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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiki Ohashi, Osaka, JP;
Satoru Matsunaga, Osaka, JP;
Masafumi Torikai, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Kuroyama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voice control method according to the present disclosure includes: judging, for each of a plurality of utterance objects capable of outputting voice, whether the utterance object is outputting voice; and based on a result of the judging, causing one or more of the plurality of utterance objects to output voice at one of a timing of immediately outputting voice and a timing of outputting voice after an end of outputting voice by an utterance object which is outputting voice among the plurality of utterance objects.