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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2020
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Go Tanaka, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yutaro Shiramizu, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
An interaction apparatusincludes an acquiring unitfor acquiring a system message, a setting unitfor setting a wait time for receiving an answer from a user based on the system message, a measuring unitfor measuring an elapsed time after the system message is output to the user, a user utterance acquiring unitfor acquiring a user utterance, and a controllerfor controlling an interaction with the user so that an additional action corresponding to the system message is output to the user. The measuring unitdetermines whether or not to subtract the elapsed time, based on the system message and the user utterance, when the user utterance not corresponding to the answer to the system message is acquired by the user utterance acquiring unitafter the system message is output.