Network driven actuator mapping agent and bus and method of use

• US 9,141,907 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2013
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Martinez, Anthony E., Tagg, Bradley S.
• Primary Examiner(s): YI, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/970,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20130339282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 718/100, 700/26
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 method for mapping interactions between environments, comprising:

detecting, by a computer device, an action of a first object in a first environment as sensed by a sensor;

determining, by the computer device, that a first actuator can perform the action in a second environment based on the action of the first object in the first environment, wherein the determining comprises;

mapping, by a mapping manager, the actions of the object in the first environment as sensed by the sensor by combining sensors and actuators via mappings to provide custom interactions based on a sensed event;

determining that the first actuator of a plurality of actuators can perform the action in the second environment based on at least one of constraints of the first actuator, properties of the first actuator and proximities provided to the mapping manager, wherein the mapping manager maps the sensed event onto the first actuator, and binds and maps stimulator actions to actuator results; and

determining, by a constraints manager, one or more constraints that exist based on conditions of one of the first environment and the second environment based on real world or simulated environmental conditions such that a determination can be made as to whether the action performed in the first environment can be mapped onto the action in the second environment and performed by the first actuator, wherein the constraints manager identifies a type of environment in which the action is being performed and tracks one or more conditions within the environment including one of gravity, physical limitations, time limitations, and gestures; and

translating, by the computer device, the action of the first object to the action of the first actuator based on the action of the first object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing respective sensors on the first actuator and the first object.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the first object belongs to one or more of a plurality of types of objects.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a context of the first object, wherein the context includes one or more relationships between the first object and other objects.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a physicality of the first object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the action of the first object comprises:

determining forces acting upon the first object in the first environment.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the translating the action comprises instructing the first actuator to move in the second environment to produce a result in the second environment corresponding to the action of the first object in the first environment.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the translating the action of the first object to the action of the first actuator comprises determining a timing and an order for performing the action of the first actuator.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first environment is a simulated environment.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second environment is a simulated environment.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the second environment is a real-world environment.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the constraints are stored as metadata.

13. The method 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 environment, which has different environmental constraints.