Patents by Inventor Thomas Wonneberger

Thomas Wonneberger 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).

  • Real-time intelligent virtual characters with learning capabilities
    Patent number: 8494981
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable instructions for real-time characters with learning capabilities. A plurality of rules are defined in a rules-based system, each of the rules defining a condition that determines a behavior of a virtual agent when the rule is triggered by the condition being satisfied so that upon triggering of multiple rules at the same time, each of the behaviors of the multiple rules whose conditions were satisfied are combined into a resultant behavior for the virtual agent. This resultant behavior is compared with a desired behavior to providing feedback in the form of rewards or punishments to each of the multiple rules based on their corresponding contribution to the resultant behavior as compared to the desired behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. Harrison, Thomas Wonneberger, Jason Tr Smith, David S. Maynard, Eric W. Worden
  • REAL-TIME INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL CHARACTERS WITH LEARNING CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20110313955
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable instructions for real-time characters with learning capabilities. A plurality of rules are defined in a rules-based system, each of the rules defining a condition that determines a behavior of a virtual agent when the rule is triggered by the condition being satisfied so that upon triggering of multiple rules at the same time, each of the behaviors of the multiple rules whose conditions were satisfied are combined into a resultant behavior for the virtual agent. This resultant behavior is compared with a desired behavior to providing feedback in the form of rewards or punishments to each of the multiple rules based on their corresponding contribution to the resultant behavior as compared to the desired behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory A. Harrison, Thomas Wonneberger, Jason Tr Smith, David S. Maynard, Eric W. Worden