Network driven actuator mapping agent and bus and method of use

• US 10,295,968 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2015
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Martinez, Anthony E., Tagg, Bradley S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tang, Karen C
• Application Number:
  US14/811,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,392 Days
• Field of Search: 709224
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/00 Computing arrangements using knowledge-based models
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A network driven actuator mapping agent is provided. A system includes a sensor configured to sense an event in a first environment. The system also includes an actuator configured to perform an action in a second environment. Moreover, the system further includes a mapping manager configured to map the sensed event to the actuator to provide a custom interaction in the second environment.

Claims

1. A system for mapping interactions between environments, comprising:

at least one sensor configured to sense an event in a first environment;

a plurality of actuators configured to perform an action in any of a plurality of second environments; and

a mapping manager configured to;

use one or more mappings to determine one of the plurality of actuators to be engaged;

map the sensed event onto the engaged actuator to provide a custom interaction throughout the plurality of second environments;

determine that the engaged actuator of the plurality of actuators is unable to perform a first action corresponding to the sensed event; and

perform a mapping for the engaged actuator of the plurality of actuators, the mapping comprising reducing content of the sensed event into a second action which the engaged actuator is able to perform,

wherein the mapping manager is configured to obtain inputs from the at least one sensor, a cardinality manager, and a constraints manager, and

the mapping the sensed event onto the engaged actuator further comprises sending the inputs to a script manager which includes a corresponding script for the engaged actuator to instruct the engaged actuator to provide the custom interaction including a same result throughout the second environments as the event.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first environment and the plurality of second environments are one of a real world environment and a simulated environment.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the mapping manager is configured to obtain the inputs from the at least one sensor and one or more of the cardinality manager, the constraints manager, a proximity manager, and a synchronization manager.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the cardinality manager is configured to determine how many of the at least one sensor is in an area.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the constraints manager is configured to track one or more conditions within the first environment and the plurality of second environments.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the proximity manager is configured to determine a physicality, a type, and a context of an object.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the synchronization manager is configured to determine one or more of a timing and an order for performing one or more actions.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mapping manager is configured to perform at least one of a lossy mapping, a lossless mapping, and an abstraction mapping.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the script manager is further configured to determine an action or a sequence of actions to be performed to provide the custom interaction.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented on a computing infrastructure.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the constraints manager determines one or more constraints that exist based on real world or simulated environmental conditions.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the event is an action in the first environment; and

the constraints manager identifies a type of environment in which the action is being performed and tracks one or more conditions within the first environment including gravity, physical limitations, time limitations, and gestures.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the constraints manager uses the tracked conditions to determine whether the action performed in the first environment can be mapped onto the action in the second environments, which has different environmental constraints.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the mapping manager maps the event onto the engaged actuator, and binds and maps stimulator actions to actuator results.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is further configured to sense a plurality of voice commands.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one sensor is further configured to sense a plurality of voice gestures.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the corresponding script is defined by a user and includes an action the engaged actuator performs and a timing of the action the engaged actuator performs.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a monitoring engine configured to measure a physical quantity of the event and convert the measured physical quantity into a signal which is input to the mapping manager, each of the actuators comprises a monitoring engine configured to track a plurality of actions performed by each of the actuators and provide feedback to the mapping manager, and the script manager comprises a plurality of corresponding scripts for the actuators.