Patent ID: 6594649
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: F02B,F02D,F02M,F02N,Y02T

Abstract:
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.