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Title:
AGENT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF AGENT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2020152297
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide an agent device, a control method of the agent device, and a program capable of inhibiting interruption unintended by an occupant.SOLUTION: A agent device comprises: agent function parts for providing services including a vocal response, according to an utterance of a driver in a vehicle. The agent function part comprises: a voice presence/absence recognition part that recognizes presence/absence of the utterance of the occupant; a time-out processing part that stops a function of the agent function part when a state where absence of the utterance of the driver is recognized by the voice presence/absence recognition part, continues for a predetermined time period after a reference time point; and a drive burden estimation part that estimates a drive burden of the driver. The time-out processing part suspends counting time of the predetermined time period when the drive burden of the driver estimated by the drive burden estimation part becomes a reference amount or greater.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Inventors:
KUBOTA MOTOTSUGU
KURIHARA MASAKI
KIKUCHI SHINICHI
Application Number:
JP2019054366A
Publication Date:
September 24, 2020
Filing Date:
March 22, 2019
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Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
International Classes:
B60R16/02; G06F3/16; G10L15/00; G10L15/28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Field Saki Satoshi
Shingo Suzuki
Taichi Sakai
Shinichi Watanabe