Patents by Inventor Tracy St. Benoit

Tracy St. Benoit 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).

  • Culturally adaptive avatar simulator
    Patent number: 9690784
    Abstract: An avatar interaction system that solicits the end user to provide a cultural profile and automatically filters or translates responses through the avatar in a manner compatible with the cultural profile designated. End users may selected from a plurality of gender, race, and ethnically identifiable anthropomorphic forms to self-identify with a cultural profile. Gestures having cultural significance are identified, suppressed, and/or modified according to the currently enabled cultural profile of the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Hughes, Tracy St. Benoit