Virtual Companion

V Wang, D Shuo - US Patent App. 13/939,172, 2014 - Google Patents
0004. The population of older adults is rapidly growing in the United States. Numerous
studies of our healthcare system have found it severely lacking in regards to this …

Method and apparatus for creating high-quality user-customized 3d avatar

JH Lee, YS Choi, D Kim, IK Park, YM Cha… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2011 - Google Patents
US20110148864A1 - Method and apparatus for creating high-quality user-customized 3d
avatar - Google Patents US20110148864A1 - Method and apparatus for creating high-quality …

System and method for providing augmented reality on mobile devices

G Carre, A Mutricy - US Patent 10,127,724, 2018 - Google Patents
A system and method for providing augmented reality on a mobile device is herein
disclosed. According to one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes …

Method and system for facilitating surgery using an augmented reality system

R Abovitz, BT Schowengerdt, MD Watson - US Patent 11,029,147, 2021 - Google Patents
A method for facilitating surgery using an augmented reality system, comprises retrieving
patient data relating to a surgical procedure on a patient, generating virtual content …

Processing speech to drive animations on avatars

KM Roche, D Chiapperino, T Kellogg… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Functionality is disclosed herein for using a framework for a VR/AR application to utilize
different services. In some configurations, a VR/AR application can utilize different services …

Selecting a behavior of a virtual agent

SJ Gibbs, L Anthony, Y Song - US Patent 10,664,741, 2020 - Google Patents
In one aspect, a method for operating a virtual agent will be described. An interaction context
is obtained. An agent state is determined based on the obtained interaction context. The …

Systems and methods for tracking human hands using parts based template matching within bounded regions

B Hummel, G Murali - US Patent 8,830,312, 2014 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for tracking human hands using parts based template
matching within bounded regions are described. One embodiment of the invention includes …

Method and system for generating a virtual user interface related to a totem

R Abovitz, BT Schowengerdt, MD Watson - US Patent 11,060,858, 2021 - Google Patents
A waveguide apparatus includes a planar waveguide and at least one optical diffraction
element (DOE) that provides a plurality of optical paths between an exterior and interior of …

Method and system for retrieving data in response to user input

R Abovitz, BT Schowengerdt, MD Watson - US Patent 10,866,093, 2020 - Google Patents
US10866093B2 - Method and system for retrieving data in response to user input - Google
Patents US10866093B2 - Method and system for retrieving data in response to user input …

Enhanced avatar animation

PS van der Meulen, AC Dixit, S Ghosh - US Patent 10,360,716, 2019 - Google Patents
Avatar animation may be enhanced to reflect emotion and other human traits when
animated to read messages received from other users or other messages. A message may …