ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,109, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Burbank, Calif.).
"Social robot with environmental control feature" was invented by Gregory I. Gewickey (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Lewis S. Ostrover (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for controlling a social robot includes operating an electronic output device based on social interactions between the social robot and a user. The social robot utilizes an algorithm or other logical solution process to infer a user mental state, for example a mood or desire, based on observation of the social interaction. Based on the inferred mental...