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Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2003
Applicants:

Hideki Shimomura, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazumi Aoyama, Saitama, JP;

Keiichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuharu Asano, Kanagawa, JP;

Atsushi Okubo, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hideki Shimomura, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazumi Aoyama, Saitama, JP;

Keiichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuharu Asano, Kanagawa, JP;

Atsushi Okubo, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Conventional robot apparatus etc. can not perform name-learning naturally. Learning the name of an object is performed such a manner that the name of a target object is obtained through dialog with a human being, the name is stored in association with plural items of different characteristic data detected for the target object, and a new object is recognized based on the stored data and associative information, the name and characteristic data of the new person are obtained and this associative information is stored.


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