EMOTIVE ENGINE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SIMULATED EMOTION FOR AN INFORMATION SYSTEM
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1. An emotive engine for an information system of a vehicle, the engine comprising:
- a computer configured toreceive input representing at least one of audio and visual characteristics of a user;
generate data representing an emotional state of the user based on the input representing the at least one of audio and visual characteristics of the user;
receive input representing an operating parameter of the vehicle;
generate data representing a simulated emotion to be expressed by an avatar based on at least one of the data representing the emotional state of the user and the input representing the operating parameter of the vehicle; and
output the data representing the simulated emotion to be expressed by the avatar for display by an output.
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Abstract
Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to.
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23 Claims
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1. An emotive engine for an information system of a vehicle, the engine comprising:
a computer configured to receive input representing at least one of audio and visual characteristics of a user; generate data representing an emotional state of the user based on the input representing the at least one of audio and visual characteristics of the user; receive input representing an operating parameter of the vehicle; generate data representing a simulated emotion to be expressed by an avatar based on at least one of the data representing the emotional state of the user and the input representing the operating parameter of the vehicle; and output the data representing the simulated emotion to be expressed by the avatar for display by an output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of generating a simulated emotion for a vehicle information system, the method comprising:
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receiving input representing at least one of audio and visual characteristics of a user; generating data representing an emotional state of the user based on the input representing the at least one of audio and visual characteristics of the user; receiving input representing an operating parameter of the vehicle; generating data representing a simulated emotion to be expressed by at least one of an audio output and visual output based on the data representing the emotional state of the user and the input representing the operating parameter of the vehicle; and outputting the data representing the simulated emotion for at least one of play by the audio output and display the visual output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for generating a simulated emotion for a vehicle information system, the method comprising:
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receiving input representing a spoken phrase from the user; analyzing at least one of a prosody, syntax and lexicon associated with the input representing the spoken phrase to generate data representing an emotional state of the user; receiving input representing at least one visual characteristic of the user; receiving input representing an operating parameter of the vehicle; applying at least one rule to at least one of the data representing the emotional state of the user, the input representing the at least one visual characteristic of the user and the input representing the operating parameter of the vehicle to identify data representing at least one simulated emotion to be expressed by an avatar; and outputting the data representing the at least one identified simulated emotion for display by a visual output. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An emotive engine for an information system of a vehicle, the engine comprising:
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means for receiving input representing an operating parameter of the vehicle; means for generating data representing a simulated emotion to be expressed by at least one of an audio output and visual output based on the input representing the operating parameter of the vehicle; and means for outputting the data representing the simulated emotion for at least one of play by the audio output and display by the visual output.
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