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Patent No.:

US 10224060 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2015

Interactive home-appliance system, server device, interactive home appliance, method for allowing home-appliance system to interact, and nonvolatile computer-readable data recording medium encoded with program for allowing computer to implement the method

Applicant:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Makoto Shinkai, Sakai, JP;

Toru Ueda, Sakai, JP;

Hitoshi Hirose, Sakai, JP;

Keisuke Iwasaki, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:

SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Vu B Hang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 25/66 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); G10L 25/72 (2013.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/66 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/4803 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); G10L 25/72 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); A61B 5/6887 (2013.01); A61B 5/6893 (2013.01); A61B 5/741 (2013.01); A61B 5/7465 (2013.01); A61B 2505/07 (2013.01); G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G10L 13/043 (2013.01); G10L 15/265 (2013.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01);
Abstract

A home-appliance system is provided that may alleviate user's stress or fatigue. The interactive home-appliance system includes an utterance unit, a voice input unit for accepting input of a reply to voice, a storage unit for storing an assessment criterion for assessing stress or fatigue based on conversation with an utterer and data for outputting voice alleviating stress or fatigue, a determination unit for determining the utterer's stress or fatigue based on the assessment criterion and the reply, and a drive mechanism for performing an operation for assisting in the utterer's life. The utterance unit is configured to output an utterance based on the determination result and the data.

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