Patents by Inventor Robert Berlin

Robert Berlin 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).

  • Integrated learning for interactive synthetic characters
    Publication number: 20110099130
    Abstract: A practical approach to real-time learning for synthetic characters grounded in the techniques of reinforcement learning and informed by insights from animal training. The approach simplifies the learning task for characters by (a) enabling them to take advantage of predictable regularities in their world, (b) allowing them to make maximal use of any supervisory signals, and (c) making them easy to train by humans. An autonomous animated dog is described that can be trained with a technique used to train real dogs called “clicker training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bruce M. Blumberg, Marc Norman Downie, Yuri Ivanov, Matthew Roberts Berlin
  • Fume hood
    Publication number: 20080108290
    Abstract: An improved fume hood that has an external sensor that automatically controls at least one lighting fixture located on or in the fume hood such that when a person is sensed in front of the fume hood, the light in the fume hood will automatically turn on. Once the technician is not sensed in front of the fume hood, the control module will delay and then turn the fume hood light off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Warren Zeigler, Robert Berlin, David Sweitzer