Information notification supporting device, information notification supporting method, and computer program product

• US 10,068,575 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujii, Hiroko, Suzuki, Masaru, Sumita, Kazuo, Sakai, Masaru, Ariu, Masahide
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharma, Neeraj
• Application Number:
  US13/729,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20130218553A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,076 Days
• Field of Search: 704 9, 704201, 704220, 7042701, 379 8822, 37920901, 37926501, 37920101, 709238, 709206, 709217, 4554141, 235375, 715700, 715710
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/222 Barge in, i.e. overridable guidance for interrupting prompts
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/87 Detection of discrete points within a voice signal

Abstract

According to an embodiment, an information notification supporting device includes an analyzer configured to analyze an input voice so as to identify voice information indicating information related to speech; a storage unit configured to store therein a history of the voice information; an output controller configured to determine, using the history of the voice information, whether a user is able to listen to a message of which the user should be notified; and an output unit configured to output the message when it is determined that the user is in a state in which the user is able to listen to the message.

Claims

1. An information notification supporting device comprising:

a memory configured to store a recognition result of an input voice of a user,

and processing circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations, comprising;

receiving a message;

determining, using an analysis result, schedule information and position information, whether the user is in a first state or a second state, wherein the first state represents a state in which the user is able to listen to the message and the second state represents a state in which the user is not able to listen to the message;

and when it is determined that the user is in the second state, determining a degree of association based on a recognition result of the input voice of the user and the received message, the degree of association indicating whether the message is associated with a current state of the user,

and controlling a timing to output the received message via the information notification supporting device using the determined degree of association, a degree of importance that is determined according to a priority of the received message, and correspondence information in which the degree of association;

the degree of importance, and the timing to output the message are associated with each other.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the controlling includes, when it is determined that the user is in the first state, performing control so that the message is output.

3. The device according claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to perform the operations, further comprising determining whether the message is associated with the recognition result according to whether a keyword of the message is identical to a keyword of the recognition result.

4. The device according claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform the operations, further comprising performing voice recognition of the input voice.

5. The device according claim 1, wherein the receiving includes receiving the message via wireless communication.

6. The device according claim 1, further comprising a microphone configured to acquire the input voice.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to perform the operations, further comprising analyzing the input voice so as to identify the voice information.

8. An information notification supporting method comprising:

receiving a message;

determining, using an analysis result, schedule information and position information, whether the user is in a first state or a second state;

wherein the first state represents a state in which the user is able to listen to the message and the second state represents a state in which the user is not able to listen to the message;

and when it is determined that the user is in the second state, determining a degree of association based on a recognition result of the input voice of the user and the received message, the degree of association indicating whether the message is associated with a current state of the user,

and controlling a timing to output the received message via an information notification supporting device using the determined degree of association, a degree of importance that is determined according to a priority of the received message, and correspondence information in which the degree of association, the degree of importance, and the timing to output the message are associated with each other.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the controlling includes, when it is determined that the user is in the first state, performing control so that the message is output.

10. The method according claim 8, further comprising determining whether the message is associated with the recognition result according to whether a keyword of the message is identical to a keyword of the recognition result.

11. The method according claim 8, further comprising performing voice recognition of the input voice.

12. The method according claim 8, wherein the receiving includes receiving the message via wireless communication.

13. The method according to claim 8, further comprising analyzing the input voice so as to identify the voice information.

14. An information notification supporting device comprising:

a memory configured to store a message for a user;

and processing circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations, comprising;

receiving a message;

determining, using an analysis result, schedule information and position information, whether the user is in a first state or a second state, wherein the first state represents a state in which the user is able to listen to the message and the second state represents a state in which the user is not able to listen to the message;

and when it is determined that the user is in the second state, determining a degree of association based on a recognition result of the input voice of the user and the received message, the degree of association indicating whether the message is associated with a current state of the user,

and controlling a timing to output the received message via the information notification supporting device using the determined degree of association, a degree of importance that is determined according to a priority of the received message, and correspondence information in which the degree of association, the degree of importance, and the timing to output the message are associated with each other.

15. The device according to claim 14, wherein

the controlling includes, when it is determined that the user is in the second state and when the priority of the message received is equal to or greater than a first reference value, performing control so that the message is output.

16. The device according to claim 14, further comprising a microphone configured to acquire input voice.