Electronic secretary system with animated secretary character
First Claim
1. An electronic secretary system for performing a series of processing and for allowing a user to see the system'"'"'s processing state by displaying an electronic secretary who is shown imitating human action, comprising:
- input means for inputting information, such as user'"'"'s instruction;
processing means responsive to the input information for performing a predetermined processing;
data storing means for storing data to be processed;
internal state memory means for memorizing the internal state of processing;
first action description storing means for storing a human action which said electronic secretary is to be shown imitating, the human action corresponding to the state of said processing;
first electronic secretary generation means for generating human actions to be imitated by said electronic secretary based upon the state of processing memorized in said internal state memory means and the stored human action corresponding to the state of processing; and
a display for displaying said electronic secretary as an image imitating the human action generated by said first electronic secretary generation means, whereby the user sees the system'"'"'s state of processing, and for displaying data.
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Abstract
The electronic secretary system comprises an input section (101) for inputting operation information; a processing section (102) for performing a predetermined processing in accordance with the input information; a data storing section (103) for storing the input information; an internal state memory section (104) for memorizing the state of processing; an action description storing section (106) for storing the action description of an electronic secretary; an action data storing section (107) for storing data, such as an action image, a voice, or the like of the electronic secretary; an electronic secretary generation section (105) for deciding and generating an action of the electronic secretary in accordance with the internal state; a display section (108) for displaying an output of the processing section (102) and an output of the electronic secretary generation section (105); an interface (109) for transmitting data with other equipment; and an interpreter section 110 for interpreting the transmitted data.
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1. An electronic secretary system for performing a series of processing and for allowing a user to see the system'"'"'s processing state by displaying an electronic secretary who is shown imitating human action, comprising:
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input means for inputting information, such as user'"'"'s instruction; processing means responsive to the input information for performing a predetermined processing; data storing means for storing data to be processed; internal state memory means for memorizing the internal state of processing; first action description storing means for storing a human action which said electronic secretary is to be shown imitating, the human action corresponding to the state of said processing; first electronic secretary generation means for generating human actions to be imitated by said electronic secretary based upon the state of processing memorized in said internal state memory means and the stored human action corresponding to the state of processing; and a display for displaying said electronic secretary as an image imitating the human action generated by said first electronic secretary generation means, whereby the user sees the system'"'"'s state of processing, and for displaying data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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