Interactive artificial intelligence

• US 6,594,649 B2
• Filed: 09/10/1999
• Issued: 07/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Inventors: Sadakuni, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hirl, Joseph P.
• Application Number:
  US09/393,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20030074337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,404 Days
• Field of Search: 706/14, 706/902, 706/903
• US Class Current: 706/14
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2075/025 two
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2075/125 Direct injection in the combustion chamber for spark ignition engines, i.e. not in pre-combustion chamber
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 33/04 with simple crankcase pumps, i.e. with the rear face of a non-stepped working piston acting as sole pumping member in co-operation with the crankcase
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 75/16 Engines characterised by number of cylinders, e.g. single-cylinder engines F02B75/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/0404 Throttle position
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/0414 Air temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/703 Atmospheric pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2400/04 Two-stroke combustion engines with electronic control
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/062 for starting F02D41/061 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/3094 the fuel injection being effected by at least two different injectors, e.g. one in the intake manifold and one in the cylinder
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 69/045 for injecting into the combustion chamber F02M69/046 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 99/006 Providing a combustible mixture inside the cylinder
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

Behavior of a device is modified based on the device'"'"'s experience. The device includes: (i) a sensing unit for sensing signals; (ii) a concern-generating unit programmed to generate concern-parameters; (iii) an emotion-generating unit programmed to generate emotion-parameters; and (iv) an actuating unit for actuating the device. When the device is in a situation, the device extracts memory relevant to the situation to obtain concern-parameters previously generated in the situation. The behavior of the device is regulated by concern-parameters in the memory and emotion-parameters generated based on the concern-parameters, and accordingly, the device can modify or improve its behavior.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting behavior of a device based on the device'"'"'s experience, said device comprising:

(i) a sensing unit for sensing signals;

(ii) a concern-generating unit programmed to generate concern-parameters for defining the device'"'"'s interest;

(iii) an emotion-generating unit programmed to generate emotion-parameters for defining the device'"'"'s emotions; and

(iv) an actuating unit for actuating the device, wherein the concern-parameters and the emotion-parameters are different sets of parameters and do not overlap with each other, and the concern-generating unit and the emotion-generating unit are different units, said method comprising the steps of;

(a) recognizing an object based on signals receivable by the device, said device having current concern parameters generated by the concern-generating unit;

(b) extracting information, if any, on concern-parameters associated with the object from a discrete memory, said memory storing information on concern-parameters previously generated by the device through past interaction with the object;

(c) modifying the current concern-parameters by the extracted information on concern-parameters to obtain modified concern-parameters;

(d) generating emotion-parameters by the emotion-generating unit based on a discrepancy between the current concern-parameters and the modified concern-parameters under predetermined rules;

(e) actuating the device based on the modified concern-parameters and the emotion-parameters; and

(f) inputting in the memory concern-parameters generated by the device upon interaction with the object, thereby updating the memory.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in step (d), behavior of the device actuated based on the emotion-parameters is pre-selected based on the modified concern-parameters under predetermined rules.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in step (b), if no information on the object is extracted from the memory, the device behaves under predetermined rules.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the concern-generating unit has a predetermined input-output relationship, wherein said concern-generating unit receives pre-selected sensed signals and outputs the concern-parameters.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a working memory which temporarily pools and stores information from the sensing unit, the concern-generating unit, and the memory used in step (b) until the device completes its action, and which outputs information to the concern-generating unit, the emotion-generating unit, the actuating unit, and the memory used in step (b).