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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Joakim Gustafson, Stockholm, SE;
Gabriel Skantze, Stockholm, SE;
Martin Johansson, Stockholm, SE;
Tatsuro Hori, Miyoshi, JP;
Narimasa Watanabe, Nagakute, JP;
Joakim Gustafson, Stockholm, SE;
Gabriel Skantze, Stockholm, SE;
Martin Johansson, Stockholm, SE;
Tatsuro Hori, Miyoshi, JP;
Narimasa Watanabe, Nagakute, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Furhat Robotics AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A syntactic analysis unitperforms a syntactic analysis for linguistic information on acquired user speech. A non-linguistic information analysis unitanalyzes non-linguistic information for the acquired user speech, the non-linguistic information being different from the linguistic information. A filler length determination unitdetermines a length of a filler according to a non-linguistic information analysis result. A filler generation unitgenerates a filler having a length corresponding to a result of a determination by the filler length determination unit. The filler length determination unitdetermines that a long filler should be generated when a syntactic analysis result needs to be used to generate a response and, otherwise, determines that a short filler should be generated. The voice output unitoutputs the response generated by the response generation unitafter outputting the filler.