INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20110282673A1
• Filed: 03/22/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sawada, Tsutomu, DI PROFIO, Ugo, Sano, Akane, Matsuda, Kouichi, Yamada, Keiichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,983,846 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8146 involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics

Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a voice analysis unit which performs an analysis process for a user speech; and a data processing unit which is input with analysis results of the voice analysis unit to determine a process which is to be performed by the information processing apparatus, wherein in the case where a factor of inhibiting process continuation occurs in a process based on the user speech, the data processing unit performs a process of generating and outputting feedback information corresponding to a process stage in which the factor of inhibiting occurs.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a voice analysis unit which performs an analysis process for a user speech; and

a data processing unit which is input with analysis results of the voice analysis unit to determine a process which is to be performed by the information processing apparatus,

wherein in the case where a factor of inhibiting process continuation occurs in a process based on the user speech, the data processing unit performs a process of generating and outputting feedback information corresponding to a process stage in which the factor of inhibiting occurs.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises an image analysis unit which analyzes a user action, and

wherein the data processing unit is input with analysis results of the image analysis unit to determine a process which is to be performed by the information processing apparatus, and in the case where a factor of inhibiting process continuation occurs in a process based on the user action, the data processing unit performs a process of generating and outputting feedback information corresponding to a process stage in which the factor of inhibiting occurs.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data processing unit performs a process of displaying an avatar as a status indicator of the information processing apparatus as the feedback information in the display unit and changing appearance of the displayed avatar.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data processing unit performs a process of displaying an avatar as a status indicator of the information processing apparatus as the feedback information in the display unit and changing a facial expression of the displayed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data processing unit performs a process of displaying an avatar as a status indicator of the information processing apparatus as the feedback information in the display unit and outputting information describing a status of the information processing apparatus through the displayed avatar.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein in the case where a process based on the user speech or the user action succeeds, the data processing unit performs a process of displaying an avatar as a status indicator of the information processing apparatus as the feedback information in the display unit and changing a facial expression of the displayed avatar or outputting information describing that the information processing apparatus succeeds in the process through the avatar.

7. An information processing method of performing an information process in an information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

performing an analysis process for a user speech in an voice analysis unit; and

inputting with analysis results of the performing of the analysis process to determine a process which is to be performed by the information processing apparatus in a data processing unit,

wherein the inputting with the analysis results to determine the process includes a step of, in the case where a factor of inhibiting process continuation occurs in a process based on the user speech, performing a process of generating and outputting feedback information corresponding to a process stage in which the factor of inhibiting occurs.

8. A program executing an information process in an information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

allowing an voice analysis unit to perform an analysis process for a user speech; and

allowing a data processing unit to be inputting with analysis results of the allowing the voice analysis unit to perform the analysis process for the user speech to determine a process which is to be performed by the information processing apparatus,

wherein the allowing the data processing unit to be inputting with the analysis results to determine the process includes a step of, in the case where a factor of inhibiting process continuation occurs in a process based on the user speech, allowing the data processing unit to perform a process of generating and outputting feedback information corresponding to a process stage in which the factor of inhibiting occurs.