DIALOGUE CONTROL DEVICE, DIALOGUE CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM
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1. A dialogue control device, comprising:
- a selector which selects a topic with reference to a dialogue database;
an emotion estimator which estimates a dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion; and
a dialogue controller which controls a dialogue with the dialogue partner using the topic selected by the selector, and changes the topic that is to be selected from the dialogue database based on the dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion estimated by the emotion estimator to control the dialogue with the dialogue partner.
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Abstract
An emotion estimator of a dialogue control device estimates a dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion based on the dialogue partner'"'"'s facial expression or voice prosody. A dialogue controller controls the dialogue with the dialogue partner using a topic selected based on whether the emotion estimated by the emotion estimator is good or bad. Specifically, the dialogue controller controls the dialogue with the dialogue partner based on a topic map created by a topic mapper and including a topic that the dialogue partner likes.
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17 Claims
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1. A dialogue control device, comprising:
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a selector which selects a topic with reference to a dialogue database; an emotion estimator which estimates a dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion; and a dialogue controller which controls a dialogue with the dialogue partner using the topic selected by the selector, and changes the topic that is to be selected from the dialogue database based on the dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion estimated by the emotion estimator to control the dialogue with the dialogue partner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A dialogue control method, comprising:
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providing a topic to a dialogue partner; estimating a dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion; detecting a change in the dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion; and changing the topic that are to be provided based on the change in the dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable information recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to work as:
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selecting a topic with reference to a dialogue database; estimating a dialogue partner'"'"'s emotion; and controlling a dialogue with the dialogue partner using the selected topic, and changing the topic that is to be selected from the dialogue database based on the dialogue partner'"'"'s estimated emotion to control the dialogue with the dialogue partner.
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