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US 9,046,884 B2Granted
Mood-actuated device
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsAsta J. Roseway, Felecia A. Davis, Erin A. Carroll, Mary Czerwinski, Diana L. Maclean
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Abstract
This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing a mood-actuated device. In various embodiments, indicators of an emotional state of a user are sensed, and a mood-actuated device is controlled to react based on the emotional state of the user. In some embodiments, the mood-actuated device includes a mechanical component that is configured to react by moving based on the emotional state of the user.
Claims19
A robotic butterfly, comprising:
- one or more bio sensors configured to sense indicators of an emotional state of a user;
- mechanical wings configured to react based on the emotional state of the user;
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- a microcontroller configured to cause the mechanical wings to move in a first way if a first emotional state of the user is sensed by the one or more bio sensors, and to move in a second, different, way if a second emotional state of the user is sensed by the one or more bio sensors.
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A mood-actuated device, comprising:
- a bio sensor configured to sense indicators of an emotional state of a user;
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- mechanical wings configured to move based on the emotional state of the user by moving at a first speed if the bio sensor senses indicators of a first emotional state of the user and by moving at a second speed if the bio sensor senses indicators of a second emotional state of the user.
A method, comprising:
- sensing indicators of an emotional state of a user;
- and
- causing mechanical wings of a mood-actuated device to move based on the emotional state of the user by moving at a first speed to indicate a first emotional state of the user or by moving at a second speed to indicate a second emotional state of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.