Emotive advisory system and method
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1. An emotive advisory system for use by an occupant of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
- a computer configured toreceive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle and input indicative of an emotional state of the occupant,generate data representing an avatar having an appearance and data representing a spoken statement for the avatar having at least one speech characteristic, the appearance and the at least one speech characteristic (i) depending on at least one of the operating state of the vehicle and the emotional state of the occupant and (ii) conveying a simulated emotional state of the avatar to the occupant to prompt the occupant to pose a query regarding a cause of the avatar'"'"'s simulated emotional state,receive input indicative of a query from the occupant regarding the avatar'"'"'s simulated emotional state,in response to the query, generate data representing another spoken statement for the avatar and including information about the cause of the avatar'"'"'s simulated emotional state, andoutput the data representing the avatar for visual display and the data representing the statements for the avatar for audio play.
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Abstract
Information about a device may be emotively conveyed to a user of the device. Input indicative of an operating state of the device may be received. The input may be transformed into data representing a simulated emotional state. Data representing an avatar that expresses the simulated emotional state may be generated and displayed. A query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state expressed by the avatar may be received. The query may be responded to.
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1. An emotive advisory system for use by an occupant of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
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a computer configured to receive input indicative of an operating state of the vehicle and input indicative of an emotional state of the occupant, generate data representing an avatar having an appearance and data representing a spoken statement for the avatar having at least one speech characteristic, the appearance and the at least one speech characteristic (i) depending on at least one of the operating state of the vehicle and the emotional state of the occupant and (ii) conveying a simulated emotional state of the avatar to the occupant to prompt the occupant to pose a query regarding a cause of the avatar'"'"'s simulated emotional state, receive input indicative of a query from the occupant regarding the avatar'"'"'s simulated emotional state, in response to the query, generate data representing another spoken statement for the avatar and including information about the cause of the avatar'"'"'s simulated emotional state, and output the data representing the avatar for visual display and the data representing the statements for the avatar for audio play. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An emotive information system for a user of an automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to detect at least one of audio and visual characteristics of the user; a computer configured to receive the detected information, receive information about an operating state of the vehicle, and generate data representing a simulated emotional state based on at least a portion of the received information; and an interface configured to convey the simulated emotional state to the user to prompt the user to pose a query regarding a cause of the simulated emotional state, wherein the computer is further configured to receive a query from the user regarding the simulated emotional state and generate data representing a response to the query including information about the cause of the simulated emotional state. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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