Patents by Inventor Kordell B. Krauskopf

Kordell B. Krauskopf 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).

  • Multi-state model for robot and user interaction
    Patent number: 8818556
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a robot device including a model that controls a robot's task-related operations to perform tasks and user-engagement operations to interact with the robot. The model controls the operating states, including transitioning from an autonomous task state to an engaged state based on current context determined from various stimuli, e.g., information received via sensors of the robot and/or learned data. The robot may seek to engage the user, the user may seek to engage the robot, or the user and robot may meet by chance in which either may attempt to initiate the engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Irvin Sanchez, Malek M. Chalabi, Kordell B. Krauskopf
  • Multi-state Model for Robot and User Interaction
    Publication number: 20120185090
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a robot device including a model that controls a robot's task-related operations to perform tasks and user-engagement operations to interact with the robot. The model controls the operating states, including transitioning from an autonomous task state to an engaged state based on current context determined from various stimuli, e.g., information received via sensors of the robot and/or learned data. The robot may seek to engage the user, the user may seek to engage the robot, or the user and robot may meet by chance in which either may attempt to initiate the engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell Irvin Sanchez, Malek M. Chalabi, Kordell B. Krauskopf