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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Kazushige Kakutani, Hirakata, JP;
Shin Miyaji, Kobe, JP;
Naoto Tojo, Ikoma, JP;
Shinya Kataoka, Hirakata, JP;
Seiji Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Hirakata, JP;
Hideaki Aoki, Kyoto, JP;
Kazushige Kakutani, Hirakata, JP;
Shin Miyaji, Kobe, JP;
Naoto Tojo, Ikoma, JP;
Shinya Kataoka, Hirakata, JP;
Seiji Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Hirakata, JP;
Hideaki Aoki, Kyoto, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A user communicates with a companion with his or her portable telephone attached to a telephone attachment pocket of a robot. The robot acts in accordance with a voice signal which is outputted from the portable telephone, thereby behaving as if it were speaking to the user. The robot outputs a voice in response to the user's voice which is picked up by a microphone, thereby behaving as if it were listening to the user. Owing to this robot or a robot system using the same, the user feels less odd in his or her communication using the portable telephone.