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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Mina Funazukuri, Tokyo-to, JP;
Wataru Kaku, Musashino, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06N 3/008 (2013.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2666 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication system according to the present disclosure includes a camera configured to be able to photograph a user who is a communication partner and a microphone configured to be able to form a beam-forming in a specific direction. The control unit identifies a position of the mouth of a user using an image of the user taken by the camera and controls a position of a head part so that the identified position of the mouth of the user is included in a region of the beam-forming.