Title:
SMART SPEAKER, SMART SPEAKER CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/138477
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a technique for controlling a smart speaker, and is used in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT). A recognition unit 111 analyses a speech signal, which represents speech that is input in an input unit 14, and recognizes speech content and a user U responsible for producing the speech. A determination unit 112 determines whether or not the speech represented by the recognized speech signal is an utterance indicating an inquiry made by the user U. When the determination unit 112 determines that said speech is an utterance indicating an inquiry made by the user U, an acquisition unit 113 transmits the inquiry to a server device 2, requests a reply to the inquiry from the server device 2, and acquires the reply from the server device 2. When the determination unit 112 determines that said speech is an utterance indicating an inquiry made by the user U, an output control unit 114 outputs artificial speech, indicating that the inquiry has been received, to an output unit 15 before information representing the reply to the inquiry is acquired by the acquisition unit 113 and output to the user U.
Inventors:
TAKENOSHITA KOYO (JP)
TANIGUCHI MASAHITO (JP)
TANIGUCHI MASAHITO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/000371
Publication Date:
July 18, 2019
Filing Date:
January 10, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UHURU CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G06F3/16; G10L13/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2017006766A1 | 2017-01-12 |
Foreign References:
| JP2014191030A | 2014-10-06 | |||
| JP2016090681A | 2016-05-23 | |||
| JP2016126293A | 2016-07-11 | |||
| JP2015135420A | 2015-07-27 |
Other References:
AIKAWA KIYOAKI: "In search of natural human-to-computer voice interactions", NTT R&D, vol. 50, no. 12, 10 December 2001 (2001-12-10), pages 945 - 952, ISSN: 0915-2326
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ASAHI PATENT FIRM (JP)
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