Psychology Patents (Class 434/236)
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Patent number: 10013982Abstract: A conversation processing apparatus includes a sound collection unit configured to collect voice signals of a plurality of speakers, a conversation recording unit configured to record the voice signals of the speakers collected by the sound collection unit, and a conversation analysis unit configured to calculate a degree to which a conversation between any two speakers is stimulated by analyzing the conversation between the two speakers from the voice signals recorded on the conversation recording unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Mizumoto, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Kenta Utsunomiya
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Patent number: 10003557Abstract: Preserving collaborative history includes detecting a trigger for a chat session between at least two participants using a processor and, responsive to the trigger, obtaining event data for an event occurring during the chat session and involving at least one of the participants. The event data is included within a transcript of the chat session. In other cases, event data is obtained from external systems that is correlated with the chat session and is included within the transcript.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Josef A. Scherpa, Tracee L. Wolf
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Patent number: 10003556Abstract: Preserving collaborative history includes detecting a trigger for a chat session between at least two participants using a processor and, responsive to the trigger, obtaining event data for an event occurring during the chat session and involving at least one of the participants. The event data is included within a transcript of the chat session. In other cases, event data is obtained from external systems that is correlated with the chat session and is included within the transcript.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUISNESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Josef A. Scherpa, Tracee L. Wolf
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Patent number: 9984584Abstract: Systems and methods for brain stimulation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Lotus Magnus, LLCInventors: Timothy Walter, Uma Marar
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Patent number: 9979833Abstract: A using time control method for electronic device includes the following steps. In a monitoring period, obtain a first usage datum of a first event executed by the electronic device, a second usage datum of a second event executed by the electronic device and a third usage datum of the first event and the second event both executed by electronic device. Obtain a detection value according to a first weighting rule, the first usage datum, the second usage datum and the third usage datum. Selectively limit the part of operation functions of the electronic device according to the detection value and the first threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: WISTRON CORP.Inventor: Rich Li
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Patent number: 9977562Abstract: System and method for facilitating an interactive engagement of a user with an online application is disclosed. The method comprises presenting one or more first questions, to the user, associated with the online application. For the one or more first questions, a first response is received from the user. The first response indicates behavioral characteristics of the user. The method comprises assigning a first engagement metric based on the first response. Further, one or more second questions are presented, to the user, associated with the online application. The one or more second questions are dynamically restructured based on the first engagement metric. The method comprises receiving a second response corresponding to the one or more second questions. The method further comprises modifying the first engagement metric into a second engagement metric based on the second response. The method further comprises calculating a score based on the second engagement metric.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITEDInventors: Sneha Bose, Vibhor Goswami, Shalin Garg, Sandhya S L, Sathish Vallat, Nikhil Sahoo, Annie Thomas
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Patent number: 9978287Abstract: Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for improving tennis stroke recognition that includes: outputting on an output device a video or animation of an opponent player executing a tennis stroke, a layout of the near court, and one or more tennis stroke indicators corresponding to different tennis strokes; detecting a first user gesture or voice utterance adjacent to the output device to select one of the tennis stroke indicators a user believes is executed by the opponent player; detecting a second user gesture adjacent to the output device identifying a location in the layout of the near court the user expects the ball to hit; and updating the output device to display an actual type of tennis stroke executed by the opponent player and an actual location in the layout of the near court the ball hits as a result of the actual tennis stroke executed by the opponent.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Inventor: Peter Fadde
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Patent number: 9947023Abstract: A method that provides a virtual presentation includes providing a real-world toy associated with a registration code, receiving the code by a registration subsystem via a computer interface of a computer system, and validating the registration code. Responsive to the validating, the computer system processes the registration code to transform the real-world toy into a virtual toy that is a virtual replica of the real-world toy in a virtual world to be displayed by a computer display. Content is provided for displaying a virtual room and a selection of virtual furnishings. In response a user command, the virtual furnishings are provided, arranged and displayed at an initial location within the virtual room. In response to another user command, the one or more virtual furnishings are moved to a new virtual location within the virtual room. The virtual toy interacts with one of the virtual furnishings and exhibits an animated response that simulates a real-world activity.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: GANZInventor: Howard Ganz
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Patent number: 9946334Abstract: A method of objectively measuring a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle user interface. The method includes objectively measuring the driver's ability to perform each one of a plurality of calibration tasks of various degrees of difficulty including an easy task, a medium task, and a difficult task; generating a scale with which to evaluate the driver's ability to operate the user interface, the scale customized for the driver based on the objective measurements of the driver's ability to perform each calibration task; objectively measuring the driver's ability to operate a function of the motor vehicle user interface; and objectively evaluating the driver's ability to operate the function of the motor vehicle user interface using the scale to determine if the user interface is appropriate for the driver.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.Inventors: Silviu Pala, Seishi Yoshida, Justin McBride, Carolina Rigney, Bo Sun
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Patent number: 9934779Abstract: A conversation data acquiring unit acquires conversation data indicating speech of each speaker in a conversation. A conversation state analyzing unit analyzes an amount of speech of each speaker in the conversation and a degree of influence of the speech of each speaker on the conversation on the basis of the conversation data. A role determining unit determines a role of each speaker in the conversation on the basis of the amount of speech and the degree of influence of the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Mizumoto, Shunichi Hagiya, Tomoyuki Sahata
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Patent number: 9918204Abstract: In one embodiment, a technique is provided for tracking a mobile device within a building. A course position estimate of the mobile device is determined using a positioning system. The course position estimate indicates a room in which the mobile device is located. One or more sensors of the mobile device capture a live point cloud of surroundings of the mobile device. Tracking software accesses a portion of a pre-captured point cloud of the interior of the building that serves as a reference. The portion of the pre-captured point cloud corresponds to the room indicated by the course position estimate. Once the initial pose is determined, an updated pose of the mobile device is determined when the mobile device is moved, based on a further comparison of the live point cloud to the portion of the pre-captured point cloud.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Bentley Systems, IncorporatedInventors: Stéphane Côté, Francois Rheault
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Patent number: 9904054Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) device includes a plurality of deformation sensors attached to a liner formed around a periphery of a HMD, adopted for direct or indirect contact a user's face. The deformation sensors measure deformations of the liner caused by movement of an upper portion of a user's face when the user is wearing the HMD. The deformation sensors are strain gauges embedded in or otherwise coupled to the liner of the HMD. The sensors translate muscle movements of the upper face of the user to changes in the bending strain and radius of curvature on the surface of the strain gauges. The HMD includes a module that reconstructs and projects a facial animation model of the user based on signals from the deformation sensors while the HMD is in use by the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Oculus VR, LLCInventors: Tristan Thomas Trutna, Laura Cristina Trutoiu, William Aaron Nicholls
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Patent number: 9901294Abstract: The subject device and associated system relates generally to assessing impairment of an individual to determine whether to provide access to operate a motor vehicle, providing an ignition interlock that works without requiring modification in a motor vehicle and allowing an individual to start the vehicle only following measurement of blood alcohol content or following a series of cognitive tasks to determine the level of impairment. The systems and devices described herein relate incorporate a shielded case designed to disable communication between wireless car keys and the corresponding motor vehicles. This method of achieving an ignition interlock can be combined with a breathalyzer, or with a fingerprint alcohol sensor, or with cognitive tests running on a mobile computing device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Inventor: Kiara Wahnschafft
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Patent number: 9895085Abstract: A method includes receiving data representing graphomotor motion during a succession of executions of graphomotor diagnostic tasks performed in a medical context by a subject, processing the received data using a computer, including determining a first set of quantitative features from a first execution of a task by the subject, and determining a second set of quantitative features from a second execution of a task by the subject, determining one or more metrics based on a comparison to the successive executions, including using at least the first set of quantitative features and the second set of quantitative features to determine said metrics, and providing a diagnostic report associated with neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the subject's execution of the tasks based on the determined metrics.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lahey Clinic Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Randall Davis, Dana L. Penney
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Patent number: 9892315Abstract: Techniques for behavior detection in electronic examinations may be realized as a method including: collecting sensor data of an examinee taking an electronic examination, the sensor data including visual image data of the examinee taken over time; automatically detecting from the collected sensor data a pattern of behavior correlated with potential misconduct; and providing an alert to an administrator of the electronic examination based on the detected pattern of behavior. The techniques may further be realized as a system configured to collect visual image data of the examinee and one or more processors configured to carry out the method.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Sension, Inc.Inventors: Catalin Voss, Nicholas Joseph Haber
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Patent number: 9884258Abstract: In a communication device comprising an operating system platform, which is operable to provide wired and/or wireless communication, and gaming, automatically detecting by the operating system platform, occurrence of one or more engaging gameplay moments for a corresponding game. For one or more users, the operating system platform may be operable to monitor one or more variables for the game to detect the occurrence of the one or more engaging gameplay moments. The operating system platform may be operable to detect whether to share information related to the one or more engaging gameplay moments with one or more social networking destinations.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jonathan Huang, Jennifer Anne Lees
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Patent number: 9886567Abstract: In one embodiment, receiving a first action from a user of a computing device, wherein the first action causes the computing device to power up while a screen of the computing device is locked; obtaining a plurality of dynamic information items relevant to the user of the computing device; and displaying at least one of the plurality of dynamic information items on the locked screen of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Erick Tseng, Matthew Cahill
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Patent number: 9881515Abstract: A cognitive training system provides cognitive skills development using a suite of music and sound based exercises. Visual, auditory, and tactile sensory stimuli are paired in various combinations to build and strengthen cross-modality associations. The system includes a cognitive skills development platform in which training video-games and cartoons are user presented. The platform uses computer implemented systems and methods for training a user with the aim of enhancing processes, skills, and/or development of user intelligence, attention, language skills and brain functioning. The cognitive training system may be utilized by users of varying, or no, musical skills and is presented at a difficulty level corresponding to user characteristics, age, interests and attention span. User characteristics may be assessed in several manners, including retrieval of past performance data on one or more of the exercises.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Inventor: Sylvain Jean-Pierre Daniel Moreno
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Patent number: 9875647Abstract: A computer system detects a trigger event, which includes detecting an unverified user within the premises. A notification is provided regarding the detected trigger event to one or more authorized users distinct from the unverified user. Further, a first user input responsive to the notification and corresponding to instructions to execute a first security protocol is received from a first authorized user of the one or more authorized users. In response to receiving the first user input, the first security protocol is executed. Executing the first security protocol includes presenting to the unverified user an authentication request and monitoring the premises for a response to the authentication request. Furthermore, executing the first security protocol includes executing or declining to execute a second security protocol based on the response to the authentication request.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Harry Tannenbaum, Scott Hong
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Patent number: 9875663Abstract: A modular learning system is provided for providing learning users a plurality of learning applications. On occasion, learning users may wish to develop personalized testing systems to determine the learning user's progress. In the modular learning system, individual learning applications are selected by the learning users. The learning applications include learning content and are provided to the user with a learning facility, tutoring user, and other learning services. The personalized testing systems allows learning users to construct personalized testing for the user comprised of particular learning applications for performance by the learning user.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignees: MONK AKARSHALA DESIGN PRIVATE LIMITED, MONK AKARSHALA INC.Inventor: Samridh Kapoor
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Patent number: 9875667Abstract: The system is an interactive control system that uses multiple control points to manage a user toward a desired state through coaching, feedback, and feed-forward mechanisms. They system uses push and pull from a user to dynamically determine which control points to utilize and emphasize to guide the user to a desired state. The system creates Topics that are generated out of Content Elements. These topics are referenced by Rules and are arranged in a queue so that a planned succession of Topics can be presented proactively to a user in a prioritized and logical manner to guide the user to a desired state. The Rules include Dynamic Rules that allow real time modification of the queue to present Topics relevant to user state and progress toward the desired state.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: URXmobile System, Inc.Inventors: David Thompson, Roy David Albert
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Patent number: 9858828Abstract: Embodiments can provide dynamic assessment by an expert system software (ESS) module. The ESS module may determine a minimum set of diagnostic questions to identify a student's strengths and/or weaknesses for a given subject matter. Each diagnostic question may be a unique question variant generated from a dynamic question template. The ESS module may automatically and dynamically build a personal lesson plan that includes lessons on topics of the subject matter that the student has not mastered. The ESS module may dynamically modify the personal lesson plan to change a lesson and/or add lesson(s) considered by the ESS module as necessary for the student to master the subject matter. Given the ESS module's knowledge on various components of a question such as equation(s) used to produce a correct answer to the question, the ESS module may generate image(s), customized hint(s), customized explanation(s), and/or examine student solutions in step-by-step fashion.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Querium CorporationInventor: Kent Allen Fuka
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Patent number: 9844966Abstract: A changeable book system including a book chassis configured to receive a plurality of books. The book chassis includes one or more membrane switches aligned with identifier indicia located on one or more pages of a book when the book is positioned adjacent to the book chassis. A reader may activate one or more membrane switches by pressing the corresponding identifier indicia. Activation of a membrane switch causes the book chassis to perform a function and/or produce a sound.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) LimitedInventor: Cannie Lam
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Patent number: 9830830Abstract: A method of conditioning a trainee to identify an object and monitoring the trainee to determine when the trainee subconsciously identifies the object is provided. The method includes using a processor to select a visceral response-evoking image for evoking the desired trainee response corresponding with the object, attaching a sensor to the trainee for detecting trainee biological responses, and providing instructions to display a stimulus image depicting the object for a first duration that is below conscious awareness of the trainee. The method includes providing instructions to display the visceral response-evoking image after the display of the stimulus image and for a duration below conscious awareness of the trainee to link the desired trainee response to the object in a mind of the trainee, and detecting trainee recognition of one of the one or more objects based on the biological response data linked to the desired trainee response.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: SMART INFORMATION FLOW TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Tammy Elizabeth Ott, Harry Bromberg Funk, Jesse Albert Hostetler
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Patent number: 9824123Abstract: Finding a match for an end user on an online social platform is not a trivial task. To improve match making, various methods and systems are disclosed which are configured to compute heuristics for various end users, which help to predict the likelihood that two end users would ultimately engage in some form of communication with each other. The heuristics are used in an algorithm (i.e., a statistical/predictive model) for providing a set of matches to an end user. These heuristics may be computed based on varying forms of communication which indicate different levels of engagement between end users, and/or based on some other indication of how an end user may react to another end user.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: MATCH.COM, L.L.C.Inventors: Ernesto Ochandio, Devaraj Sundaram, Monica Klawitter, Amarnath Thombre, Helen Fisher, Sydney Lam, Todd Carrico
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Patent number: 9824606Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable article of manufacture reinforce behavior in an individual. A behavior associated with an individual is monitored. A determination is made, based on the monitoring, that the behavior substantially matches a behavior in a set of behaviors. A set of interactive actions associated with the behavior are identified. At least one of the interactive actions in the set of interactive actions is selected. The at least one of the interactive actions that has been selected is performed. A response from the individual is monitored in response to the least one of the interactive actions being performed. An indicator is associated with the at least one of the interactive actions based on the reaction from the individual. The indicator indicates a relative degree of success in obtaining a desired response from the individual.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sara H. Basson, Genady Grabarnik, Dimitri Kanevsky, Irina Rish
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Patent number: 9798941Abstract: A sensor test system may include a controller coupled to at least one test device and a sensor, the controller configured to receive test instructions including a plurality of test sequences, instruct at least one display unit to display an item based on the test sequences, receive response data from the test device indicative of a driver behavior, the response data including timing information and test device information, compile the response data based on the timing information and the test device information, receive sensor data acquired by the sensor during the test sequences, compare the compiled response data to the sensor data, and determine an accuracy of the sensor based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jialiang Le, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Lingxi Li, Renran Tian
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Patent number: 9794413Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for facilitating a conference call with rotating participants. In a particular embodiment, a method provides identifying one or more static participants for the conference call and identifying at least two rotating participants for the conference call. The method further provides determining an order in which the rotating participants will be connected to the conference call. The method then provides connecting the conference call with the one or more static participants and connecting and disconnecting the conference call with each of the rotating participants in accordance with the order.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Salil Dhawan, Prithviraj Singh
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Patent number: 9792026Abstract: Systems and methods for editing and controlling video playback using a dynamic timeline. The dynamic timeline allows a user to edit a video content structure that includes a plurality of video content paths, each video content path including a plurality of video content segments. The video content segments in a first video content path are visually represented on the dynamic timeline. A selection in the dynamic timeline is received that changes a first video content segment from the first video content path to a second video content segment in an alternative video content path in the video content structure. Subsequently, the dynamic timeline is updated to display visual representations of at least some of the video content segments in the alternative video content path.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: JBF Interlude 2009 LTDInventors: Jonathan Bloch, Barak Feldman, Tal Zubalsky, Yuval Hofshy
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Patent number: 9767470Abstract: A method includes presenting a media item to a test subject, the media item associated with a brand or product; presenting a series of sensory stimuli to the test subject; and, based on responses of the test subject to the series of stimuli, generating results suitable to inform a business decision related to marketing of the brand or product.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Forbes Consulting Group, LLCInventor: David Lowry Forbes
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Patent number: 9754502Abstract: A method of monitoring a trainee to determine when the trainee subconsciously identifies an object previously associated with a desired trainee response includes attaching at least one biological response sensor to the trainee and receiving biological response data of the trainee from the at least one biological response sensor. The method further includes comparing the biological response data of the trainee to biological responses linked to different ones of a plurality of trainee responses using a processor in communication with the at least one biological response sensor, the plurality of trainee responses including the desired trainee response, and detecting trainee recognition of the object previously associated with the desired trainee response based, in part, on the biological response data being linked to the desired trainee response included with the plurality of trainee responses. The desired trainee response is below the conscious awareness of the trainee.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Smart Information Flow Technologies LLCInventors: Tammy Elizabeth Ott, Harry Bromberg Funk, Jesse Albert Hostetler
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Patent number: 9744473Abstract: A densely stackable building block system comprises a stand and exactly five three-dimensional blocks. Each block is composed of four identical spheres. Configurations of the five blocks are different from each other. The five blocks are combinable with each other to form a detachable stacked arrangement shaped as a regular triangular pyramid. The stand is formed with ten concaves for accommodating a portion of a bottom layer of the stacked arrangement. The five blocks are stackable on the stand to form the stacked arrangement by at least four different sequences.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Inventor: Mei-Tsu Lin
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Patent number: 9737255Abstract: This invention concerns measuring cognitive load. A word based input is produced by a person while performing a task (100). Predetermined grammatical features of the word based input are identified (104). Then, the identified grammatical features are weighted and combined to provide a measure indicating the person's cognitive load (106). The use of grammatical features represents a divergence from the known methods of providing a measure of a person's cognitive load. It is an advantage of the invention that by concentrating on the grammatical features it is able to provide an objective, non-intrusive measure of the person's cognitive load. Aspects the invention include a method, a computer system and software that are used to perform the method.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: NATIONAL ICT AUSTRALIA LIMITEDInventors: Fang Chen, Muhammad Asif Khawaja, Eric Choi
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Patent number: 9736423Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of video surveillance. Disclosed are a method and device for extracting surveillance record videos. In the present invention, the method for extracting surveillance record videos comprises the following steps: acquiring and storing lens viewsheds of cameras and an irradiation time period corresponding to each lens viewshed; extracting lens viewsheds corresponding to irradiation time periods that have intersection relationships with a query time period; calculating intersection relationships between the extracted lens viewsheds and a target location; obtaining a set of cameras corresponding to lens viewsheds that have intersection relationships with the target location; and extracting videos captured by the cameras according to irradiation time periods of the cameras in the camera set.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jingxiang Hu, Furong Lin, Junshu Zhao
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Patent number: 9734730Abstract: A multi-modal interaction modeling system can model a number of different aspects of a human interaction across one or more temporal interaction sequences. Some versions of the system can generate assessments of the nature or quality of the interaction or portions thereof, which can be used to, among other things, provide assistance to one or more of the participants in the interaction.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Ajay Divakaran, Behjat Siddiquie, Saad Khan, Jeffrey Lubin, Harpreet S. Sawhney
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Patent number: 9721483Abstract: Medical treatment simulation devices are disclosed. One device includes an overlay, a tracheostomy structure, one or more tubes, at least one sensor, and at least one feedback device. The overlay is configured to be secured to a subject. The overlay is configured to cover at least a portion of a neck and upper torso of the subject. The tracheostomy structure is provided in a neck portion of the overlay. The one or more tubes are positioned within the overlay. The tubes are connected to the tracheostomy structure. The sensor is coupled to the tracheostomy structure and configured to detect a manipulation of the tracheostomy structure. The feedback device is coupled to the overlay. The feedback device is configured to provide feedback based on the manipulation detected by the at least one sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: University of DelawareInventors: Amy Cowperthwait, Joseph Biggs, Dominic Campagnola, Devon Bond, Edward Doll, Nathan Hott, Francis Rivera, Jenni Buckley, Liyun Wang
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Patent number: 9715506Abstract: Injection of metadata using composite content. In an embodiment, one or more content items are received, and data is retrieved from a plurality of metadata sources. A visual depiction of metadata is generated for at least one of the content item(s) based on the retrieved data. A composite content item is generated to comprise at least a portion of each of the content item(s) and the visual depiction of the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Smart Screen Networks, Inc.Inventors: Stephen D. Rosen, John Stallings, Robert A. Strickland, Jeff Symon, Kyle David Strickland
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Patent number: 9672751Abstract: The invention provides a three-dimensional apparatus for problem solving, learning and presentation for modeling, teaching and illustrating exemplary problem solving or thinking. Some embodiments provide a puzzle-like form. Another preferred embodiment of the present invention provides for the building of a problem or topic or situation specific or custom learning or problem solving or investigatory or presentation aid. Embodiments of the invention may also incorporate or use electronic, digital, electro-mechanical, mechanical, electric or other devices, processors, controllers, or mechanisms, or input or output to or from such or similar elements, and wired or wireless or other networks or interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Zxibix, Inc.Inventors: Linda Shawn Higgins, James Ralph Heidenreich
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Patent number: 9665832Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of systems, method, and computer programs for estimating affective response to a token instance of interest utilizing a predicted affective response to a background token instance. The affective response is computed based on the difference between a measured affective response of the user and the predicted affective response. Where the measured affective response is a measurement of the affective response of the user to a simultaneous exposure to both the background token instance and the token instance of interest.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Affectomatics Ltd.Inventors: Gil Thieberger, Ari M Frank
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Patent number: 9658689Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for device interaction via a heads-up display determines an area of sight of a first entity employing a first heads-up display, and establishes interaction between at least one first device and the first heads-up display in response to detecting at least an impact of the determined area of sight on at least one second device. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for interacting with a device via a heads-up display in substantially the same manners described above.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Stephen R. Bedell, Jr., Richard S. Gullo, Jr., Andrew C. Myers, Casey M. O'Meilia
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Patent number: 9652995Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more first computing devices receive, from one or more second computing devices associated with a first person, information concerning an activity, the information describing the activity, a reward associated with the activity, and a condition of the reward; transmit, to one or more third computing devices associated with the second person, the information; receive, from the third computing devices, a first response by the second person; and if the first response is an acceptance to the activity by the second person, then: receive, from the third computing devices, first sensor data relating to the activity; analyze the first sensor data to determine whether the condition of the reward is satisfied; and if the condition of the reward is satisfied, then transmit, to the second computing devices and the third computing devices, a second notice indicating that the condition of the reward has been satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Naomi Hadatsuki
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Patent number: 9652035Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for device interaction via a heads-up display determines an area of sight of a first entity employing a first heads-up display, and establishes interaction between at least one first device and the first heads-up display in response to detecting at least an impact of the determined area of sight on at least one second device. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for interacting with a device via a heads-up display in substantially the same manners described above.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stephen R. Bedell, Jr., Richard S. Gullo, Jr., Andrew C. Myers, Casey M. O'Meilia
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Patent number: 9654721Abstract: A system and method for providing personal content recommendations comprising a receiver to receive and collect one or more user commands at one or more modules, a processor to generate, at the one or more modules, one or more personalized recommendations based on the one or more user commands, and a transmitter to transmit the one or more personalized recommendations to be displayed at a display device in response to receiving one or more user inputs to display the one or more personalized recommendations.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2007Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi M. Patel, Japan A. Mehta, Senthil K. Raghavan
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Patent number: 9629543Abstract: Disclosed are methods for diagnosing declarative memory loss using mouse tracking to follow the visual gaze of a subject taking a visual paired comparison test. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing dementia such as mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Emory UniversityInventors: Yevgeny E. Agichtein, Elizabeth A. Buffalo, Dmitry Lagun, Cecelia Manzanares, Stuart Zola
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Patent number: 9623324Abstract: New types of controllers allow a player to make inputs to a video game or simulation by moving the entire controller itself or by gesturing or by moving the player's body in whole or in part. This capability is typically accomplished using a wireless input device having accelerometers, gyroscopes, and a camera. The present invention exploits these wireless motion-sensing technologies to modulate the player's movement inputs to the videogame based upon physiological signals. Such biofeedback-modulated video games train valuable mental skills beyond eye-hand coordination. These psychophysiological training technologies enhance personal improvement, not just the diversion, of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: Alan T. Pope, Chad L. Stephens, Nina Marie Blanson
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Patent number: 9620028Abstract: The system provides a framework for developing process, project or problem-based learning systems that make use of social networking. The system provides a general purpose framework to create, manage, and deliver online instruction that supports learning methods consistent with social constructivist and experiential learning theories. The framework utilizes personal social software for collaboration, problem-solving, group work, and other activities consistent with those methods. The general framework, based on finite-state automata and other methods for determining similarity of learning objectives, provides individual creators the means to define, implement, and manage experiential instruction within a social network.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Cricket Media, Inc.Inventors: Linda Dozier, Edmund J. Fish, Miles R. Gilburne, Nina Zolt
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Patent number: 9620027Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus, systems and methods for detecting neurological activity indicative of a dream state of a human. Many embodiments of the invention provide apparatus, systems and methods for detecting neurological activity of a human indicative of a dream state or the onset thereof and delivering an input to the user (such as an audio or other sensory input) during the dream state. Particular embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for detecting neurological activity indicative of the onset or occurrence of a dream state of a human and delivering an audio or other sensory input during the user's dream state. The audio input may be used for learning, delivering messages to the user's subconscious, and/or promoting a state of relaxation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: InCube Labs, LLCInventors: Mir Imran, Joel M. Harris
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Patent number: 9620030Abstract: Apparatus and methods for enhancing a working memory of a human is provided. A computing system having a processor executing instructions out of a memory device presents a plurality of selectable working memory domains corresponding to cognitive functions of a human brain, where each working memory domain is associated with a corresponding training game that is configured to enhance a selected working memory domain.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Nigel Nisbet, Ki Karou, Nicholas Chen, Paul B. Blair, Delicia Woon, Marc Humpert
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Patent number: 9602445Abstract: Technologies and implementations for providing real-time targeted messages are generally disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Nikhil Chhaochharia, George Paulose Koomullil
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Patent number: RE46481Abstract: A content reproducing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a sensor; a discrimination circuit configured to discriminate whether a movement of a user is a first movement or a second movement based on a detection output from the sensor; a storage configured to store contents; a reproduction circuit configured to reproduce the contents; and a control circuit configured to supply the reproduction circuit with contents retrieved from the storage in accordance with a discrimination output from the discrimination circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Kenichi Makino, Akane Sano, Katsuya Shirai, Motoyuki Takai, Makoto Inoue