Use of IoT network and IoT ranging device for an object control system
AssigneeKiomars Anvari
InventorKiomars Anvari
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Abstract
The rise of the connected objects known as the “Internet of Things” (IoT) will rival past technological marvels. This application discloses an object control system (OCS) to control movement of an object in a smart environment. The object control system uses a virtualized shared database and a shared object management center to control the navigation and protection of moving and flying objects through an IoT network utilizing IoT devices. It also uses time of day to schedule activities of the moving, flying, stationary and fixed objects in the smart environment to allow all objects within object control system operate freely with no interference and collision.
Claims20
An object control system (OCS) to control movement of an object in a smart environment comprising:
- a shared database (SD) and a shared operation management center (SOMC) that uses an information data stored in said SD to provide an operation information data (OID);
- said SD and said SOMC are virtualized in a cloud;
- a navigation and protection system (NPS) that resides in said object;
- said NPS uses a master Internet of Things (IoT) device to communicate with said SD through an IoT network to store said information data that includes at least one of a specification of the NPS, and a regularly updated location coordinate of the NPS and obtains said OID from said SOMC to:
- perform a ranging of said objects in said smart environment;
- assess a result of said ranging;
- activate a protection device when an impact is imminent;
- or
- activate a navigation device to avoid the impact.
A method for controlling movement of an object in a smart environment, the method comprising:
- storing an information data of the object in a shared database (SD) that is virtualized in a cloud;
- visualizing a shared operation management center (SOMC) in said cloud to be used by said objects;
- installing a navigation and protection system (NPS) on the body of said object to:
- obtain a time of day (TOD) from an Internet of Things (IoT) Network using a master IoT device;
- communicate with the SD and the SOMC using said master IoT device through the IoT network to exchange said information data;
- obtain an operation information data (OID) from said SOMC;
- retrieve an operation frame from said OID that includes an absolute time and a time slot for the NPS;
- monitor the smart environment by a slave IoT ranging device;
- obtain a detected information data (DID) from said IoT ranging device that transmits a ranging signal and receives a reflected ranging signal during said time slot;
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- use an algorithm within the NPS's controller processing unit (CPU) to:
- process said detected information data (DID) including information from all the NPS's sensors or devices;
- estimate a distance and an approaching speed of said objects in the smart environment using the DID provided by the salve IoT ranging devices;
- detect an imminent impact and then activate a protection device;
- or
- activate a navigation device if a potential impact is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.