IP Library Granted Patent US 9,651,945
Granted Patent B1
US 9,651,945 · App. 14/930,806 · Granted May 16, 2017

Dynamic management system, method, and recording medium for cognitive drone-swarms

Inventors: Thomas David Erickson (Minneapolis, MN); Rogerio Schmidt Feris (Hartford, CT); Clifford A. Pickover (Yorktown Heights, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G05D1/0027B64C39/024G05D1/0016G07C5/008B64C2201/126B64C2201/146
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Patent No.
US 9,651,945
App. No.
14/930,806
Granted
May 16, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method, system, and recording medium including a mission receiving device configured to receive a mission for the drone-swarm based on a user input, a drone and pattern recruiting device configured to recruit a plurality of drones based on the mission, and a flocking goal device configured to arrange the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm in a pattern to satisfy the mission.

Claims (34)

1. A dynamic management system for a drone-swarm, comprising:

a mission receiving device configured to receive a mission for the drone-swarm based on a user input;

a drone and pattern recruiting device configured to recruit a plurality of drones based on the mission;

a flocking goal device configured to arrange the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm in a pattern to satisfy the mission; and

a drone swapping device configured to swap a first drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm with a second drone that is not in the drone-swarm.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone and pattern recruiting device recruits the plurality of drones from a hive, and

wherein the drone swapping device is further configured to swap the first drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm with a third drone from the hive.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone swapping device includes a drone condition monitoring device configured to monitor a drone condition of each drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm, and

wherein the drone swapping device swaps the first drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm with the second drone that is not in the drone-swarm based on a drone condition of the first drone.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a contextual resolution-assessing device configured to monitor the drone-swarm and assess a needed resolution of the pattern to sustain a goal with a predetermined risk level.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone and pattern recruiting device recruits the plurality of drones from a plurality of hives.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a changing device configured to adaptively change the pattern of the drone-swarm based on a condition.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone and pattern recruiting device recruits the plurality of drones which comprise composite drones.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone and pattern recruiting device recruits the plurality of drones which comprise different physical characteristics based on the mission.

9. The system of claim 2 , wherein the drone swapping device includes a drone condition monitoring device configured to monitor a drone condition of each drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm, and

wherein the drone swapping device swaps the first drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm with the second drone that is not in the drone-swarm based on a drone condition of the first drone.

10. A dynamic management method for a drone-swarm, comprising:

receiving a mission for the drone-swarm based on a user input;

recruiting a plurality of drones based on the mission;

arranging the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm in a pattern to satisfy the mission; and

swapping a first drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm with a second drone that is not in the drone-swarm.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the swapping includes monitoring a drone condition of each drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm, and

wherein the swapping swaps the first drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm with the second drone that is not in the drone-swarm based on the drone condition of the first drone.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising monitoring the drone-swarm and assessing a needed resolution of the pattern to sustain a goal with a predetermined risk level.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising adaptively changing the pattern of the drone-swarm based on a condition.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a dynamic management program for a drone-swarm, the program causing a computer to perform:

receiving a mission for the drone-swarm based on a user input;

recruiting a plurality of drones based on the mission;

arranging the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm in a pattern to satisfy the mission; and

swapping a first drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm with a second drone that is not in the drone-swarm.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 14 , wherein the swapping includes monitoring a drone condition of each drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm, and

wherein the swapping swaps the first drone of the plurality of drones in the drone-swarm with the second drone that is not in the drone-swarm based on the drone condition of the first drone.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 14 , further comprising monitoring the drone-swarm and assessing a needed resolution of the pattern to sustain a goal with a predetermined risk level.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 14 , further comprising adaptively changing the pattern of the drone-swarm based on a condition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2015
From: ERICKSON, THOMAS DAVID; FERIS, ROGERIO SCHMIDT; PICKOVER, CLIFFORD A.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036945/0842 →