SCRIPTABLE INFERENCE NETWORKS FOR SENSOR INFORMATION FUSION

• US 20070174224A1
• Filed: 09/27/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Penn State Research Foundation (Pennsylvania State University)
• Original Assignee: Penn State Research Foundation (Pennsylvania State University)
• Inventors: SWANSON, DAVID, CURTIS, RICHARD, KASMALA, GERRY
• Application Number:
  US11/535,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20070174224A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/251 of input or preprocessed data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/043 Distributed expert systems; Blackboards

Abstract

A system for breaking down complex problems and evaluating by common continuous inference network (CINET) agents, includes a hierarchical script and a plurality of relational electronic documents wherein each electronic document includes: (a) a plurality of information input elements comprising data and confidences; (b) a fuzzy logic transfer function element; and (c) an output element.

Claims

1. A system for breaking down complex problems and evaluating by common continuous inference network agents, comprising:

a hierarchical script;

a plurality of relational electronic documents wherein each electronic document comprises;

(a) a plurality of information input elements comprising data and confidences;

(b) a fuzzy logic transfer function element;

(c) an output element;

wherein the plurality of relational electronic documents are designed by the hierarchical script.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of data collection providing input to the input elements.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising a physical device adapted to receive an output from the system.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the elements of the electronic document are tagged.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of electronic documents are XML documents.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the output element of a first of the plurality of documents comprises a reference to an input element of a second of the plurality of documents.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of electronic documents further comprises a blend transfer function to map the output element onto a normalized scale.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of relational electronic documents is associated with a sensor.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensor is a chemical sensor.

9. A method for using a hierarchy of relational electronic documents in a continuous inference network, comprising:

providing a plurality of relational electronic documents comprising;

(a) at least one input element comprising data value, a confidence value, and a scale value;

(b) a fuzzy logic transfer function element;

(c) an output element;

processing each of the plurality of relational electronic documents to provide a logical inference;

outputting the logical inference.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the step of outputting the logical inference comprises forming an additional electronic document having an output element comprising the logical inference.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the step of providing includes designing the plurality of documents using a graphical tool.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the step of outputting includes displaying on a graphical display.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising designing the plurality of relational electronic documents with a hierarchical script.

14. A system for breaking down complex problems and evaluating by common continuous inference network agents, comprising:

a hierarchical script;

a plurality of relational electronic documents where each electronic document comprises;

(a) a plurality of information input elements, comprising data and confidences,

(b) a fuzzy logic transfer function element,

(c) an output element,

wherein the plurality of relational documents are designed by the hierarchical script;

at least one data collection devices referenced by at least one input element;

a physical device for producing an output based on one of the output elements.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the at least one data collection devices is a sensor.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the physical device is a computer equipped with a display for displaying the output.