Signaling device for teaching learning devices

• US 9,679,491 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2014
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Canoy, Michael-David Nakayoshi, Konertz, Anne Katrin, Chau, Kiet Tuan, Mohan, Siddharth
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Paulinho E
• Application Number:
  US14/286,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20140349269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,117 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

Various embodiments for conducting proxy teaching for learning devices within a decentralized system, including an embodiment method with operations for obtaining, by a teacher signaling device, objectives data related to activities of one or more of the learning devices, generating, by the teacher signaling device, teaching routines based on the obtained objectives data, and broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, teaching signals configured to teach one or more of the learning devices based on the generated teaching routines. Other embodiments may obtain objectives data by requesting reflex information from the learning devices or intercepting event report messages transmitted by the learning devices. Other embodiments may include broadcasting discovery signals to identify nearby learning devices and modifying teaching routines when objectives of the generated teaching routines cannot be achieved. Other embodiments may include transmitting an authorization request to a user device to determine whether to broadcast teaching signals.

Claims

1. A method for a teacher signaling device to conduct proxy teaching for learning devices within a decentralized system, comprising:

obtaining, by the teacher signaling device, objectives data related to activities of one or more of the learning devices;

generating, by the teacher signaling device, teaching routines based on an evaluation of the obtained objectives data that indicates desired behaviors of the learning devices and an identification of commands for causing the one or more of the learning devices to perform the desired behaviors;

determining, by the teacher signaling device, whether objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved at a given time by available learning devices nearby the teacher signaling device based on capabilities of the available learning devices;

identifying, by the teacher signaling device, adjustments to the teaching routines for achieving the objectives at the given time with the capabilities of the available learning devices in response to determining the objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved by the available learning devices at the given time;

modifying, by the teacher signaling device, the generated teaching routines in response to identifying the adjustments; and

broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, teaching signals configured to teach one or more of the available learning devices based on the generated teaching routines by providing event information that adjusts data for controlling behaviors that is stored locally at the one or more of the available learning devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining, by the teacher signaling device, objectives data related to activities of one or more of the learning devices comprises:

broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, signals requesting information from stored data indicating learned behaviors of the one or more of the learning devices;

receiving, by the teacher signaling device, response messages including the information from the stored data indicating learned behaviors of the one or more of the learning devices; and

obtaining, by the teacher signaling device, the objectives data from the information from the received response messages.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining, by the teacher signaling device, objectives data related to activities of one or more of the learning devices comprises:

intercepting, by the teacher signaling device, event report messages transmitted by the one or more of the learning devices; and

obtaining, by the teacher signaling device, the objectives data based on the intercepted event report messages.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the teacher signaling device, whether objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved at a given time by available learning devices nearby the teacher signaling device based on capabilities of the available learning devices comprises:

broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, discovery signals requesting identifying responses from the available learning devices that indicate at least a device type for each of the available learning devices;

receiving, by the teacher signaling device, the identifying responses from the available learning devices in response to the broadcast discovery signals; and

determining, by the teacher signaling device, whether the objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved based on the received identifying responses.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, by the teacher signaling device, an authorization request to a user device; and

determining, by the teacher signaling device, whether an authorization is received from the user device in response to the transmitted authorization request,

wherein broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, the teaching signals comprises broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, the teaching signals in response to determining that the authorization is received from the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, a first signal that causes the available learning devices to enter a learning mode; and

broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, a second signal that causes the available learning devices to exit the learning mode.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, a signal that causes the available learning devices to reset a trigger weight for a reflex.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

intercepting, by the teacher signaling device, event report messages transmitted by the available learning devices in response to the broadcast teaching signals;

updating, by the teacher signaling device, stored data indicating historical information associated with the generated teaching routines based on the intercepted event report messages and the broadcast teaching signals; and

displaying, by the teacher signaling device, the updated stored data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

intercepting, by the teacher signaling device, event report messages transmitted by the learning devices;

obtaining, by the teacher signaling device, an image of at least a portion of an environment including the learning devices;

correlating, by the teacher signaling device, the learning devices to segments of the obtained image;

identifying, by the teacher signaling device, a relationship between the learning devices based on the intercepted event report messages;

displaying, by the teacher signaling device, graphical user interface elements indicating the identified relationship on the obtained image; and

broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, an event report message in response to receiving a first user input on a graphical user interface element related to the identified relationship.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a second user input that adjusts the graphical user interface element related to the identified relationship,

wherein broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, the teaching signals comprises broadcasting, by the teacher signaling device, the teaching signals based on the received second user input adjusting the graphical user interface element.

11. A computing device, comprising:

a wireless receiver and transmitter; and

a processor coupled to the wireless receiver and transmitter and configured with processor-executable instructions for performing operations comprising;

obtaining objectives data related to activities of learning devices within a decentralized system;

generating teaching routines based on an evaluation of the obtained objectives data that indicates desired behaviors of the learning devices and an identification of commands for causing the learning devices to perform the desired behaviors;

determining whether objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved at a given time by available learning devices nearby the computing device based on capabilities of the available learning devices;

identifying adjustments to the teaching routines for achieving the objectives at the given time with the capabilities of the available learning devices in response to determining the objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved by the available learning devices at the given time;

modifying the generated teaching routines in response to identifying the adjustments; and

broadcasting teaching signals configured to teach one or more of the available learning devices based on the generated teaching routines by providing event information that adjusts data for controlling behaviors that is stored locally at the one or more of the available learning devices.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that obtaining objectives data related to activities the learning devices comprises:

broadcasting signals requesting information from stored data indicating learned behaviors of the learning devices;

receiving response messages including the information from the stored data indicating learned behaviors of the learning devices; and

obtaining the objectives data from the information from the received response messages.

13. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that obtaining objectives data related to activities of the learning devices comprises:

intercepting event report messages transmitted by the learning devices; and

obtaining the objectives data based on the intercepted event report messages.

14. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that determining whether objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved at a given time based on capabilities of available learning devices comprises:

broadcasting discovery signals requesting identifying responses from the available learning devices that indicate at least a device type for each of the available learning devices;

receiving the identifying responses from the available learning devices in response to the broadcast discovery signals; and

determining whether the objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved based on the received identifying responses.

15. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

transmitting an authorization request to a user device; and

determining whether an authorization is received from the user device in response to the transmitted authorization request,

wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that broadcasting the teaching signals comprises broadcasting the teaching signals in response to determining that the authorization is received from the user device.

16. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

broadcasting a first signal that causes the one or more of the available learning devices to enter a learning mode; and

broadcasting a second signal that causes the one or more of the available learning devices to exit the learning mode.

17. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising broadcasting a signal that causes the one or more of the available learning devices to reset a trigger weight for a reflex.

18. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

intercepting event report messages transmitted by the one or more of the available learning devices in response to the broadcast teaching signals;

updating stored data indicating historical information associated with the generated teaching routines based on the intercepted event report messages and the broadcast teaching signals; and

displaying the updated stored data.

19. The computing device of claim 11, further comprising:

a display; and

a camera,

wherein the processor is coupled to the display and the camera, and configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising;

intercepting event report messages transmitted by the learning devices;

obtaining an image of at least a portion of an environment including the learning devices;

correlating the learning devices to segments of the obtained image;

identifying a relationship between the learning devices based on the intercepted event report messages;

presenting on the display graphical user interface elements indicating the identified relationship on the obtained image; and

broadcasting an event report message in response to receiving a first user input on a graphical user interface element related to the identified relationship.

20. The computing device of claim 19, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a second user input that adjusts the graphical user interface element related to the identified relationship,

wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that broadcasting, the teaching signals comprises broadcasting the teaching signals based on the received second user input adjusting the graphical user interface element.

21. A computing device, comprising:

means for obtaining objectives data related to activities of learning devices within a decentralized system;

means for generating teaching routines based on an evaluation of the obtained objectives data that indicates desired behaviors of the learning devices and an identification of commands for causing the learning devices to perform the desired behaviors;

means for determining whether objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved at a given time by available learning devices nearby the computing device based on capabilities of the available learning devices;

means for identifying adjustments to the teaching routines for achieving the objectives at the given time with the capabilities of the available learning devices in response to determining the objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved by the available learning devices at the given time;

means for modifying the generated teaching routines in response to identifying the adjustments; and

means for broadcasting teaching signals configured to teach one or more of the available learning devices based on the generated teaching routines by providing event information that adjusts data for controlling behaviors that is stored locally at the one or more of the available learning devices.

22. The computing device of claim 21, wherein means for obtaining objectives data related to activities of the learning devices comprises:

means for broadcasting signals requesting information from stored data indicating learned behaviors of the learning devices;

means for receiving response messages including the information from the stored data indicating learned behaviors of the learning devices; and

means for obtaining the objectives data from the information from the received response messages.

23. The computing device of claim 21, wherein means for obtaining objectives data related to activities of the learning devices comprises:

means for intercepting event report messages transmitted by the learning devices; and

means for obtaining the objectives data based on the intercepted event report messages.

24. The computing device of claim 21, wherein determining whether objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved at a given time based on capabilities of available learning devices comprises:

means for broadcasting discovery signals requesting identifying responses from the available learning devices that indicate at least a device type for each of the learning devices;

means for receiving the identifying responses from the available learning devices in response to the broadcast discovery signals; and

means for determining whether the objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved based on the received identifying responses.

25. The computing device of claim 23, further comprising:

means for transmitting an authorization request to a user device; and

means for determining whether an authorization is received from the user device in response to the transmitted authorization request, and

wherein means for broadcasting the teaching signals comprises means for broadcasting the teaching signals in response to determining that the authorization is received from the user device.

26. The computing device of claim 23, further comprising:

means for broadcasting a first signal that causes the available learning devices to enter a learning mode; and

means for broadcasting a second signal that causes the available learning devices to exit the learning mode.

27. The computing device of claim 23, further comprising means for broadcasting a signal that causes the one or more of the available learning devices to reset a trigger weight for a reflex.

28. The computing device of claim 23, further comprising:

means for intercepting event report messages transmitted by the one or more of the available learning devices in response to the broadcast teaching signals;

means for updating stored data indicating historical information associated with the generated teaching routines based on the intercepted event report messages and the broadcast teaching signals; and

means for displaying the updated stored data.

29. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a computing device to perform operations comprising:

obtaining objectives data related to activities of learning devices within a decentralized system;

generating teaching routines based on an evaluation of the obtained objectives data that indicates desired behaviors of the learning devices and an identification of commands for causing the learning devices to perform the desired behaviors;

determining whether objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved at a given time by available learning devices nearby the computing device based on capabilities of the available learning devices;

identifying adjustments to the teaching routines for achieving the objectives at the given time with the capabilities of the available learning devices in response to determining the objectives of the generated teaching routines can be achieved by the available learning devices at the given time;

modifying the generated teaching routines in response to identifying the adjustments; and

broadcasting teaching signals configured to teach one or more of the available learning devices based on the generated teaching routines by providing event information that adjusts data for controlling behaviors that is stored locally at the one or more of the available learning devices.

30. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the processor of the computing device to perform operations such that obtaining objectives data related to activities of one or more of the learning devices comprises:

broadcasting signals requesting information from stored data indicating learned behaviors of the learning devices;

receiving response messages including the information from the stored data indicating learned behaviors of the learning devices; and

obtaining the objectives data from the information from the received response messages.