Patents by Inventor Michelle BLANKEN

Michelle BLANKEN 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: 11544274
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes one or more input sensor devices, one or more output devices, one or more computer processors and a memory containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of the one or more computer processors, performs an operation. The operation includes collecting information, using one or more input sensor devices, about the plurality of users within a physical environment. The operation includes analyzing the collected information to determine a present situational context for the plurality of users that are currently present within the physical environment. An action to perform is determined based on the determined present situational context. The determined action is executed using the one or more output devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Afsoun R. Yazdian, Michelle Blanken, Olivia K. De Carlo, Theodore Wei-Yun Leung
  • Publication number: 20180018373
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes one or more input sensor devices, one or more output devices, one or more computer processors and a memory containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of the one or more computer processors, performs an operation. The operation includes collecting information, using one or more input sensor devices, about the plurality of users within a physical environment. The operation includes analyzing the collected information to determine a present situational context for the plurality of users that are currently present within the physical environment. An action to perform is determined based on the determined present situational context. The determined action is executed using the one or more output devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Afsoun R. YAZDIAN, Michelle BLANKEN, Olivia K. DE CARLO, Theodore Wei-Yun LEUNG