Patents by Inventor Aaron Horowitz

Aaron Horowitz 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: 11784961
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system for improving an interaction process in a social network for a user with at least one other person is provided. The method comprises a step of, in a training phase, acquiring sensor data on at least a user state and interaction data on a social interaction of a human person with the at least one other person. The acquired sensor data and the interaction data is then analyzed in order to generate classifier data from the acquired sensor data and the acquired interaction data. In a subsequent application phase, the method acquires current sensor data on at least the user state of the at least one other person, predicts an interaction score for the user based on the acquired current sensor data and the classifier data, and generates an interaction identifier for the user for an interaction with the at least one other person in the social network based on the predicted interaction score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Sproutel Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Weisswange, Jens Schmüdderich, Aaron Horowitz, Joel Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11670156
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for reminding a person to perform an activity. The system comprise a robot configured to carry out different behaviors, wherein the activity and its corresponding trigger condition are set by a user and the system selects, from the different behaviors, a first behavior assigned to the activity, senses the person, determines, based on the sensors information, whether or not the activity is performed by the person in accordance with the trigger condition. The robot carries out the selected behavior if the activity is not performed by the person in accordance with the trigger condition, wherein after or during the selected behavior is carried out, an activity of the person is determined based on the information derived from the sensors to select a second behavior from the different behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Sproutel Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Weisswange, Jens Schmüdderich, Aaron Horowitz, Joel Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220139200
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for reminding a person to perform an activity. The system comprise a robot configured to carry out different behaviors, wherein the activity and its corresponding trigger condition are set by a user and the system selects, from the different behaviors, a first behavior assigned to the activity, senses the person, determines, based on the sensors information, whether or not the activity is performed by the person in accordance with the trigger condition. The robot carries out the selected behavior if the activity is not performed by the person in accordance with the trigger condition, wherein after or during the selected behavior is carried out, an activity of the person is determined based on the information derived from the sensors to select a second behavior from the different behaviors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Sproutel Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Weisswange, Jens Schmüdderich, Aaron Horowitz, Joel Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220141173
    Abstract: A method and corresponding system for improving an interaction process in a social network for a user with at least one other person is provided. The method comprises a step of, in a training phase, acquiring sensor data on at least a user state and interaction data on a social interaction of a human person with the at least one other person. The acquired sensor data and the interaction data is then analyzed in order to generate classifier data from the acquired sensor data and the acquired interaction data. In a subsequent application phase, the method acquires current sensor data on at least the user state of the at least one other person, predicts an interaction score for the user based on the acquired current sensor data and the classifier data, and generates an interaction identifier for the user for an interaction with the at least one other person in the social network based on the predicted interaction score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Sproutel Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Weisswange, Jens Schmüdderich, Aaron Horowitz, Joel Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20220134544
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for continuously sharing behavioral states of a creature. The system comprises a robot configured to carry out different behaviors, at least one sensing means for automatically sensing the creature, a determining means for continuously determining the state of the creature based on information derived from the at least one sensing means and a selecting means for selecting, from the different behaviors, a behavior that is assigned to the determined state, wherein the robot is configured to carry out the selected behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Sproutel Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Weisswange, Jens Schmüdderich, Aaron Horowitz, Joel Schwartz