Patents by Inventor Joseph B Rogers

Joseph B Rogers 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).

  • Virtual health assistant for promotion of well-being and independent living
    Patent number: 10726846
    Abstract: An electronic device for providing health information or assistance includes an input configured to receive at least one type of signal selected from sound signals, verbal signals, non-verbal signals, and combinations thereof, a communication module configured to send information related to the at least one user and his/her environment to a remote device, including the sound signals, non-verbal signals, and verbal signals, the remote device being configured to analyze a condition of the at least one user and communicate condition signals to the electronic device, a processing module configured to receive the condition signals and to cause the electronic device to engage in a passive monitoring mode or an active engagement and monitoring mode, the active engagement and monitoring mode including, but not limited to, verbal communication with the at least one user, and an output configured to engage the at least one user in verbal communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Dimitra Vergyri, Diego Castan Lavilla, Girish Acharya, David Sahner, Elizabeth Shriberg, Joseph B Rogers, Bruce H Knoth
  • VIRTUAL HEALTH ASSISTANT FOR PROMOTION OF WELL-BEING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING
    Publication number: 20190108841
    Abstract: An electronic device for providing health information or assistance includes an input configured to receive at least one type of signal selected from sound signals, verbal signals, non-verbal signals, and combinations thereof, a communication module configured to send information related to the at least one user and his/her environment to a remote device, including the sound signals, non-verbal signals, and verbal signals, the remote device being configured to analyze a condition of the at least one user and communicate condition signals to the electronic device, a processing module configured to receive the condition signals and to cause the electronic device to engage in a passive monitoring mode or an active engagement and monitoring mode, the active engagement and monitoring mode including, but not limited to, verbal communication with the at least one user, and an output configured to engage the at least one user in verbal communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Dimitra Vergyri, Diego Castan Lavilla, Girish Acharya, David Sahner, Elizabeth Shriberg, Joseph B Rogers, Bruce H Knoth