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Enhancing sensor data by coordinating and/or correlating data attributes

  • US 8,874,266 B1
  • Filed: 08/01/2012
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving first sensor data acquired by a first sensor that is in communication with the cloud computing system, wherein the first sensor data has a first set of associated attributes including a time and a location at which the first sensor data was acquired, and wherein the first sensor data includes one or more of a first image of at least one object and a first audio signal generated by the at least one object;

    receiving second sensor data acquired by a second sensor that is in communication with the cloud computing system, wherein the second data has a second set of associated attributes including a time and a location at which the second sensor data was acquired, wherein the second sensor data includes one or more of a second image of the at least one object and a second audio signal generated by the at least one object, and wherein the first image and the second image are different images and the first audio signal and the second audio signal are different audio signals;

    generating a data processing result based at least in part on the first sensor data, the first set of associated attributes, the second sensor data, and the second set of associated attributes, wherein the data processing result includes a synchronization of the first sensor data and the second sensor data and further includes a localization of the first sensor data and the second sensor data, wherein the synchronization is based at least in part on an identification of one or more data points from the first sensor data and the second sensor data and an extrapolation of the identified data points to a common time;

    in response to the data processing result being inconclusive of an identification of the at least one object, wherein the data processing result being inconclusive is based at least in part on the localization being inconclusive, receiving third sensor data by at least one third sensor that is in communication with the cloud computing system, wherein the third sensor data has a third set of associated attributes including a time and a location at which the third sensor data is acquired, and wherein the third sensor data includes one or more of a third image of the at least one object and a third audio signal generated by the at least one object;

    generating an updated data processing result based at least in part on the first sensor data and associated attributes, the second sensor data and associated attributes, and the third sensor data and associated attributes; and

    in response to the updated data processing result being conclusive of the identification of the at least one object, providing instructions to one or more robots that are in communication with the cloud computing system to perform a task associated with the identified at least one object.

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