Patents by Inventor Bola Esther Yoo

Bola Esther Yoo 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).

  • Wall clock AI voice assistant
    Patent number: 11782391
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a wall clock AI voice assistant, such as a computing device, is provided herein. The wall-mountable electronic clock includes an optical sensor, a microphone, a digital display and a speaker. The optical sensor captures image data representing at least a portion of a user. The microphone receives an audio input from the user when certain criteria is met, such as when the image data representing at least a portion of the user is captured. The digital display provides visual information to the user provided in response to the captured image data or the audio input. The speaker provides audio information provides from a digital voice assistant in response to the captured image data or the audio input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Harms, Cathy Kim, Curtis Aumiller, Jack Thrun, Jiawei Zhang, Michael Noh, Pranav Mistry, Praveen Jayakumar, Robert Wang, Ruokan He, Sajid Sadi, Thomas Brenner, Anthony Liot, Marc Estruch Tena, Ik Seon Kang, Cheoljun Lee, Younseong Kim, Bola Esther Yoo
  • WALL CLOCK AI VOICE ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20200096945
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a wall clock AI voice assistant, such as a computing device, is provided herein. The wall-mountable electronic clock includes an optical sensor, a microphone, a digital display and a speaker. The optical sensor captures image data representing at least a portion of a user. The microphone receives an audio input from the user when certain criteria is met, such as when the image data representing at least a portion of the user is captured. The digital display provides visual information to the user provided in response to the captured image data or the audio input. The speaker provides audio information provides from a digital voice assistant in response to the captured image data or the audio input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Harms, Cathy Kim, Curtis Aumiller, Jack Thrun, Jiawei Zhang, Michael Noh, Pranav Mistry, Praveen Jayakumar, Robert Wang, Ruokan He, Sajid Sadi, Thomas Brenner, Anthony Liot, Marc Estruch Tena, Ik Seon Kang, Cheoljun Lee, Younseong Kim, Bola Esther Yoo