Patents by Inventor Robert Paul Dick

Robert Paul Dick 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).

  • Detecting emotional state of a user based on facial appearance and visual perception information
    Patent number: 12586409
    Abstract: A method for detecting an emotional state of a user includes obtaining a first data stream indicative of facial appearance and gaze direction of the user as the user is viewing a scene, determining, based on the first data stream, facial expression feature information indicative of emotional facial expression of the user, obtaining a second data stream indicative of visual content in a field of view of the user, determining, based on the second data stream, visual feature information indicative of visual content in the scene, determining emotional state information based on analyzing the facial expression feature information determined based on the first data stream and the visual feature information determined based on the second data stream, and performing an operation with respect to the emotional state information, wherein the emotional state information is indicative of the emotional state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Yuhu Chang, Yingying Zhao, Qin Lv, Robert Paul Dick, Li Shang
  • DETECTING EMOTIONAL STATE OF A USER BASED ON FACIAL APPEARANCE AND VISUAL PERCEPTION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20230237844
    Abstract: A method for detecting an emotional state of a user includes obtaining a first data stream indicative of facial appearance and gaze direction of the user as the user is viewing a scene, determining, based on the first data stream, facial expression feature information indicative of emotional facial expression of the user, obtaining a second data stream indicative of visual content in a field of view of the user, determining, based on the second data stream, visual feature information indicative of visual content in the scene, determining emotional state information based on analyzing the facial expression feature information determined based on the first data stream and the visual feature information determined based on the second data stream, and performing an operation with respect to the emotional state information, wherein the emotional state information is indicative of the emotional state of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Yuhu Chang, Yingying Zhao, Qin Lv, Robert Paul Dick, Li Shang