Patents by Inventor Aaron Michael BAKER

Aaron Michael BAKER 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).

  • Behavior-based computer vision model for content selection
    Patent number: 12165382
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for evaluating media content items. The techniques include receiving visual feedback associated with one or more audience members viewing a first media content item; analyzing the visual feedback to generate one or more emotion signals based on the visual feedback; and generating a set of features associated with the one or more audience members viewing the first media content item based on the one or more emotion signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Baker, Mary Nell Borst, Dennis Li, Jacek Krzysztof Naruniec, Dustin Clint Tucker, Romann Matthew Weber
  • Characterizing audience engagement based on emotional alignment with characters
    Patent number: 11849179
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for characterizing audience engagement with one or more characters in a media content item. In some embodiments, an audience engagement characterization application processes sensor data; such as video data capturing the faces of one or more audience members consuming a media content item, to generate an audience emotion signal. The characterization application also processes the media content item to generate a character emotion signal associated with one or more characters in the media content item. Then, the characterization application determines an audience engagement score based on an amount of alignment and/or misalignment between the audience emotion signal and the character emotion signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Romann Matthew Weber, Graziana Mignone, Jacek Krzysztof Naruniec, Aaron Michael Baker, Farnood Salehi, Dennis Li
  • BEHAVIOR-BASED COMPUTER VISION MODEL FOR CONTENT SELECTION
    Publication number: 20230290109
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for evaluating media content items. The techniques include receiving visual feedback associated with one or more audience members viewing a first media content item; analyzing the visual feedback to generate one or more emotion signals based on the visual feedback; and generating a set of features associated with the one or more audience members viewing the first media content item based on the one or more emotion signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Michael BAKER, Mary Nell BORST, Dennis LI, Jacek Krzysztof NARUNIEC, Dustin TUCKER, Romann Matthew WEBER
  • CHARACTERIZING AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT BASED ON EMOTIONAL ALIGNMENT WITH CHARACTERS
    Publication number: 20230199250
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for characterizing audience engagement with one or more characters in a media content item. In some embodiments, an audience engagement characterization application processes sensor data, such as video data capturing the faces of one or more audience members consuming a media content item, to generate an audience emotion signal. The characterization application also processes the media content item to generate a character emotion signal associated with one or more characters in the media content item. Then, the characterization application determines an audience engagement score based on an amount of alignment and/or misalignment between the audience emotion signal and the character emotion signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Romann Matthew WEBER, Graziana MIGNONE, Jacek Krzysztof NARUNIEC, Aaron Michael BAKER, Farnood SALEHI, Dennis LI