INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20170329766A1
• Filed: 09/10/2015
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: MATSUYAMA, SHINAKO
• Application Number:
  US15/531,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20170329766A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions

Abstract

[Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program capable of presenting information that a user seems to want at an appropriate timing by responding to unusual behavior on the basis of behavior information of the user. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including: a behavior analysis unit configured to analyze a behavior pattern in a predetermined time period on the basis of accumulated behavior information; a generation unit configured to, in a case where a behavior different from the behavior pattern is detected, generate a response to the different behavior; and a determination unit configured to determine an output timing of the generated response.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a behavior analysis unit configured to analyze a behavior pattern in a predetermined time period on the basis of accumulated behavior information;

a generation unit configured to, in a case where a behavior different from the behavior pattern is detected, generate a response to the different behavior; and

a determination unit configured to determine an output timing of the generated response.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the generation unit generates place information to be presented to a user with respect to the different behavior on the basis of the behavior pattern or taste information of the user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the generation unit generates a hail with respect to the different behavior.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the generation unit generates a sympathizing or thoughtful comment with respect to the different behavior.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the generation unit generates advice, a notification, a hail, or a sympathizing or thoughtful comment based on special weather.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the behavior information is position information or motion information of a user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the motion information is amount-of-activity information indicating a number of steps, a walking time, a running time, a riding time in a vehicle, a standing time, or a sitting time.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in the case where the different behavior is detected, the determination unit determines an output timing so that the response to the different behavior is immediately output.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the determination unit determines that the response to the different behavior is made at a predetermined timing based on a behavior or behavior pattern of a user.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the response is made by voice output or display output.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the response is output at an information granularity corresponding to a size of a display region of an output device.

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

a response storage unit configured to store a response made with respect to an inquiry from a user,

wherein, in a case where content of the stored response is changed, the generation unit generates a response again.

13. A control method comprising:

analyzing a behavior pattern in a predetermined time period on the basis of accumulated behavior information;

generating, in a case where a behavior different from the behavior pattern is detected, a response to the different behavior; and

determining an output timing of the generated response.

14. A program for causing a computer to function as

a behavior analysis unit configured to analyze a behavior pattern in a predetermined time period on the basis of accumulated behavior information,

a generation unit configured to, in a case where a behavior different from the behavior pattern is detected, generate a response to the different behavior, and

a determination unit configured to determine an output timing of the generated response.