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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Hiroshi Amano, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Osaka, JP;
Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;
Takako Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A voice dialogue method performed by a voice dialog system includes: a voice signal generation unit; a voice dialog agent unit; a voice output unit; and a voice input control unit, the method including: a step of, by the voice signal generation unit, receiving a voice input and generating a voice signal based on the received voice input; a step of, by the voice dialog agent unit, performing voice recognition processing on the voice signal and performing processing based on a result of the voice recognition processing to generate a response signal; a step of, by the voice output unit, outputting a voice based on the response signal; and a step of, when the voice output unit outputs the voice, by the voice input control unit, keeping the voice signal generation unit, for predetermined period after output of the voice, a receivable state in which a voice input is receivable.