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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hayato Sakamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Ikeno, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Azumino, JP;
Yuta Yamamoto, Azumino, JP;
Toshifumi Nishijima, Kasugai, JP;
Satoru Sasaki, Gotemba, JP;
Hiromi Tonegawa, Okazaki, JP;
Norihide Umeyama, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A voice I/O apparatus comprises a voice input unit that acquires uttered voice; a connection control unit that controls connection between the voice I/O apparatus and a control apparatus that generates a response to the voice; and an interaction control unit that transmits the acquired voice to the control apparatus, receives the response to the voice, and outputs the response, wherein the connection control unit establishes, between the voice I/O apparatus and the control apparatus, connection of a voice channel over which the voice is transmitted and connection of a data channel over which data other than the voice is transmitted, and terminates the data channel in a case where the connection of the voice channel is not completed within a given time period from the establishment of the connection of the data channel.