ZOOMORPHIC COMPUTER USER INTERFACE

Patent №

US 6,160,540

Granted

2000-12-12

Filed 1998

Owner

XEROX CORPORATION

Lab

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.

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AI classification

AI hardware1.00
Machine learning0.10
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00
Planning0.00

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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