Patents by Inventor John E. Hurtado

John E. Hurtado 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).

  • Distributed optimization system
    Patent number: 6826431
    Abstract: A search system and method for controlling multiple agents to optimize an objective using distributed sensing and cooperative control. The search agent can be one or more physical agents, such as a robot, and can be software agents for searching cyberspace. The objective can be: chemical sources, temperature sources, radiation sources, light sources, evaders, trespassers, explosive sources, time dependent sources, time independent sources, function surfaces, maximization points, minimization points, and optimal control of a system such as a communication system, an economy, a crane, and a multi-processor computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Hurtado, Clark R. Dohrmann, Rush D. Robinett, III
  • Cooperating mobile robots
    Patent number: 6687571
    Abstract: A miniature mobile robot provides a relatively inexpensive mobile robot. A mobile robot for searching an area provides a way for multiple mobile robots in cooperating teams. A robotic system with a team of mobile robots communicating information among each other provides a way to locate a source in cooperation. A mobile robot with a sensor, a communication system, and a processor, provides a way to execute a strategy for searching an area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond H. Byrne, John J. Harrington, Steven E. Eskridge, John E. Hurtado
  • Distributed optimization system
    Publication number: 20030163207
    Abstract: A search system and method for controlling multiple agents to optimize an objective using distributed sensing and cooperative control. The search agent can be one or more physical agents, such as a robot, and can be software agents for searching cyberspace. The objective can be: chemical sources, temperature sources, radiation sources, light sources, evaders, trespassers, explosive sources, time dependent sources, time independent sources, function surfaces, maximization points, minimization points, and optimal control of a system such as a communication system, an economy, a crane, and a multi-processor computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: John E. Hurtado, Clark R. Dohrmann, Rush D. Robinett
  • Distributed optimization system and method
    Patent number: 6577906
    Abstract: A search system and method for controlling multiple agents to optimize an objective using distributed sensing and cooperative control. The search agent can be one or more physical agents, such as a robot, and can be software agents for searching cyberspace. The objective can be: chemical sources, temperature sources, radiation sources, light sources, evaders, trespassers, explosive sources, time dependent sources, time independent sources, function surfaces, maximization points, minimization points, and optimal control of a system such as a communication system, an economy, a crane, and a multi-processor computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Hurtado, Clark R. Dohrmann, Rush D. Robinett, III
  • Cooperative system and method using mobile robots for testing a cooperative search controller
    Patent number: 6408226
    Abstract: A test system for testing a controller provides a way to use large numbers of miniature mobile robots to test a cooperative search controller in a test area, where each mobile robot has a sensor, a communication device, a processor, and a memory. A method of using a test system provides a way for testing a cooperative search controller using multiple robots sharing information and communicating over a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond H. Byrne, John J. Harrington, Steven E. Eskridge, John E. Hurtado