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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hitoshi Hirose, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/227 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a sound output devicethat includes a microphone, a speaker, and a processor. The sound output devicecontinues a conversation either autonomously or in accordance with an instruction from a server when the message accepted via the microphonedoes not correspond to a first emotion, and ends a conversation either autonomously or in accordance with an instruction from a server when the message accepted via the microphonecorresponds to the first emotion.