Patents by Inventor Gamal SALLAM
Gamal SALLAM 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).
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Patent number: 10539967Abstract: A Two-hop Cooperative Virtual Force Robot Deployment (Two-hop COVER) technique is described. An improved Virtual force VF approach considers the mission requirements such as the number of required robots in each locality. The Two-hop COVER expedites the deployment process by establishing a cooperative relation between robots and neighboring landmarks. Two-hop cooperation is utilized as well to reduce the time and distance needed to satisfy mission requirements. In order to reduce randomness and guide remaining robots throughout the area till they find an unsatisfied landmark, each robot utilizes its history to visit only the locations that it has not visited before. Moreover, each robot will communicate with its neighboring robots and landmarks to use their current positions and history to guide its movements.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Uthman Baroudi, Gamal Sallam, Mohammed Al-Shaboti
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Patent number: 10359780Abstract: A method and cooperative system for deploying a mobile robot of a plurality of mobile robots with a plurality of fixed sensors. The method includes broadcasting a position-request message including a request for a position and a demand for mobile robots, receiving the position-request message, and transmitting a position-demand message. The method also includes receiving position-demand messages from corresponding fixed sensors, determining a distance to the corresponding fixed sensors, storing information for the corresponding fixed sensor in a fixed sensor list when the distance to the corresponding fixed sensor is less than a predetermined distance, determining a closest fixed sensor, transmitting an association request message to the closest fixed sensor, receiving the association request message, and transmitting a confirmation message when the demand of the closest fixed sensor is not equal to zero or a rejection message when the demand of the closest fixed sensor is equal to zero.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Uthman Baroudi, Gamal Sallam
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Publication number: 20180059685Abstract: A Two-hop Cooperative Virtual Force Robot Deployment (Two-hop COVER) technique is described. An improved Virtual force VF approach considers the mission requirements such as the number of required robots in each locality. The Two-hop COVER expedites the deployment process by establishing a cooperative relation between robots and neighboring landmarks. Two-hop cooperation is utilized as well to reduce the time and distance needed to satisfy mission requirements. In order to reduce randomness and guide remaining robots throughout the area till they find an unsatisfied landmark, each robot utilizes its history to visit only the locations that it has not visited before. Moreover, each robot will communicate with its neighboring robots and landmarks to use their current positions and history to guide its movements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Uthman BAROUDI, Gamal Sallam, Mohammed Al-Shaboti
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Publication number: 20170344008Abstract: A method and cooperative system for deploying a mobile robot of a plurality of mobile robots with a plurality of fixed sensors. The method includes broadcasting a position-request message including a request for a position and a demand for mobile robots, receiving the position-request message, and transmitting a position-demand message. The method also includes receiving position-demand messages from corresponding fixed sensors, determining a distance to the corresponding fixed sensors, storing information for the corresponding fixed sensor in a fixed sensor list when the distance to the corresponding fixed sensor is less than a predetermined distance, determining a closest fixed sensor, transmitting an association request message to the closest fixed sensor, receiving the association request message, and transmitting a confirmation message when the demand of the closest fixed sensor is not equal to zero or a rejection message when the demand of the closest fixed sensor is equal to zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Uthman Baroudi, Gamal Sallam
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Patent number: 9760088Abstract: A method and cooperative system for deploying a mobile robot of a plurality of mobile robots with a plurality of fixed sensors. The method includes broadcasting a position-request message including a request for a position and a demand for mobile robots, receiving the position-request message, and transmitting a position-demand message. The method also includes receiving position-demand messages from corresponding fixed sensors, determining a distance to the corresponding fixed sensors, storing information for the corresponding fixed sensor in a fixed sensor list when the distance to the corresponding fixed sensor is less than a predetermined distance, determining a closest fixed sensor, transmitting an association request message to the closest fixed sensor, receiving the association request message, and transmitting a confirmation message when the demand of the closest fixed sensor is not equal to zero or a rejection message when the demand of the closest fixed sensor is equal to zero.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Uthman Baroudi, Gamal Sallam
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Publication number: 20170227961Abstract: A method and cooperative system for deploying a mobile robot of a plurality of mobile robots with a plurality of fixed sensors. The method includes broadcasting a position-request message including a request for a position and a demand for mobile robots, receiving the position-request message, and transmitting a position-demand message. The method also includes receiving position-demand messages from corresponding fixed sensors, determining a distance to the corresponding fixed sensors, storing information for the corresponding fixed sensor in a fixed sensor list when the distance to the corresponding fixed sensor is less than a predetermined distance, determining a closest fixed sensor, transmitting an association request message to the closest fixed sensor, receiving the association request message, and transmitting a confirmation message when the demand of the closest fixed sensor is not equal to zero or a rejection message when the demand of the closest fixed sensor is equal to zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Uthman BAROUDI, Gamal SALLAM