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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2021
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Eiichi Maeda, Itabashi-ku, JP;

Chikage Kubo, Chofu, JP;

Keiko Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;

Hiroyuki Nishizawa, Itabashi-ku, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G06F 40/35 (2020.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/453 (2018.02); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); G06F 40/35 (2020.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); B60K 2370/148 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1575 (2019.05); B60K 2370/164 (2019.05);
Abstract

An agent device receives input information that is input by the user, in a case in which the input information is a question from the user, executes inference processing on the input information to infer an intent of the question in order to acquire a response to the question based on the intent, in a case in which a plurality of the responses are acquired, provides the notification device with option information that includes the plurality of responses as options, in a case in which new input information is received, determines whether the new input information is information requiring the inference processing or is selection information relating to a selection result from selection of the options, and in a case in which the new input information is the selection information, provides the notification device with response information regarding the response associated with the selection result without executing the inference processing.


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