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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Yasuyuki Tamai, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Nagai, Saitama, JP;
Megumi Tsuchiyama, Saitama, JP;
CLARION CO., LTD., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus includes: a user action estimation unit that estimates an expected passage route of a user based on a current position and an action history of the user; a sound signal input unit to which a sound signal based on the utterance of the user is input; a storage unit that stores a keyword and a POI related to the keyword; a keyword extraction unit that extracts the keyword from the sound signal; and a POI selection unit that selects a candidate POI as a candidate for a destination based on the expected passage route estimated by the user action estimation unit and the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction unit.