公开(公告)号：US20170212600A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15483480

申请日：2017-04-10

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Emmanouil Koukoumidis ,  Brian Beckman ,  Sumit Kumar ,  Konstantinos Aisopos

IPC: G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/017 ,  A63F13/21 ,  A63F13/42 ,  A63F2300/10 ,  A63F2300/105 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  H03K17/955

Abstract: An application programming interface is provided that allows applications to request and receive distance measurements from multiple proximity sensors arranged on a computing device such as a smart phone or tablet. Users can input ranges of values to the applications by moving objects such as hands and fingers towards and away one or more of the multiple proximity sensors. Applications can use the ranges of values provided by the proximity sensors to allow for more nuanced and precise user interfaces than what is typically available using the binary output associated with a capacitive display. The values provided by the proximity sensors can be combined with values from one or more other sensors such as accelerometers to provide additional user interface options.

公开(公告)号：US20170289766A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15377677

申请日：2016-12-13

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： James William Scott ,  Tobias Alexander Grosse-Puppendahl ,  Alice Jane Bernheim Brush ,  Joseph Spencer King ,  Diego Hernán Carlomagno ,  Konstantinos Aisopos ,  Matthias Baer

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W8/00

CPC classification number: H04W4/023 ,  G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/3265 ,  G06F3/011 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W52/0209 ,  Y02D10/153 ,  Y02D10/173 ,  Y02D70/00 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/22 ,  Y02D70/26

Abstract: Techniques for digital assistant experience based on presence sensing are described herein. In implementations, a system is able to detect user presence and distance from a reference point, and tailor a digital assistant experience based on distance. The distance, for example, represents a distance from a client device that outputs various elements of a digital assistant experience, such as visual and audio elements. Various other contextual factors may additionally or alternatively be considered in adapting a digital assistant experience.

公开(公告)号：US20180357286A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US15617093

申请日：2017-06-08

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Ying Wang ,  Qi Yao ,  Maria Alexandropoulou ,  Konstantinos Aisopos ,  Di Li ,  Oussama Elachqar ,  Emmanouil Koukoumidis

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/27 ,  G10L25/63 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06N99/00 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06N3/00

CPC classification number: G06F17/30528 ,  G06F17/2785 ,  G06F17/30401 ,  G06F17/3053 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  G06K9/00302 ,  G06N3/006 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06N99/005 ,  G10L25/63

Abstract: A system provides emotionally and intellectually relevant responses to user queries received by a chatbot instantiated by a computing device. The system also receives user data associated with the user query. The user query is communicated to a first supervised machine learning model to obtain a first plurality of ranked responses. The system also communicates the received user data to a second supervised machine learning model to obtain a first plurality of emotions associated with the user data. The system then determines determine a second plurality of emotions for the first plurality of responses and re-ranks the first plurality of responses based on a comparison of the first plurality of emotions and the second plurality of emotions. The system then selects a response to the user query from the re-ranked responses and outputs the selected response using the chatbot instantiated by the computing device.