INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20170047064A1
• Filed: 04/21/2015
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KIRIHARA, Reiko
• Granted Patent: US 10,657,959 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1407 General aspects irrespective of display type, e.g. determination of decimal point position, display with fixed or driving decimal point, suppression of non-significant zeros
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/027 Concept to speech synthesisers; Generation of natural phrases from machine-based concepts generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text G10L13/08
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/00 Speech recognition G10L17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1815 Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/06 Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation, e.g. speech visualisation or speech processing for tactile aids G10L15/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/12 by detecting audible sound
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can allow a user to intuitively recognize other information corresponding to a speech output, the information processing device including: a control unit configured to control an output of other information different from a speech output related to a predetermined function on the basis of timing information on timing at which the speech output of an expression related to the function among a set of expressions is made, the set of expressions including the expression related to the function.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a control unit configured to control an output of other information different from a speech output related to a predetermined function on the basis of timing information on timing at which the speech output of an expression related to the function among a set of expressions is made, the set of expressions including the expression related to the function.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the other information is display information displayed on a display unit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit controls a speech output of the set of expressions.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein

the control unit controls the speech output of the set of expressions on the basis of speech synthesis processing performed by a speech synthesis unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the speech synthesis processing is processing executed on the basis of a speech input of a user.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein

the set of expressions is generated in accordance with semantic content indicated by the speech input of the user.

7. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the control unit controls an output of display information related to the function in synchronization with the speech output of the expression related to the function.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit changes the display information related to the function in synchronization with the speech output of the expression related to the function.

9. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit controls making the display information related to the function visible and invisible in synchronization with the speech output of the expression related to the function.

10. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit controls an output of audio information related to the function in synchronization with the speech output of the expression related to the function.

11. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit controls light emission of a light emitting unit with a number of an issuance times or a light-emitting pattern according to the function in synchronization with the speech output of the expression related to the function.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the set of expressions includes an expression indicating processing content according to the function, and

the control unit controls an output of other information different from a speech output according to the processing content in synchronization with the speech output of the expression indicating the processing content among the set of expressions.

13. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit controls the output of the other information related to the function in synchronization with timing at which the expression related to the function is output as speech.

14. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein

the control unit controls the output of the other information related to the function in synchronization with a period for which the expression related to the function is output as speech.

15. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit controls the output of the other information related to the function on the basis of control information associated with the expression related to the function.

16. The information processing device according to claim 15, wherein

the control unit uses the control information as tag information associated with text information indicating the expression related to the function, and controls the output of the other information related to the function on the basis of the control information embedded in the text information indicating the set of expressions.

17. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the display information is a selection target of a selection operation performed by a user.

18. An information processing method comprising:

controlling, by a processor, an output of other information different from a speech output related to a predetermined function on the basis of timing information on timing at which the speech output of an expression related to the function among a set of expressions is made, the set of expressions including the expression related to the function.

19. A program for causing a computer to execute:

controlling an output of other information different from a speech output related to a predetermined function on the basis of timing information on timing at which the speech output of an expression related to the function among a set of expressions is made, the set of expressions including the expression related to the function.