group consisting of;

a camera;

global positioning system (GPS);

an infrared (IR) sensor;

pressure sensors;

thermal imaging;

electric field sensing; and

acoustic sensors.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors, information regarding a second location of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region;

recommending, by the one or more processors, the one or more autonomous devices to perform at least one localized environment altering action at the second location using at least one temperature altering element.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the one or more processors, at least two organisms of the plurality of organisms in the region within in the first location;

determining, by the one or more processors, at least an age or health of each organism of the plurality of organisms in the region; and

providing, by the one or more processors, the at least one localized environment altering action to an organism determined to be weakest of the plurality of organisms of the region, based, at least in part, on the age and health of the at least two organisms of the plurality of organisms of the region.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region is negatively affected due to the temperature, based, at least in part, on received information from a set of sensors on the one or more autonomous devices.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region is negatively affected due to the temperature based, at least in part, on a behavioral monitor.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting, by the one or more processors, movement of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region to determine a second location to provide the at least one localized environment altering action, based in part on noise tolerant time-varying factor graphs.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, a second type of weather temperatures from the set of weather conditions, wherein the second type of weather temperatures cause heat strokes, dehydration, and heat exhaustion;

determining, by the one or more processors, the at least one localized environment altering action is to provide cooling to the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, the at least one organism of the plurality of organism in the region is negatively affected due to the temperature comprises, by comparing a current body temperature of the at least one organism of the plurality of organism in the region to a known body temperature of at least one living organism.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, at least one characteristic of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region based, at least in part, on a deep neural net, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises one of the following;

a species of the least one living organism;

an age category of the least one living organism; and

a health status of the least one living organism.

14. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage device being executed by a processor, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to detect a set of weather conditions for a region, wherein the set of weather conditions include at least temperature;

program instructions to predict whether the temperature will influence bodily functions of at least one organism of a plurality of organisms in the region, wherein the bodily functions are influenced by a temperature range of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region;

program instructions to dispatch one or more autonomous devices in response to predicting the temperature influence the bodily functions of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region;

program instructions to receive information regarding a first location of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region; and

program instructions to recommend the one or more autonomous devices to perform at least one localized environment altering action to a first organism of the plurality of organisms in the region using at least one temperature altering element.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the program instructions to recommend the one or more autonomous devices to perform the at least one localized environment altering action to the first organism of the plurality of organisms in the region, comprise:

program instructions to detect at least one grouping of organisms including the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region, wherein the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region comprises one of the following;

an animal, a human, and a plant; and

program instructions to analyze the first location of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region, based in part on determining a centroid and k-means clustering of the at least one grouping of organisms.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions to utilize a set of sensors residing in the one or more autonomous devices, wherein the set of sensors are selected from a group consisting of;

a camera;

global positioning system (GPS);

an infrared (IR) sensor;

pressure sensors;

thermal imaging;

electric field sensing; and

acoustic sensors.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions to determine the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region is negatively affected due to the temperature, based, at least in part, on a behavioral monitor.

18. A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage devices;

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to detect a set of weather conditions for a region, wherein the set of weather conditions include at least temperature;

program instructions to predict whether the temperature will influence bodily functions of at least one organism of a plurality of organisms in the region, wherein the bodily functions are influenced by a temperature range of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region;

program instructions to dispatch one or more autonomous devices in response to predicting that the temperature will influence the bodily functions of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region;

program instructions to receive information regarding a first location of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region; and

program instructions to recommend the one or more autonomous devices to perform at least one localized environment altering action to a first organism of the plurality of organisms in the region using at least one temperature altering element.

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the program instructions to recommend the one or more autonomous devices to perform the at least one localized environment altering action to the first organism of the plurality of organisms in the region, comprise:

program instructions to detect at least one grouping of organisms including the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms, wherein the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region comprises one of the following;

an animal, a human and a plant; and

program instructions to analyze the first location of the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region, based in part on determining a centroid and k-means clustering of the at least one grouping of organisms.

20. The computer system of claim 18 further comprising:

program instructions to determine the at least one organism of the plurality of organisms in the region is negatively affected due to the temperature, based, at least in part, on a behavioral monitor.