Patents by Inventor Clayton Gregory Kunz

Clayton Gregory Kunz 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).

  • Socially Interactive Autonomous Robot
    Publication number: 20030109960
    Abstract: A robot that is capable of substantially autonomous movement includes a processing device, a memory, and a mobility structure controlled by the processing device. The processor directs the robot to move with any predetermined safe area having a boundary and a reference point. Optionally, the robot also exhibits features of social interactivity by accepting an input from a human, selecting dynamic content from a data base wherein the dynamic content is responsive to the input, and presenting the human with a response corresponding to the dynamic content selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Illah Nourbakhsh, Clayton Gregory Kunz, Carolyn O'Brien Green, Thomas Willeke, Vinton Coffman
  • Socially interactive autonomous robot
    Publication number: 20020013641
    Abstract: A robot that is capable of substantially autonomous movement includes a processing device, a memory, and a mobility structure controlled by the processing device. The processor directs the robot to move with any predetermined safe area having a boundary and a reference point. Optionally, the robot also exhibits features of social interactivity by accepting an input from a human, selecting dynamic content from a data base wherein the dynamic content is responsive to the input, and presenting the human with a response corresponding to the dynamic content selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Illah Nourbakhsh, Clayton Gregory Kunz, Carolyn O?apos;Brien Green, Thomas Willeke, Vinton Coffman