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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Sugawara, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1253 (2013.01); G06F 3/1221 (2013.01); G06F 3/1287 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus communicating with an input-output device that receives an input voice, outputs voice data corresponding to the input voice, and communicates with a server that analyzes the output voice data. The information processing apparatus further includes a voice output unit configured to output a voice, a reception unit configured to receive a user operation for starting the input-output device, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in response to the user operation received by the reception unit, cause the voice output unit to output a waking word for starting the input-output device.