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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Yoshiyuki Mochizuki, Suita, JP;
Katsunori Orimoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Toshiki Hijiri, Hirakata, JP;
Naoki Ohtani, Osaka, JP;
Toshiya Naka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeo Asahara, Ikeda, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mochizuki, Suita, JP;
Katsunori Orimoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Toshiki Hijiri, Hirakata, JP;
Naoki Ohtani, Osaka, JP;
Toshiya Naka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeo Asahara, Ikeda, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A communication unitcarries out voice communication, and a character background selection input unitselects a CG character corresponding to a communication partner. A voice/music processing unitperforms voice/music processing required for the communication, a voice/music converting unitconverts voice and music, and a voice/music output unit outputs the voice and music. A voice input unitacquires voice. A voice analyzing unitanalyzes the voice, and an emotion presuming unitpresumes an emotion based on the result of the voice analysis. A lips motion control unita body motion control unitand an expression control unitsend control information to a 3-D image drawing unitto generate an image, and a display unitdisplays the image.