Biologically inspired active visual communication system and method
AssigneeGeorgia Tech Research Corporation
InventorsBert BRAS, Marc WEISSBURG, Bryan COCHRAN, Hanlong LI, Bryan STARBUCK
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Abstract
An exemplary system and method are disclosed for providing visual communication between agents in a multi-agent system. In some implementations, the exemplary system and method are configured to (i) receive and decode a data packet or message visually received from other communication targets and (ii) visually transmit a reply data packet or message, in response to the communication targets, using a digital or electromechanical display.
Claims20
A receiver comprising:
- a camera configured to acquire an image of a scene;
- and
- a receiver controller comprising:
- a receiver processor;
- and
- a receiver memory having receiver instructions stored thereon, wherein execution of the receiver instructions causes the receiver processor to:
- receive an image of the scene;
- determine presence of a first fiducial marker in the received image, wherein the first fiducial marker has an encoded data packet, transmitted optically via a transmitter, having a message;
- and
- determine, via a trained artificial intelligence (AI) model, one or more observable marker elements of the first fiducial marker, wherein the one or more observable marker elements are used to determine a packet structure for a reply message or a decoding of the first fiducial marker.
A transmitter comprising:
- a transmitter controller comprising:
- a transmitter processor;
- and
- a transmitter memory having transmitter instructions stored thereon, wherein execution of the transmitter instructions causes the transmitter processor to:
- receive one or more observable marker elements of a first fiducial marker from an external device or from a camera, wherein the first fiducial marker has an encoded data packet having a message;
- determine a packet structure of the encoded data packet using the one or more observable marker elements of the first fiducial marker, wherein the determined packet structure is mapped to the one or more observable marker elements of the first fiducial marker;
- determine a second fiducial marker having a second encoded data packet, wherein the second encoded data packet has same packet structure as the determined packet structure and includes a reply message;
- and
- demonstrate the second fiducial marker on a display, wherein the second fiducial marker is subsequently imaged for extracting the second encoded data packet.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein execution of the instructions causes a receiver processor to:
- receive an image of a scene acquired by a camera;
- determine presence of a first fiducial marker in the received image, wherein the first fiducial marker has an encoded data packet, transmitted optically via a transmitter, having a message;
- and
- determine, via a trained artificial intelligence (AI) model, one or more observable marker elements of the first fiducial marker, wherein the one or more observable marker elements are used to determine a packet structure for a reply message or a decoding of the first fiducial marker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.