Patents by Inventor Peter Graf Hans

Peter Graf Hans 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).

  • System and method of providing conversational visual prosody for talking heads
    Patent number: 7349852
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling the movement of a virtual agent while the agent is listening to a human user during a conversation is disclosed. The method comprises receiving speech data from the user, performing a prosodic analysis of the speech data and controlling the virtual agent movement according to the prosodic analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Eric Cosatto, Peter Graf Hans, Thomas M. Isaacson, Franz Storm Volker