US 2011/0298808 A1 · Animated Vehicle Attendance Systems

Abstract

In one embodiment, an animated vehicle attendant system may include: a communication path positioned within a vehicle; an avatar creation interface positioned within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path; a first display positioned within the passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path, wherein the first display includes a first processor and a first memory; a second display positioned within the passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path, wherein the second display includes a second processor and a second memory; and an animated avatar including one or more alterable visual characteristics. The animated avatar is stored in the first memory and/or the second memory. The first processor and/or the second processor executes machine readable instructions to: receive input from the avatar creation interface; update the one or more alterable visual characteristics based upon the input from the avatar creation interface; and present the animated avatar on the first display and/or the second display.

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Dependent claims

An animated vehicle attendant system comprising:

a communication path positioned within a vehicle;
an avatar creation interface positioned within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path;
a first display positioned within the passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path, wherein the first display comprises a first processor and a first memory;
a second display positioned within the passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path, wherein the second display comprises a second processor and a second memory;
and
an animated avatar comprising one or more alterable visual characteristics, wherein the animated avatar is stored in the first memory and/or the second memory and the first processor and/or the second processor executes machine readable instructions to:
receive input from the avatar creation interface;
update the one or more alterable visual characteristics based upon the input from the avatar creation interface;
and
present the animated avatar on the first display and/or the second display.

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An animated vehicle attendant system comprising:

a communication path positioned within a vehicle;
an environmental sensor coupled to the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path, wherein the environmental sensor comprises an environmental memory for storing environmental information;
a display positioned within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path, wherein the display comprises a processor and a memory;
an avatar creation interface positioned within the passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path;
and
an animated avatar comprising one or more alterable visual characteristics, wherein the animated avatar is stored in the memory and the processor executes machine readable instructions to:
receive the environmental information from the environmental memory;
receive input from the avatar creation interface;
update the one or more alterable visual characteristics based upon the environmental information;
update the one or more alterable visual characteristics of the animated avatar based upon the input from the avatar creation interface;
and
present an updated animated avatar on the display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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