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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Thomas J Giuli, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Basavaraj Tonshal, Livonia, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Perry Robinson Macneille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Thomas J Giuli, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Basavaraj Tonshal, Livonia, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to.