Patents by Inventor Russel Sanchez

Russel Sanchez 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).

  • Interactive robot initialization
    Patent number: 9950431
    Abstract: Initial interaction between a mobile robot and at least one user is described herein. The mobile robot captures several images of its surroundings, and identifies existence of a user in at least one of the several images. The robot then orients itself to face the user, and outputs an instruction to the user with regard to the orientation of the user with respect to the mobile robot. The mobile robot captures images of the face of the user responsive to detecting that the user has followed the instruction. Information captured by the robot is uploaded to a cloud-storage system, where information is included in a profile of the user and is shareable with others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jean Sebastien Fouillade, Russel Sanchez, Efstathios Papaefstathiou, Malek M. Chalabi
  • INTERACTIVE ROBOT INITIALIZATION
    Publication number: 20160136817
    Abstract: Initial interaction between a mobile robot and at least one user is described herein. The mobile robot captures several images of its surroundings, and identifies existence of a user in at least one of the several images. The robot then orients itself to face the user, and outputs an instruction to the user with regard to the orientation of the user with respect to the mobile robot. The mobile robot captures images of the face of the user responsive to detecting that the user has followed the instruction. Information captured by the robot is uploaded to a cloud-storage system, where information is included in a profile of the user and is shareable with others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Jean Sebastien Fouillade, Russel Sanchez, Efstathios Papaefstathiou, Malek M. Chalabi