Patents by Inventor Jean TESTARD

Jean TESTARD 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).

  • Publication number: 20190172448
    Abstract: A method of performing dialogue between a humanoid robot and user comprises: i) acquiring input signals from respective sensors, at least one being a sound sensor and another being a motion or image sensor; ii) interpreting the signals to recognize events generated by the user, including: the utterance of a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression; iii) determining a response of the humanoid robot, comprising an event such as: the utterance of a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression; iv) generating, an event by the humanoid robot; wherein step iii) comprises determining the response from events jointly generated by the user and recognized at step ii), of which at least one is not words uttered by the user. A computer program product and humanoid robot for carrying out the method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Jérôme MONCEAUX, Gwennaël GATE, David HOUSSIN, Gabriele BARBIERI, Jocelyn MARTIN, Jean TESTARD, Ilmo GOURDIN
  • Patent number: 10242666
    Abstract: A method of performing dialog between a humanoid robot and user comprises: i) acquiring input signals from respective sensors, at least one being a sound sensor and another being a motion or image sensor; ii) interpreting the signals to recognize events generated by the user, including: the utterance of a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression; iii) determining a response of the humanoid robot, comprising an event such as: the utterance of a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression; iv) generating, an event by the humanoid robot; wherein step iii) comprises determining the response from events jointly generated by the user and recognized at step ii), of which at least one is not words uttered by the user. A computer program product and humanoid robot for carrying out the method is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SOFTBANK ROBOTICS EUROPE
    Inventors: Jérôme Monceaux, Gwennaël Gate, David Houssin, Gabriele Barbieri, Jocelyn Martin, Jean Testard, Ilmo Gourdin
  • Publication number: 20170148434
    Abstract: A method of performing dialogue between a humanoid robot and user comprises: i) acquiring input signals from respective sensors, at least one being a sound sensor and another being a motion or image sensor; ii) interpreting the signals to recognize events generated by the user, including: the utterance of a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression; iii) determining a response of the humanoid robot, comprising an event such as: the utterance of a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression; iv) generating, an event by the humanoid robot; wherein step iii) comprises determining the response from events jointly generated by the user and recognized at step ii), of which at least one is not words uttered by the user. A computer program product and humanoid robot for carrying out the method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Jérôme MONCEAUX, Gwennaël GATE, David HOUSSIN, Gabriele BARBIERI, Jocelyn MARTIN, Jean TESTARD, Ilmo GOURDIN