IP Library Granted Patent US 9,986,065
Granted Patent B2
US 9,986,065 · App. 15/457,198 · Granted May 29, 2018

Secure remote actuation system with dynamic constraints

Inventors: David R. Hall (Provo, UT); Mark Hall (Springville, UT); Craig Boswell (Draper, UT); Steven Malone (Manti, UT)
H04L67/36G06F3/04847G08B25/008G08B25/10G08C17/02H04B1/38H04L12/2803H04L12/2816H04L12/2818H04L67/02H04L67/10H04L67/1097H04L67/12H04L67/125H04M1/72533H04M11/007H04W4/008H04W4/023H04W4/80H04W12/08H04W76/046H04W76/27G08C2201/12G08C2201/32Y02B60/50Y02D70/00
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,986,065
App. No.
15/457,198
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secure remote actuation system includes a remote input receptor that receives one or more user inputs from a user, a cloud-based network stores the one or more acceptable inputs, a network device obtains the one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor, the network device obtains the one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor while the user is using the user interface, a cloud-based network compares the one or more user inputs to the one or more acceptable inputs, the acceptable inputs at least partially derived from dynamically changing environmental parameters, and a remote device is controlled based on the comparison of the one or more user inputs to the one or more acceptable inputs.

Claims (20)

1. A secure remote actuation system, comprising: a remote input receptor comprising a user interface for receiving one or more user inputs from a user; a cloud-based network storing one or more acceptable inputs and comprising a network device for obtaining said one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor; wherein the network device obtains said one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor while the user is using the user interface; wherein the cloud-based network compares said one or more user inputs to said one or more acceptable inputs, the acceptable inputs at least partially derived from dynamically changing environmental parameters; and a remote device that is controlled based on the comparison of the one or more user inputs to the one or more acceptable inputs.

2. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the dynamically changing environmental parameters comprise one or more of: altitude, telemetric parameters, longitudinal coordinates, latitudinal coordinates, global positioning parameters, strength-of-signal maps, and spatial object positioning data.

3. The secure remote actuation system of claim 2 , wherein the dynamically changing environmental parameters create safety bounds defining the acceptable inputs.

4. The secure remote actuation system of claim 3 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically defined by a position of the remote device.

5. The secure remote actuation system of claim 3 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically defined by an altitude of the remote device.

6. The secure remote actuation system of claim 3 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically defined by an orientation of the remote device.

7. The secure remote actuation system of claim 3 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically defined by acceleration of the remote device.

8. The secure remote actuation system of claim 3 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically defined by velocity of the remote device.

9. The secure remote actuation system of claim 3 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically defined by a signal strength of the remote device.

10. The secure remote actuation system of claim 3 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically defined by a projected future position of the remote device based on a cloud-based map of a route of the remote device.

11. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically defined by a position of the remote device compared to other moving devices within a predefined radius of the remote device.

12. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is a robot.

13. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is a self-driving vehicle.

14. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the user device communicates wirelessly to the Internet.

15. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the user device communicates through a wire to the Internet.

16. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically updated based on one or more sensors attached to the remote device.

17. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically updated based in part on a user input.

18. The secure remote actuation system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more sensors attached to the remote device are one or more of temperature, pressure, altitude, speed, velocity, or a combination thereof.

19. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically updated based on weather conditions.

20. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the acceptable inputs are dynamically updated by geographic boundaries.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2024
From: HALL LABS LLC
To: RICHMOND VALLEY LLC
Reel/Frame 066071/0107 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2018
From: HALL, DAVID R.
To: HALL LABS LLC
Reel/Frame 047132/0022 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2018
From: HALL, DAVID R.
To: HALL LABS LLC
Reel/Frame 047058/0053 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2018
From: BOSWELL, CRAIG
To: HALL LABS LLC
Reel/Frame 046433/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2018
From: HALL, MARK
To: HALL LABS LLC
Reel/Frame 046219/0105 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation In Part 15414859 · Jan 15, 2017
Continuation 14461166 · Aug 15, 2014
Continuation In Part 14323549 · Jul 3, 2014
Continuation In Part 14323618 · Jul 3, 2014
Continuation In Part 14461128 · Aug 15, 2014
Related Publication 20170187841A1 · Jun 29, 2017