Service providing apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A service providing apparatus, comprising:
- an occupant detecting sensor configured to detect presence of each of a plurality of occupants in a vehicle;
an image acquiring sensor configured to acquire an image of a face of the plurality of occupants;
a microphone configured to acquire an utterance of at least one of the plurality of occupants; and
a control unit including a CPU and a memory coupled to the memory, wherein the CPU and the memory are configured to;
estimate an individual feeling of each of the plurality of occupants detected by the occupant detecting sensor, based on the acquired image of the face of the occupant acquired by the image acquiring sensor;
estimate a general mood representing an entire feeling of the plurality of occupants, based on the estimated individual feeling of each of the plurality of occupants;
interpret a gist of an utterance of at least one of the plurality of occupants, based on the utterance acquired by the microphone;
select a voice information service providing information on the interpreted gist of the utterance when the estimated general mood is more than or equal to a predetermined value, and select a music service providing music when the estimated general mood is less than the predetermined value; and
output a command to provide the selected service.
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Abstract
A service providing apparatus including an occupant detector configured to detect presence of each of a plurality of occupants in a vehicle and a control unit including a CPU and a memory coupled to the memory, wherein the CPU and the memory are configured to perform: estimating an individual feeling of the each of the plurality of occupants detected by the occupant detector; estimating a general mood representing an entire feeling of the plurality of occupants, based on the estimated individual feeling of the each of the plurality of occupants; deciding a service to be provided to a group of the plurality of occupants, based on the estimated general mood; and outputting a command to provide the decided service.
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1. A service providing apparatus, comprising:
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an occupant detecting sensor configured to detect presence of each of a plurality of occupants in a vehicle; an image acquiring sensor configured to acquire an image of a face of the plurality of occupants; a microphone configured to acquire an utterance of at least one of the plurality of occupants; and a control unit including a CPU and a memory coupled to the memory, wherein the CPU and the memory are configured to; estimate an individual feeling of each of the plurality of occupants detected by the occupant detecting sensor, based on the acquired image of the face of the occupant acquired by the image acquiring sensor; estimate a general mood representing an entire feeling of the plurality of occupants, based on the estimated individual feeling of each of the plurality of occupants; interpret a gist of an utterance of at least one of the plurality of occupants, based on the utterance acquired by the microphone; select a voice information service providing information on the interpreted gist of the utterance when the estimated general mood is more than or equal to a predetermined value, and select a music service providing music when the estimated general mood is less than the predetermined value; and output a command to provide the selected service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A service providing apparatus, comprising:
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an occupant detecting sensor configured to detect presence of each of a plurality of occupants in a vehicle; an image acquiring sensor configured to acquire an image of a face of the plurality of occupants; a microphone configured to acquire an utterance of at least one of the plurality of occupants; and an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory, wherein the microprocessor is configured to function as; an individual feeling estimator configured to estimate an individual feeling of the each of the plurality of occupants detected by the occupant detecting sensor, based on the acquired image acquired by the image acquiring sensor; a general mood estimator configured to estimate a general mood representing an entire feeling of the plurality of occupants, based on the individual feeling of the each of the plurality of occupants estimated by the individual feeling estimator; an utterance interpreter configured to interpret a gist of an utterance of at least one of the plurality of occupants, based on the utterance acquired by the microphone; a service decider configured to select a voice information service providing information on the gist of the utterance interpreted by the utterance interpreter when the estimated general mood is more than or equal to a predetermined value, and to select a music service providing music when the estimated general mood is less than the predetermined value; and a command outputter configured to output a command to provide the service selected by the service decider. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A service providing method, comprising:
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detecting presence of each of a plurality of occupants in a vehicle; acquiring images of faces of the plurality of occupants; acquiring an utterance of at least one of the occupants; estimating an individual feeling of each of the plurality of occupants detected, based on the acquired images of the faces of the plurality of occupants; estimating a general mood representing an entire feeling of the plurality of occupants, based on the estimated individual feeling of each of the plurality of occupants; interpreting a gist of the utterance of the at least one of the occupants; selecting a voice information service providing information on the interpreted gist of the utterance when the estimated general mood is more than or equal to a predetermined value; selecting a music service providing music when the estimated general mood is less than the predetermined value; and outputting a command to provide the selected service. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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