Patents by Inventor Marie Kitajima

Marie Kitajima 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).

  • Automatic dialogue design
    Patent number: 11302325
    Abstract: A chatbot learns a person's related “intents” when asking for information and thereafter, in response to an initial query, which the chatbot answers, the chatbot generates a secondary dialogue, either providing the person with additional information or inquiring as to whether the person wishes to know more about a subject. The chatbot may use an external trigger such as time, event, etc. and automatically generate a query or give information to the person without any initial query from the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Marie Kitajima, Masanori Omote
  • AUTOMATIC DIALOGUE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20200234710
    Abstract: A chatbot learns a person's related “intents” when asking for information and thereafter, in response to an initial query, which the chatbot answers, the chatbot generates a secondary dialogue, either providing the person with additional information or inquiring as to whether the person wishes to know more about a subject. The chatbot may use an external trigger such as time, event, etc. and automatically generate a query or give information to the person without any initial query from the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Marie Kitajima, Masanori Omote
  • Automatic dialogue design
    Patent number: 10636419
    Abstract: A chatbot learns a person's related “intents” when asking for information and thereafter, in response to an initial query, which the chatbot answers, the chatbot generates a secondary dialogue, either providing the person with additional information or inquiring as to whether the person wishes to know more about a subject. The chatbot may use an external trigger such as time, event, etc. and automatically generate a query or give information to the person without any initial query from the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Marie Kitajima, Masanori Omote
  • AUTOMATIC DIALOGUE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20190172454
    Abstract: A chatbot learns a person's related “intents” when asking for information and thereafter, in response to an initial query, which the chatbot answers, the chatbot generates a secondary dialogue, either providing the person with additional information or inquiring as to whether the person wishes to know more about a subject. The chatbot may use an external trigger such as time, event, etc. and automatically generate a query or give information to the person without any initial query from the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Marie Kitajima, Masanori Omote
  • FACIAL ANIMATION FOR SOCIAL VIRTUAL REALITY (VR)
    Publication number: 20190172240
    Abstract: An avatar's lips are animated using visemes derived from a response to a digital assistant query in synchronization with playing the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Marie Kitajima, Masanori Omote