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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 40/211 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/1807 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 40/211 (2020.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G10L 15/1822 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voice interaction system performs a voice interaction with a user. The voice interaction system includes: topic detection means for estimating a topic of the voice interaction and detecting a change in the topic that has been estimated; and ask-again detection means for detecting, when the change in the topic has been detected by the topic detection means, the user's voice as ask-again by the user based on prosodic information on the user's voice.