Patents by Inventor Mark Kobrin

Mark Kobrin 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).

  • Communicating emotional information via avatar animation
    Patent number: 10386996
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to avatar animation. One example provides a computing device comprising a processor and a storage device comprising instructions executable by the processor to receive non-contact biometric data of a user from a biometric sensing system, establish a baseline emotional state of the user based on the non-contact biometric data, output an avatar representing the user with an animation representing the baseline emotional state, observe a threshold change in the non-contact biometric data, and in response to observing the threshold change in the non-contact biometric data, output the avatar with an animation representing a new emotional state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Randy Santossio, Mark Kobrin
  • COMMUNICATING EMOTIONAL INFORMATION VIA AVATAR ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20160364895
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to avatar animation. One example provides a computing device comprising a processor and a storage device comprising instructions executable by the processor to receive non-contact biometric data of a user from a biometric sensing system, establish a baseline emotional state of the user based on the non-contact biometric data, output an avatar representing the user with an animation representing the baseline emotional state, observe a threshold change in the non-contact biometric data, and in response to observing the threshold change in the non-contact biometric data, output the avatar with an animation representing a new emotional state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Randy Santossio, Mark Kobrin
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D766926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Fleischmann, Ramiro Torres, Xiaoji Chen, Craig Maitlen, Mark Kobrin