公开(公告)号：US20190022870A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16027215

申请日：2018-07-03

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： RYOUTA MIYAZAKI

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G10L15/07 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A processor causes a robot to execute any one of a first, second, and third action as an initial action. The initial action is executed for communication with a target person according to a captured image and a captured sound. When a sound is acquired by a microphone after execution of the current action, the processor causes the robot to execute an action one-level higher than the current action. The current action includes the initial action. When the sound is not acquired, the processor determines whether a time elapsed from the execution of the current action is shorter than a threshold. When the time is shorter than the threshold, the processor causes the robot to continue the current action. When the time is equal to or longer than the threshold, the processor causes the robot to execute an action one-level lower than the current action.

公开(公告)号：US20180154513A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15888171

申请日：2018-02-05

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： SHIKI KOU ,  RYOUTA MIYAZAKI ,  MASAHIRO ISHII ,  KENTO OGAWA ,  YUJI KUNITAKE ,  SEIYA HIGUCHI

IPC: B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G10L15/22

CPC classification number: B25J5/00 ,  A63H11/00 ,  A63H33/005 ,  A63H2200/00 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J11/0015 ,  B25J13/003 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L2015/223 ,  H04R1/028 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/47

Abstract: A robot having a spherical casing, a control circuit and a communication circuit configured to connect to an external server is provided. The robot further includes a set of wheels included in the spherical casing, which comes into contact with an inner surface of the spherical casing and configured to rotate the spherical casing when the driving wheels are driven. The control circuit is configured to, when determining that performing a predetermined processing in response to an input instruction received from a user requires a predetermined amount of time or more, causes each of the set of driving wheels to rotate in opposite directions from each other to rotate the spherical casing during the predetermined processing. When the predetermined processing is complete and a response is to be output, the control circuit stops rotation of the spherical casing with the set of wheels facing toward the user.

公开(公告)号：US20180122365A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15791447

申请日：2017-10-24

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： YUJI KUNITAKE ,  RYOUTA MIYAZAKI ,  SEIYA HIGUCHI ,  YUSAKU OTA

IPC: G10L15/06 ,  G10L15/02 ,  G06F17/27 ,  G10L15/22

CPC classification number: G10L15/063 ,  G06F17/2735 ,  G10L15/02 ,  G10L15/187 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L2015/025 ,  G10L2015/0635

Abstract: A method is provided for correcting a dictionary used in a voice processing apparatus. The method includes first extracting a speech of a target speaker from audio collected by a microphone, and estimating a speech phonemic sequence configuring the speech. The method also includes calculating a match degree, using a first dictionary, between the speech phonemic sequence and a first phonemic sequence that corresponds to a first word registered in the first dictionary, and second extracting the first word corresponding to a highest match degree as a spoken word spoken by the target speaker. The method further includes first correcting a second dictionary based on the highest match degree, the second dictionary indicating a relation between a second word and a third word, and second correcting the second dictionary by correcting the relation between the third word matching the spoken word and the second word.