Drone captcha

• US 10,534,362 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2017
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Weldemariam, Komminist, Sailer, Anca, Pickover, Clifford A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tan Q
• Application Number:
  US15/679,558
• Publication Number:
  US 20190056726A1
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 701 2
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/00 UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/60 for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/64 for parcel delivery or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/00 UAVs characterised by their flight controls
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0022 characterised by the communication link data switching networks in general H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0034 Assembly of a flight plan
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0069 specially adapted for an unmanned aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/045 Navigation or guidance aids, e.g. determination of anti-collision manoeuvers radar or analogous systems specially adapted for anti-collision between aircraft G01S13/933
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/01 Assessment or evaluation of speech recognition systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/225 Feedback of the input speech

Abstract

A request to determine a drone'"'"'s capability may be received. A request type of the request and service context may be determined. A challenge may be generated based on the request type and the service context. The challenge may be presented to a drone and causing the drone to attempt the challenge. Information may be received from the drone, the information indicating the drone'"'"'s response to the challenge attempted by the drone. The drone may be controlled to perform a given task or not perform the given task, based on the information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request to determine a drone'"'"'s capability;

determining a request type of the request and service context;

generating a challenge based on the request type and the service context;

presenting the challenge to a drone and causing the drone to attempt the challenge;

receiving information from the drone, the information indicating the drone'"'"'s response to the challenge attempted by the drone; and

scoring the drone'"'"'s response and based on the drone'"'"'s response that is scored, the drone is permitted or not permitted to perform the given task.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request comprises a signal from a package the drone is to deliver to a destination location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is received by scanning an infrared (IR) tag coupled to a package associated with the given task.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the challenge comprises performing a flight maneuver, demonstrating speech recognition ability to a defined level, demonstrating one or more of collision avoidance ability, navigation ability, imaging ability, engine horsepower capacity, stabilization ability during load carrying, access to people, noise levels at different engine speeds, or combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated challenge is context dependent.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the context comprises weather, time of day, and risk level associated with the given task.

7. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to:

receive a request to determine a drone'"'"'s capability;

determine a request type of the request and service context;

generate a challenge based on the request type and the service context;

present the challenge to a drone and causing the drone to attempt the challenge;

receive information from the drone, the information indicating the drone'"'"'s response to the challenge attempted by the drone; and

score the drone'"'"'s response and the drone is permitted or not permitted to perform the given task based on the score.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the request comprises a signal from a package the drone is to deliver to a destination location.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the request is received by scanning an infrared (IR) tag coupled to a package associated with the given task.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the challenge comprises performing a flight maneuver, demonstrating speech recognition ability to a defined level, demonstrating one or more of collision avoidance ability, navigation ability, imaging ability, engine horsepower capacity, stabilization ability during load carrying, access to people, noise levels at different engine speeds, or combinations thereof.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the generated challenge is context dependent.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the context comprises weather, time of day, and risk level associated with the given task.

13. A system comprising:

at least one hardware processor;

a memory device coupled to the at least on hardware processor;

the at least one hardware processor operable to receive a request to determine a drone'"'"'s capability;

the at least one hardware processor operable to determine a request type of the request and service context;

the at least one hardware processor operable to generate a challenge based on the request type and the service context and store the generated challenge in the memory device;

the at least one hardware processor operable to present the challenge to a drone and causing the drone to attempt the challenge;

the at least one hardware processor operable to receive information from the drone, the information indicating the drone'"'"'s response to the challenge attempted by the drone; and

the at least one hardware processor operable to score the drone'"'"'s response and the drone is permitted or not permitted to perform the given task based on the score.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the request comprises a signal from a package the drone is to deliver to a destination location.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the request is received by scanning an infrared (IR) tag coupled to a package associated with the given task.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the challenge comprises performing a flight maneuver, demonstrating speech recognition ability to a defined level, demonstrating one or more of collision avoidance ability, navigation ability, imaging ability, engine horsepower capacity, stabilization ability during load carrying, access to people, noise levels at different engine speeds, or combinations thereof.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the generated challenge is context dependent.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the context comprises weather, time of day, and risk level associated with the given task.