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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Sugihara, Wako, JP;
Atsushi Sekiguchi, Wako, JP;
Yuki Matsuura, Wako, JP;
Eisuke Soma, Wako, JP;
Wataru Endo, Wako, JP;
Ryosuke Tanaka, Wako, JP;
Toshikatsu Kuramochi, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An agent device includes a microphone configured to collect a speech sound inside a vehicle cabin, a speaker configured to output a speech sound inside the vehicle cabin, and a plurality of agent function elements having different functions. Each of the plurality of agent function elements generates a speech sound of an agent that speaks to an occupant of a vehicle on the basis of a meaning of the speech sound collected by the microphone, causes the speaker to output the generated speech sound of the agent. The agent function element serving as a main agent that has a dialogue with the occupant is switched on the basis of content of the speech sound collected by the microphone.