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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Akihiko Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Yamabana, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A robot for interpreting between a speaker and a listener is provided. The robot includes a direction identifying device for identifying directions of the speaker and the listener, and a motor for moving a robot body to a direction identified by the direction identifying device. The direction identifying device identifies the direction of the speaker at a given time, and in the case where the speaker and the listener are alternated, identifies the direction of an alternated listener by the direction identified at the given time.