Information processing system and storage medium
First Claim
1. An information processing system comprising:
- circuitry configured to;
acquire an ID of a specific user from a tag possessed by the specific user to identify the specific user;
recognize a given target for communication with the specific user based on signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around the specific user by identifying a command within the signals, the given target being separate from the specific user;
estimate a position of the specific user in accordance with the signals detected by any one of the plurality of sensors;
select a group of sensors from the plurality of sensors that is optimal for acquisition of the signals detected by the plurality of sensors based on the estimated position of the specific user, a direction of the specific user and a position of the mouth of the specific user;
output the signals acquired by the group of sensors to the given target;
identify access destination information corresponding to the given target for acquiring other signals from the given target based on the recognized given target;
process the other signals acquired from another plurality of sensors around the given target in response to the output signals; and
select a subset of a plurality of actuators arranged around the specific user to output the other signals to the specific user based on the estimated position of the specific user,wherein after selecting the group of sensors, the circuitry performs super directivity of the group of sensors via a delay-and-sum array processing and null generation processing directed at the mouth of the specific user.
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Abstract
An information processing system including a recognizing unit configured to recognize a given target on the basis of signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around a specific user, an identifying unit configured to identify the given target recognized by the recognizing unit, an estimating unit configured to estimate a position of the specific user in accordance with the a signal detected by any one of the plurality of sensors, and a signal processing unit configured to process signals acquired from sensors around the given target identified by the identifying unit in a manner that, when output from a plurality of actuators arranged around the specific user, the signals are localized near the position of the specific user estimated by the estimating unit.
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14 Claims
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1. An information processing system comprising:
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circuitry configured to; acquire an ID of a specific user from a tag possessed by the specific user to identify the specific user; recognize a given target for communication with the specific user based on signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around the specific user by identifying a command within the signals, the given target being separate from the specific user; estimate a position of the specific user in accordance with the signals detected by any one of the plurality of sensors; select a group of sensors from the plurality of sensors that is optimal for acquisition of the signals detected by the plurality of sensors based on the estimated position of the specific user, a direction of the specific user and a position of the mouth of the specific user; output the signals acquired by the group of sensors to the given target; identify access destination information corresponding to the given target for acquiring other signals from the given target based on the recognized given target; process the other signals acquired from another plurality of sensors around the given target in response to the output signals; and select a subset of a plurality of actuators arranged around the specific user to output the other signals to the specific user based on the estimated position of the specific user, wherein after selecting the group of sensors, the circuitry performs super directivity of the group of sensors via a delay-and-sum array processing and null generation processing directed at the mouth of the specific user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information processing system comprising:
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circuitry configured to; recognize a given target for communication with a specific user based on signals detected by a plurality of sensors around the specific user by identifying a command within the signals, the given target being separate from the specific user, wherein the specific user is identified by acquiring an ID of a specific user from a tag possessed by the specific user; and generate processed signals to be output from a selected subset of actuators around the specific user based on other signals acquired by other sensors arranged around the given target based on access destination information corresponding to the given target and in response to signals acquired from the specific user by a group of sensors, the group of sensors being sensors selected from the plurality of sensors that are optimal for acquisition of the signals detected by the plurality of sensors based on an estimated position of the specific user, a direction of the specific user and a position of the mouth of the specific user, the group of sensors having super directivity via a delay-and-sum array processing and null generation processing directed at the mouth of the specific user performed thereon after selection, the subset of actuators being selected based on the estimated position of the specific user.
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute a method comprising:
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acquiring an ID of a specific user from a tag possessed by the specific user to identify the specific user; recognizing a given target for communication with the specific user based on signals detected by a plurality of sensors arranged around the specific user by identifying a command within the signals, the given target being separate from the specific user; estimating a position of the specific user in accordance with the signals detected by any one of the plurality of sensors; selecting a group of sensors from the plurality of sensors that is optimal for acquisition of the signals detected by the plurality of sensors based on the estimated position of the specific user, a direction of the specific user and a position of the mouth of the specific user; performing, after selecting the group of sensors, super directivity of the group of sensors via a delay-and-sum array processing and null generation processing directed at the mouth of the specific user; outputting the signals acquired by the group of sensors to the given target; identifying access destination information corresponding to the given target for acquiring other signals from the given target based on the recognized given target processing the other signals acquired from another plurality of sensors around the given target in response to the output signals; and selecting a subset of a plurality of actuators arranged around the specific user to output the other signals to the specific user based on the estimated position of the specific user.
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute a method comprising:
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recognizing a given target for communication with a specific user based on signals detected by a plurality of sensors around the specific user by identifying a command within the signals, the given target being separate from the specific user, wherein the specific user is identified by acquiring an ID of a specific user from a tag possessed by the specific user; and generating processed signals to be output from a selected subset of actuators around the specific user based on other signals acquired by other sensors arranged around the given target based on access destination information corresponding to the given target and in response to signals acquired from the specific user by a group of sensors, the group of sensors being sensors selected from the plurality of sensors that are optimal for acquisition of the signals detected by the plurality of sensors based on an estimated position of the specific user, a direction of the specific user and a position of the mouth of the specific user, the group of sensors having super directivity via a delay-and-sum array processing and null generation processing directed at the mouth of the specific user performed thereon after selection, the subset of actuators being selected based on the estimated position of the specific user.
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