Bandai Namco filed 2 patent applications in H1 2026, all within AI & Machine Learning.
The applications focus on artificial intelligence systems for character generation and behavior modeling in gaming environments. One patent details technology for automatically creating personalized avatars by analyzing user data and preferences, while the other describes a system that generates diverse NPC behaviors by synthesizing operational patterns from multiple players rather than replicating a single individual's actions.
Bandai Namco's 2 AI & Machine Learning patents both center on using player data to automate and enrich character-related systems. The first describes a method for generating personalized avatars without requiring players to manually customize them, drawing on a combination of passively collected behavioral and profile data alongside active inputs like text, images, and voice to determine which character components to assemble. The second takes a different angle on player data, using the recorded habits and actions of multiple players in a weighted blend to drive NPC behavior, rather than pulling from a single player's patterns. That blending approach allows the system to produce a far wider range of behavioral outputs than the number of player samples alone would suggest, making computer-controlled characters harder to predict.
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