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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Ikeno, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Jinguji, Hiroo-gun, JP;
Toshifumi Nishijima, Kasugai, JP;
Fuminori Kataoka, Nisshin, JP;
Hiromi Tonegawa, Okazaki, JP;
Norihide Umeyama, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A voice dialogue system includes: a voice input unit which acquires a user utterance, a dialogue text creator which creates a text of a system utterance, a voice output unit which outputs the system utterance as voice data, and a setting unit that sets a response deadline for system utterances. When a first system utterance is output by the voice output unit, a second system utterance is output after the first system utterance without having acquired a user utterance, and the second system utterance comprises a connective portion for connecting following sentences and a content portion that is a subject of the second system utterance, the setting unit sets a timing at which output of the connective portion of the second system utterance ends or output of the content portion of the second system utterance starts as the response deadline for the first system utterance.