Patents by Inventor Erica Klampfl

Erica Klampfl 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).

  • EMOTIVE TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090063154
    Abstract: Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Perry Robinson MacNeille, Erica Klampfl, Kacie Alane Theisen, Dimitar Petrov Filev, Yifan Chen, Basavaraj Tonshal
  • EMOTIVE ENGINE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SIMULATED EMOTION FOR AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090055190
    Abstract: Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dimitar Petrov Filev, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Fazal Urrahman Syed, Erica Klampfl, Thomas J. Giuli, Yifan Chen
  • TASK INITIATOR AND METHOD FOR INITIATING TASKS FOR A VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090055824
    Abstract: Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nestor Rychtyckyj, Dimitar Petrov Filev, Brian Y. Wilkerson, Thomas J. Giuli, Basavaraj Tonshal, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Perry Robinson MacNeille, Yifan Chen, Erica Klampfl
  • EMOTIVE ADVISORY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080269958
    Abstract: Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dimitar Petrov Filev, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Erica Klampfl, Yifan Chon, Fazal Urrahman Syed, Perry Macneille, Mark Schunder, Thomas Giuli, Basavaraj Tonshal
  • Computer-implemented method and system for designing a workcell layout
    Patent number: 7092854
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments include receiving input defining dimensions for a workcell and a size and location for one or more objects within the workcell, receiving input defining a walking velocity for an operator within the workcell and one or more tasks to be completed during a workcell cycle, receiving input defining one or more times and locations to complete the one or more tasks within the workcell, calculating a total walking time to complete the one or more tasks during the workcell cycle based upon the size and location of the object(s), the time(s) and location(s) to complete the task(s) and the operator walking velocity, and outputting the total walking time for the workcell cycle and a graphical representation of the workcell including the object(s) and an operator walking path between points within the workcell at which the one or more tasks are completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Erica Klampfl, Giuseppe Rossi, Paul Eugene Coffman, Jr., Celestine Chukwuemeka Aguwa, Terrence Martinak
  • Computer-implemented method and system for designing a workcell layout
    Publication number: 20040073478
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments include receiving input defining dimensions for a workcell and a size and location for one or more objects within the workcell, receiving input defining a walking velocity for an operator within the workcell and one or more tasks to be completed during a workcell cycle, receiving input defining one or more times and locations to complete the one or more tasks within the workcell, calculating a total walking time to complete the one or more tasks during the workcell cycle based upon the size and location of the object(s), the time(s) and location(s) to complete the task(s) and the operator walking velocity, and outputting the total walking time for the workcell cycle and a graphical representation of the workcell including the object(s) and an operator walking path between points within the workcell at which the one or more tasks are completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Erica Klampfl, Giuseppe Rossi, Paul Eugene Coffman, Celestine Chukwuemeka Aguwa, Terence Martinak