Patents by Inventor Edward T. Geraghty

Edward T. Geraghty has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10040195
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a location of a robotic device includes collecting first environmental data corresponding to a first current location of the robotic device, generating a first location signature based on the first environmental data, driving the robotic device to enter a standby mode at a first time, driving the robotic device to wake up from the standby mode after a predetermined time elapses at a second time after the driving the robotic device to enter the standby mode, collecting second environmental data corresponding to a second current location of the robotic device, generating the second location signature generated based on the second environmental data, comparing the first and second location signatures, and determining whether a location of the robotic device has been changed between the first and second times based on a comparison result between the first and second location signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward T. Geraghty, Steven L. Lubars, John C. Nelson, Tolga Oral
  • Publication number: 20170361463
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a location of a robotic device includes collecting first environmental data corresponding to a first current location of the robotic device, generating a first location signature based on the first environmental data, driving the robotic device to enter a standby mode at a first time, driving the robotic device to wake up from the standby mode after a predetermined time elapses at a second time after the driving the robotic device to enter the standby mode, collecting second environmental data corresponding to a second current location of the robotic device, generating the second location signature generated based on the second environmental data, comparing the first and second location signatures, and determining whether a location of the robotic device has been changed between the first and second times based on a comparison result between the first and second location signatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Edward T. Geraghty, Steven L. Lubars, John C. Nelson, Tolga Oral
  • Publication number: 20170161646
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods and systems to recommend a relocation of a user based on user preferences including receiving, by a processor, user information including at least one user-define threshold related to one or more environmental characteristics and a user's location, receiving environmental data from one or more sensors related to the user's location, the environmental data related to the one or more environmental characteristics, determining the environmental data exceeds the at least one user-defined threshold, and generating a relocation recommendation to indicate a recommended location different from the user's location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Edward T. Geraghty, JR., Tolga Oral