Patent №
US 6,160,540
Granted
2000-12-12
Filed 1998
Owner
XEROX CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09005977
A zoomorphic computer for controlling a computer system includes an animal or humanoid shaped shell having an attached transceiver for two way communication with a computer system. A position detecting unit determines position of the zoomorphic shell relative to the computer system, with change of position of the zoomorphic shell relative to the computer system changing state the zoomorphic shell or the computer system. The zoomorphic shell can have movable elements such as arms or tails, attached to the zoomorphic shell, and support a feedback unit that communicates with the computer system, modifying position of a movable element in response to computer system output.
AI classification
Ownership
XEROX CORPORATION
assignment · 92170902
Assignors
FISHKIN, KENNETH P., GOLDBERG, DAVID, GUJAR, ANUJ UDAY, HARRISON, BEVERLY L., MYNATT, ELIZABETH D., STONE, MAUREEN C., WANT, ROY
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