公开(公告)号：US20200293563A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16640144

申请日：2018-08-14

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： YASUSHI TSURUTA ,  HIROAKI OGAWA ,  KEISUKE TOUYAMA ,  SHINOBU KURIYA ,  KANA NISHIKAWA ,  JUNKI OHMURA

IPC: G06F16/332

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor and an information processing method that enable an improvement in a quality of an interactive system. An information processor is provided that includes a generating section that generates a question directed to obtaining high-order information on the basis of first-order information that is primary information, the high-order information being higher in order than the first-order information and corresponding to an answer from a user. This makes it possible to obtain information higher in order than the primary information. Such an information processor enables an improvement in the quality of the interactive system. The present technology is, for example, applicable to a voice interactive system.

公开(公告)号：US20200228445A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-16

申请号：US16641690

申请日：2018-08-22

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： KANA NISHIKAWA ,  JUNKI OHMURA ,  HIROAKI OGAWA ,  KEISUKE TOUYAMA ,  YASUSHI TSURUTA ,  SHINOBU KURIYA

IPC: H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/18 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that are able to convey information with a higher reliability. An information processor according to an aspect of the present technology generates a conveyance route as a route to a node of a conveyance destination, the conveyance route including, as transit nodes, a node of a device and a node of a person, and outputs information that indicates a conveyance content along the conveyance route. The present technology is applicable to an agent apparatus that assists an action of a user.

公开(公告)号：US20210065708A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16964803

申请日：2018-11-16

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： KANA NISHIKAWA

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/08 ,  G10L25/51 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: An apparatus and a method which analyze a user utterance with high accuracy about to which one of a plurality of system utterances performed precedingly the user utterance corresponds as a feedback utterance are implemented. A user feedback utterance analysis section which decides to which one of system utterances executed precedingly the user utterance corresponds as a feedback utterance is provided. The user feedback utterance analysis section compares (A) a type of an entity (entity information) included in the user utterance and (B1) types of requested entities corresponding to system utterances in which a system utterance in the past is an entity to be requested to the user, and a system utterance having a requested entity type that matches with the entity type included in the user utterance is determined as a system utterance of a feedback target of the user utterance.

公开(公告)号：US20200152191A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16633361

申请日：2018-07-18

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： KEISUKE TOUYAMA ,  JUNKI OHMURA ,  HIROAKI OGAWA ,  KANA NISHIKAWA ,  SHINOBU KURIYA ,  YASUSHI TSURUTA

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L25/84

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor and an information processing method that enable presentation of a response to a user with an appropriate amount of information in a voice interaction system. Provision of an information processor including a processing unit that adjusts an amount of information in a response with respect to desired information of a user, in accordance with a certainty factor of the user himself/herself that is estimated for the desired information makes it is possible to present the response to the user with the appropriate amount of information in the voice interaction system. The present technology is applicable to a voice interaction system, for example.

公开(公告)号：US20200151765A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16633308

申请日：2018-04-26

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： HIROAKI OGAWA ,  KANA NISHIKAWA ,  JUNKI OHMURA ,  KEISUKE TOUYAMA ,  YASUSHI TSURUTA ,  SHINOBU KURIYA

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L17/22

Abstract: [Problem] There are proposed an information processing device, an information processing method and a program which can adaptively control outputting of an advertisement message for virtual agent's virtual use of one or more products. [Solution] An information processing device includes: an information acquisition unit which acquires advertisement information selected based on information related to virtual agent's virtual use of one or more products; and an output control unit which controls outputting of an advertisement message including the information which is determined based on an attribute of the advertisement information and a character setting of the virtual agent, and is related to the virtual agent's virtual use of the product associated with the advertisement information.