User Preference Interring Apparatus, User Profile Interring Apparatus, and Robot
First Claim
1. A user preference inferring apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit which receives information related to an article from a tag attached to the article; and
a preference determining unit which infers a user'"'"'s preference on the basis of the information related to said article received by said receiving unit.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to infer a user'"'"'s preference or profile with a good precision.
A user preference inferring apparatus 100 includes a receiving means 2 which receives information related to an article from a tag attached to the article, an article name determining means 3 obtaining an article name of the article on the basis of the information related to the article received by the receiving means 2, and a preference determining means 4 which infers a user'"'"'s preference on the basis of the information related to the article received by the receiving means 2. On the basis of the article name obtained by the article name determining means 3, the preference determining means 4 obtains preference information corresponding to the article name from a database that stores the article name and the preference information corresponding to the article name, and determines the user'"'"'s preference.
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25 Claims
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1. A user preference inferring apparatus comprising:
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a receiving unit which receives information related to an article from a tag attached to the article; and a preference determining unit which infers a user'"'"'s preference on the basis of the information related to said article received by said receiving unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14)
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12. The user preference inferring apparatus as set forth in further comprising a moving unit for moving spontaneously.
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15. A user profile inferring apparatus comprising:
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an information obtaining unit which obtains information related to an article from a tag attached to the article; and a profile inferring unit which infers a user'"'"'s profile on the basis of the information related to said article read out by said information obtaining unit. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A user preference inferring method comprising:
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receiving information related to an article from a tag attached to the article; and inferring a user'"'"'s preference on the basis of the information related to said article received in said receiving information related to the article. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A user profile inferring method comprising:
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obtaining information related to an article from a tag attached to the article; and inferring a user'"'"'s profile on the basis of the information related to said article obtained in said obtaining information related to the article.
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24. A user preference inferring program that allows a computer to function as:
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receiving means for receiving information related to an article from a tag attached to the article; and preference determining means for inferring a user'"'"'s preference on the basis of the information related to said article received by said receiving means.
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25. A robot controlling program that allows a robot having a moving unit to move spontaneously by allowing a computer contained in said robot to function as:
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receiving means for receiving information related to an article from a tag attached to the article; preference determining means for inferring a user'"'"'s preference on the basis of the information related to said article received by said receiving means; and operation controlling means for controlling said moving unit.
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