INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20170047063A1
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KIRIHARA, Reiko, OHMURA, Junki, SUKI, Yasuyuki, OGASAWARA, Koichi
• Application Number:
  US15/304,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20170047063A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1815 Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/221 Announcement of recognition results
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus, control method, and program capable of notifying a user of a candidate for a response, from the middle of a speech, through a voice U1, the information processing apparatus including: a semantic analysis unit configured to perform semantic analysis on speech text recognized by a speech recognition unit in the middle of a speech; a score calculation unit configured to calculate a score for a response candidate on the basis of a result of the analysis performed by the semantic analysis unit; and a notification control unit configured to perform control to notify of the response candidate, in the middle of the speech, according to the score calculated by the score calculation unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a semantic analysis unit configured to perform semantic analysis on speech text recognized by a speech recognition unit in the middle of a speech;

a score calculation unit configured to calculate a score for a response candidate on the basis of a result of the analysis performed by the semantic analysis unit; and

a notification control unit configured to perform control to notify of the response candidate, in the middle of the speech, according to the score calculated by the score calculation unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the score calculation unit updates the score according to the semantic analysis sequentially performed on the speech by the semantic analysis unit, and

the notification control unit performs control to update display of the response candidate in association with the updating of the score.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the notification control unit performs control to notify of a plurality of the response candidates in display forms corresponding to the scores.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the notification control unit performs control to display a predetermined number of the response candidates haying highest scores on the basis of the scores.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the notification control unit performs control to display the response candidate or candidates having a score exceeding a predetermined value.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the notification control unit performs control to display the response candidates using display areas corresponding to values of the scores.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the notification control unit performs control to display icons for the response candidates, each icon including information about a display dot size corresponding to the score.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the notification control unit performs control to display the response candidate or candidates having a score lower than a predetermined value, in a grayed-out fashion.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the notification control unit performs control to display the recognized speech text together with the response candidates.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the score calculation unit calculates the score, additionally taking a current user environment into account.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an execution control unit configured to perform control to execute a final response.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein control is performed so that a final response determined on the basis of a result of the semantic analysis on speech text finally determined after end of the speech is executed.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein control is performed so that a final response chosen by a user is executed.

14. A control method comprising:

performing semantic analysis on speech text recognized by a speech recognition unit in the middle of a speech;

calculating by a score calculation unit, a score for a response candidate on the basis of a result of the semantic analysis; and

performing control to notify of the response candidate, in the middle of the speech, according to the calculated score.

15. A program for causing a computer to function as:

a semantic analysis unit configured to perform semantic analysis on speech text recognized by a speech recognition unit in the middle of a speech;

a score calculation unit configured to calculate a score for a response candidate on the basis of a result of the analysis performed by the semantic analysis unit; and

a notification control unit configured to perform control to notify of the response candidate, in the middle of the speech, according to the score calculated by the score calculation unit.