Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voice interaction system, its processing method, and program therefor
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Application No.: US16425031Application Date: 2019-05-29
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Publication No.: US11270691B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Narimasa Watanabe , Sawa Higuchi , Tatsuro Hori
- Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-104982 20180531
- Main IPC: G10L15/18
- IPC: G10L15/18 ; G06F3/16 ; G06F40/211 ; G06F40/284 ; G10L15/08

Abstract:
A voice interaction system performs a voice interaction with a user. The voice interaction system includes: topic detection means for estimating a topic of the voice interaction and detecting a change in the topic that has been estimated; and ask-again detection means for detecting, when the change in the topic has been detected by the topic detection means, the user's voice as ask-again by the user based on prosodic information on the user's voice.
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