Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

{
  "publication_number": "US11380332B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program",
  "abstract": "Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of reliably delivering a message to a third party desired by a user. Provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information including a sound message, and a recognition unit configured to recognize a sender of the sound message, a destination of a message included is the sound message, and content of the message from the information acquired by the acquisition unit, in which the recognition unit generates information for inputting the destination of the message is a case where the destination cannot be uniquely specified.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a torso provided with a display that displays information; circuitry configured to: acquire information including a sound message; recognize a sender of the sound message, a destination of a message included in the sound message, and content of the message from the acquired information, wherein the sender is recognized by performing voice print recognition; generate and display information for inputting the destination of the message in a case where the circuitry is not able to uniquely specify the destination; and swing the torso when detecting approach of a human in a state where the message is registered.",
    "2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information for inputting the destination of the message comprises an image for selecting the destination of the message from candidates of the destination of the message.",
    "3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry outputs information for selecting, by a sound, the destination of the message from candidates of the destination of the message, as the information for inputting the destination of the message.",
    "4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry outputs the message for the destination when recognizing a person which is the destination of the message.",
    "5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: controls an operation of the torso to stop when detecting that an operation to the display is being performed.",
    "6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry performs control for notifying a device of the sender that the person which is the destination of the message has received the message.",
    "7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: perform control for notifying the device of the sender that the person which is the destination of the message has received the message in a case where the person which is the destination of the message has viewed the message displayed on the display.",
    "8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an imaging unit configured to capture an image, wherein the circuitry starts acquisition of the information when a face is included in the image captured by the imaging unit.",
    "9. An information processing method for causing a processor to execute: acquiring information including a sound message; recognizing a sender of the sound message, a destination of a message included in the sound message, and content of the message from the acquired information, wherein the sender is recognized by performing voice print recognition; generating and displaying information for inputting the destination of the message in a case where the destination is not able to be uniquely specified; and swing a torso provided with a display when detecting approach of a human in a state where the message is registered.",
    "10. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program for causing a computer to execute: acquiring information including a sound message; recognizing a sender of the sound message, a destination of a message included in the sound message, and content of the message from the acquired information, wherein the sender is recognized by performing voice print recognition; generating information for inputting the destination of the message in a case where the destination is not able to be uniquely specified; and swinging a torso provided with a display when detecting approach of a human in a state where the message is registered."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program.\n\nFor example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for a robot apparatus that obtains a message from a user, interacts with a third party desired by the user, and notifies the message.\n\nHowever, to deliver the message to the third party desired by the user, the robot needs to recognize who the third party is, and if the robot cannot recognize a partner to which the user wants to give the message, the robot will not know who the message is delivered to.\n\nTherefore, the present disclosure proposes new and improved information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program capable of reliably delivering a message to a third party desired by a user.\n\nAccording to the present disclosure, provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information including a sound message, and a control unit configured to recognize a sender of the sound message, a destination of a message included in the sound message, and content of the message from the information acquired by the acquisition unit, in which the control unit generates information for inputting the destination of the message in a case where the control unit is not able to uniquely specify the destination.",
  "cpc": [
    "G10L 17/00",
    "B25J 11/0005",
    "G05B 19/414",
    "G05B 2219/50391",
    "G06F 3/14",
    "G06F 3/16",
    "G06N 3/008",
    "G06V 40/161",
    "G08B 5/38",
    "G10L 15/00",
    "G10L 15/22",
    "H04L 51/10",
    "H04M 1/72433",
    "H04M 2250/74",
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  "ipc": [
    "B25J 11/00",
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    "G06F 3/14",
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    "G06V 40/16",
    "G08B 5/38",
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  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Sony Mobile Communications Inc"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Manabu Kii",
    "Hidehiro Komatsu",
    "Atsushi Ishihara",
    "Yu Shigeta",
    "Junji Itoyama"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2018-01-31",
  "publication_date": "2022-07-05",
  "grant_date": "2022-07-05",
  "priority_date": "2017-02-24",
  "application_number": "US-201816470248-A",
  "family_id": "63252728",
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