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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Kobayashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Akihiro Muguruma, Nagoya, JP;
Yukiya Sugiyama, Toyota, JP;
Shota Higashihara, Chiryu, JP;
Riho Matsuo, Nagoya, JP;
Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G01S 3/80 (2006.01); G01S 3/802 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G01S 3/802 (2013.01); G01S 3/8003 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A speech interaction device includes an ascertaining section and a control section. The ascertaining section ascertains a direction of a speech utterer by audio emitted by the speech utterer. The control section controls directionality of audio output through a speaker when outputting audio toward the speech utterer, such that directionality of audio in the direction ascertained by the ascertaining section is higher than directionality of audio in other directions.