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Title:
INTERACTIVE APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH RECORDED PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003228449
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an interactive apparatus that enables a man to conduct natural dialog by reducing the waiting time during the interaction, between machine and man.

An interactive apparatus 10 is equipped with an audio input unit for inputting a user's voice, an action acquiring unit for acquiring actions for each body part of the user, an audio processing unit for processing audio by recognizing audio signals, an action analyzer for analyzing the actions by recognizing the actions, a dialog coordinating unit for coordinating dialogs with the users, a dialog administrative unit for administrating a progress of the dialogs and a determined result by a dialog progress determining unit, an audio control unit, an action control unit 7, and an audio output unit, as well as an action output unit. The interactive coordinating unit 200 is equipped with an voice attribute analyzer for analyzing attributes of responding voices on the basis of inputted voices, an action attribute analyzer for analyzing attributes of responding actions on the basis of inputted actions, and the dialog progress determining unit to determine the interactive progress, on the basis of the attributes of the voices or the actions, and also send an advanced message for ending of the dialog on the basis of the analyzed results by the dialog progress determining unit.


Inventors:
WATANUKI KEIKO
Application Number:
JP2002025830A
Publication Date:
August 15, 2003
Filing Date:
February 01, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SHARP KK
International Classes:
G06F3/16; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G10L15/22; G10L15/24; G10L15/32; (IPC1-7): G06F3/00; G06F3/16; G10L15/22; G10L15/24; G10L15/28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yusuke Hiraki