Patents by Inventor Volker Franz Storm

Volker Franz Storm 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).

  • System and method of providing conversational visual prosody for talking heads
    Patent number: 7353177
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling the movement of a virtual agent while the agent is listening to a human user during a conversation is disclosed. The method comprises receiving speech data from the user, performing a prosodic analysis of the speech data and controlling the virtual agent movement according to the prosodic analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Eric Cosatto, Hans Peter Graf, Thomas M. Isaacson, Volker Franz Storm