METHOD FOR APPLYING VIRTUAL PERSON AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR USE WITH THE METHOD

• US 20130179139A1
• Filed: 12/30/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fu-Wen Lee, Yi-Ming Chiu
• Original Assignee: Fu-Wen Lee, Yi-Ming Chiu
• Inventors: Lee, Fu-Wen
• Application Number:
  US13/731,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179139A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/11
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 5/00 ICT specially adapted for modelling or simulations in systems biology, e.g. gene-regulatory networks, protein interaction networks or metabolic networks
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Provided is a method for applying a virtual person and for use with a portable electronic device connected to a cloud server via a communication chain, wherein the cloud server executes a virtual person artificial intelligence simulation program. The portable electronic device displays a virtual person and detects and collects a user'"'"'s biological feature signals and use status signals by a plurality of sensors of the portable electronic device, and then sends the signals to the cloud server. The virtual person artificial intelligence simulation program processes the signals and then outputs a plurality of response signals in response to the signals. The portable electronic device outputs and displays a plurality of animation frames and/or sounds which are performed by the virtual person and/or outputs vibrations in response to the response signals.

Claims

1. A method for applying a virtual person and for use with a portable electronic device connected to a cloud server via a communication chain, wherein the cloud server executes a virtual person artificial intelligence simulation program, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a virtual person by the portable electronic device;

detecting and collecting a plurality of biological feature signals of a user of the portable electronic device and a plurality of use status signals of the portable electronic device by a plurality of sensors of the portable electronic device;

sending, by the portable electronic device, the biological feature signals and the use status signals to the cloud server via the communication chain;

receiving the biological feature signals and the use status signals by the cloud server, processing the biological feature signals and the use status signals by the virtual person artificial intelligence simulation program of the cloud server, outputting a plurality of response signals in response to the biological feature signals and the use status signals, followed by sending, by the cloud server, the response signals to the portable electronic device via the communication chain; and

receiving and processing the response signals by the portable electronic device, followed by outputting and displaying, by the portable electronic device, a plurality of animation frames and/or sounds which are performed by the virtual person and/or a plurality of vibrations in response to the response signals.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is one of a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart TV, and a notebook computer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensors of the portable electronic device include an image capturing sensor, a microphone, a GPS receiver, a G-sensor, a temperature sensor, a pulse sensor, a light detecting sensor, a touch panel sensor, a pressure sensor, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the biological feature signals include a biological sound signal, a biological body temperature signal, a biological pulse signal, a biological facial imaging signal, or a combination thereof, and the use status signals include an ambient sound signal, an ambient temperature signal, a GPS signal, a G-signal, a light signal, a touching signal, a pressure signal, or a combination thereof.

5. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a plurality of sensors;

a display unit, a vibration unit and a speaker;

a communication module for connection with a communication chain;

a virtual person simulation program; and

a processor for executing the virtual person simulation program to thereby perform the steps of;

displaying a virtual person on the display unit;

detecting and collecting a plurality of biological feature signals of a user of the portable electronic device and a plurality of use status signals of the portable electronic device by the sensors;

sending, by the communication module, the biological feature signals and the use status signals to a cloud server to thereby allow the cloud server to receive the biological feature signals and the biological feature signals, such that a virtual person artificial intelligence simulation program of the cloud server processes the biological feature signals and the use status signals before outputting a plurality of response signals in response to the biological feature signals and the use status signals, and then the cloud server sends the response signals to the portable electronic device via the communication chain; and

receiving and processing the response signals by the communication module, followed by displaying on the display unit a plurality of animation frames which are performed by the virtual person in response to the response signals, and/or outputting a sound from the speaker, and/or outputting a vibration from the vibration unit.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the portable electronic device is one of a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart TV, and a notebook computer.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the sensors include an image capturing sensor, a microphone, a GPS receiver, a G-sensor, a temperature sensor, a pulse sensor, a light detecting sensor, a touch panel sensor, a pressure sensor, or a combination thereof.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the biological feature signals include a biological sound signal, a biological body temperature signal, a biological pulse signal, a biological facial imaging signal, or a combination thereof, and the use status signals include an ambient sound signal, an ambient temperature signal, a user'"'"'s touching signal, an ambient light signal, an atmospheric pressure signal, a GPS signal, a G-signal, or a combination thereof.

9. A computer device, comprising:

a plurality of sensors;

a display unit, a vibration unit and a speaker;

a communication module for connection with a communication chain;

a virtual person simulation program;

a processor for executing the virtual person simulation program to thereby perform the steps of;

displaying a virtual person on the display unit;

detecting and collecting a plurality of biological feature signals of a user of the computer device and a plurality of use status signals of the computer device by the sensors;

sending, by the communication module, the biological feature signals and the use status signals to a cloud server to thereby allow the cloud server to receive the biological feature signals and the use status signals, such that a virtual person artificial intelligence simulation program of the cloud server processes the biological feature signals and the use status signals before outputting a plurality of response signals in response to the biological feature signals and the use status signals, and then the cloud server sends the response signals to the computer device via the communication chain; and

receiving and processing the response signals by the communication module, followed by displaying on the display unit a plurality of animation frames which are performed by the virtual person in response to the response signals, and/or outputting a sound from the speaker, and/or outputting a vibration from the vibration unit.

10. The computer device of claim 9, wherein the computer device is a desktop computer.