US 12,608,935 B2Granted

Activating a network of telescopes for optimized observation of astronomical events

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsArunava Majumdar, Naeem Altaf, Rahul Gupta, Soumitra Sarkar, Samuel R. Connor, Neil Delima

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Abstract

In an approach for interpreting one or more astronomical events and activating a network of telescopes for optimized observation of the one or more astronomical events, a processor monitors for a set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events. Responsive to detecting the set of published content, a processor extracts, interprets, and correlates the set of published content to identify an area in space related to the one or more astronomical events for observation. A processor implements a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system includes one or more registered telescopes of a network of telescopes to autonomously observe the area. A processor signals the one or more registered telescopes to capture an image of the one or more astronomical events. Responsive to the one or more registered telescopes capturing the image, a processor classifies one or more objects in the image. A processor publishes the image.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

monitoring, by one or more processors, for a set of published content regarding one or more astronomical events;
responsive to detecting the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events, extracting the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events;
interpreting and correlating the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events using natural language understanding topical analysis to identify an area in space related to the one or more astronomical events for observation of the one or more astronomical events;
implementing a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system includes one or more registered telescopes of a network of telescopes to autonomously observe the area in space related to the one or more astronomical events;
signaling the one or more registered telescopes to capture an image of the one or more astronomical events, wherein the signaling further comprises:
selecting a distribution of the one or more candidate telescopes to observe the one or more astronomical events using an image tilting algorithm;
calculating an exposure time for each of the one or more candidate telescopes;
calculating a number of exposures for a setup of the one or more candidate telescopes;
and
transmitting the exposure time and the number of exposures to each candidate telescope in the distribution;
responsive to the one or more registered telescopes capturing the image of the one or more astronomical events, classifying one or more objects in the image of the one or more astronomical events using an image classification model;
and
publishing the image of the one or more astronomical events.

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A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to monitor for a set of published content regarding one or more astronomical events;
responsive to detecting the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events, program instructions to extract the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events;
program instructions to interpret and correlate the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events using natural language understanding topical analysis to identify an area in space related to the one or more astronomical events for observation of the one or more astronomical events;
program instructions to implement a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system includes one or more registered telescopes of a network of telescopes to autonomously observe the area in space related to the one or more astronomical events;
program instructions to signal the one or more registered telescopes to capture an image of the one or more astronomical events, wherein the signaling further comprises:
program instructions to select a distribution of the one or more candidate telescopes to observe the one or more astronomical events using an image tilting algorithm;
program instructions to calculate an exposure time for each of the one or more candidate telescopes;
program instructions to calculate a number of exposures for a setup of the one or more candidate telescopes;
and
program instructions to transmit the exposure time and the number of exposures to each candidate telescope in the distribution;
responsive to the one or more registered telescopes capturing the image of the one or more astronomical events, program instructions to classify one or more objects in the image of the one or more astronomical events using an image classification model;
and
program instructions to publish the image of the one or more astronomical events.

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A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
program instructions to monitor for a set of published content regarding one or more astronomical events;
responsive to detecting the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events, program instructions to extract the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events;
program instructions to interpret and correlate the set of published content regarding the one or more astronomical events using natural language understanding topical analysis to identify an area in space related to the one or more astronomical events for observation of the one or more astronomical events;
program instructions to implement a monitoring system, wherein the monitoring system includes one or more registered telescopes of a network of telescopes to autonomously observe the area in space related to the one or more astronomical events;
program instructions to signal the one or more registered telescopes to capture an image of the one or more astronomical events, wherein the signaling further comprises:
program instructions to select a distribution of the one or more candidate telescopes to observe the one or more astronomical events using an image tilting algorithm;
program instructions to calculate an exposure time for each of the one or more candidate telescopes;
program instructions to calculate a number of exposures for a setup of the one or more candidate telescopes;
and
program instructions to transmit the exposure time and the number of exposures to each candidate telescope in the distribution;
responsive to the one or more registered telescopes capturing the image of the one or more astronomical events, program instructions to classify one or more objects in the image of the one or more astronomical events using an image classification model;
and
program instructions to publish the image of the one or more astronomical events.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.