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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Kyoto University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tatsuya Kawahara, Kyoto, JP;
Katsuya Takanashi, Kyoto, JP;
Ryosuke Nakanishi, Toyota, JP;
Narimasa Watanabe, Nagakute, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a voice interaction apparatus including an estimation unit configured to estimate whether to wait a next user's speech or to execute an output of an output speech by the voice interaction apparatus based on a user's speech input by an input unit; and the response control unit configured to, when the estimation unit could not estimate whether to wait for the user's next speech or to execute the output of the output speech by the voice interaction apparatus, respond by executing at least one of a filler output and a nodding action, the filler output being an output of a filler, i.e., a connecting utterance irrelevant to an interaction content, from the output unit, and the nodding action being an action of swinging a pseudo head part back and forth.