Patents by Inventor Nandita NAYAK

Nandita NAYAK 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).

  • Method and system of group interaction by user state detection
    Patent number: 9800834
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting interaction between two or more participants in a meeting, which includes capturing at least one three-dimensional stream of data on the two or more participants; extracting a time-series of skeletal data from the at least one three-dimensional stream of data on the two or more participants; classifying the time-series of skeletal data for each of the two or more participants based on a plurality of body position classifiers; and calculating an engagement score for each of the two or more participants. In addition, a method is disclosed for improving a group interaction in a meeting, which includes calculating, for each of the two or more participants, an individual engagement state based on attitudes of the participant, wherein the individual engagement state is an engagement state of the participant to the meeting including an engaged state and a disengaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Maria Frank, Ghassem Tofighi, Nandita Nayak, Haisong Gu
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GROUP INTERACTION BY USER STATE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20170127021
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting interaction between two or more participants in a meeting, which includes capturing at least one three-dimensional stream of data on the two or more participants; extracting a time-series of skeletal data from the at least one three-dimensional stream of data on the two or more participants; classifying the time-series of skeletal data for each of the two or more participants based on a plurality of body position classifiers; and calculating an engagement score for each of the two or more participants. In addition, a method is disclosed for improving a group interaction in a meeting, which includes calculating, for each of the two or more participants, an individual engagement state based on attitudes of the participant, wherein the individual engagement state is an engagement state of the participant to the meeting including an engaged state and a disengaged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Maria FRANK, Ghassem TOFIGHI, Nandita NAYAK, Haisong GU