An agent device includes a microphone configured to collect a speech sound inside a vehicle cabin, a speaker configured to output a speech sound inside the vehicle cabin, and a plurality of agent function elements having different functions. Each of the plurality of agent function elements generates a speech sound of an agent that speaks to an occupant of a vehicle on the basis of a meaning of the speech sound collected by the microphone, causes the speaker to output the generated speech sound of the agent. The agent function element serving as a main agent that has a dialogue with the occupant is switched on the basis of content of the speech sound collected by the microphone.
AGENT DEVICE, AGENT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
2022-01-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G10L Analyse oder Synthese von Sprache , SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / H04R LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS , Lautsprecher, Mikrofone, Schallplatten-Tonabnehmer oder ähnliche akustische, elektromechanische Wandler |
AGENT DEVICE, AGENT SYSTEM, AGENT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
European Patent Office | 2020
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