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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Softbank Robotics Europe, PARIS, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SOFTBANK ROBOTICS EUROPE, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06N 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G10L 13/02 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/279 (2013.01); G06F 17/271 (2013.01); G06K 7/1404 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); G06K 9/00677 (2013.01); G06N 3/008 (2013.01); G10L 13/02 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for performing a dialog between a machine, preferably a humanoid robot, and at least one human speaker, comprises the following steps, implemented by a computer: a) identifying the human speaker; b) extracting from a database a speaker profile comprising a plurality of dialog variables, at least one value being assigned to at least one of the dialog variables; c) receiving and analyzing at least one sentence originating from the speaker; and d) formulating and emitting at least one response sentence as a function at least of the sentence received and interpreted in step c) and of one dialog variable of the speaker profile.