Automatic database filtering system utilizing robotic filters

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9983580-B2
Application number	US-201715588827-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2017
Priority date	Mar 9, 2016
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A plurality of air data may be collected by a sensor within a data center. The plurality of air data is received by a processor. At least a portion of the received plurality of air data corresponding to at least one zone within the data center may be determined to satisfy a threshold. Coordinates of a geographical location associated with the zone that includes the sensor may be transmitted to a robotic filter. The robotic filter can be dispatched to the transmitted geographic location to filter the zone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processor-implemented method for filtering a plurality of air, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a plurality of air data collected by a sensor within a data center;
determining that a portion of the received plurality of air data corresponding to at least one zone within the data center satisfies a threshold;
transmitting a geographical location associated with the at least one zone that includes the sensor to a robotic filter based on determining that a portion of the received plurality of air data corresponding to the at least one zone within the data center satisfies a threshold; and
dispatching the robotic filter to the transmitted geographic location to filter the at least one zone.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
instructing the robotic filter to traverse the data center;
receiving, from the instructed robotic filter, a plurality of digital images of the data center collected by the instructed robotic filter;
locating the sensor based on the plurality received of digital images and detecting a frequency emitted by the located sensor;
organizing the data center into the at least one zone based on detecting the frequency emitted by the sensor; and
generating a digital representation of the organized data center based on the at least one zone.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining a path from the robotic filter to the at least one zone based on the transmitted geographic location and the generated digital representation of the data center; and
instructing the robotic filter to traverse the determined path.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the robotic filter has one or more filters and further comprises:
selecting a filter of the one or more filters based on the received plurality of air data; and
instructing the robotic filter to use the selected filter to filter the at least one zone.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of external air data collected from an external sensor located outside the data center;
comparing the received plurality of external air data to the received plurality of air data; and
determining the geographical location within the at least one zone for the robotic filter to be oriented when filtering the at least one zone based on comparing the received plurality of external air data and the received plurality of air data.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, in response to the received plurality of air data satisfying the threshold, the received plurality of air data to a client device to be displayed within a user interface (UI).

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
determining an air filter utilized by the robotic filter has satisfied a filter threshold; and
transmitting, in response to the determined air filter satisfying the filter threshold, a filter replacement indicator for display within the UI.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Km Shankar
• Mohanasundaram Aiswarya L

Classifications

• F24F13/28

  Arrangement or mounting of filters · CPC title

• B01D2279/51

  in clean rooms, e.g. production facilities for electronic devices, laboratories · CPC title

• B01D46/442

  by measuring the concentration of particles · CPC title

• B25J9/1664

  characterised by motion, path, trajectory planning · CPC title

• G05D1/0038 Primary

  by providing the operator with simple or augmented images from one or more cameras located onboard the vehicle, e.g. tele-operation (images analyzed by a computer and used for automatic navigation G05D1/0246) · CPC title