Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11217253-B2
Application number	US-201816469149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2018
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a talk control unit that controls proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of environment information regarding a user terminal acquired from the user terminal. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method performed by a processor, including: acquiring environment information regarding a user terminal from the user terminal; and controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the acquired environment information. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing system including: a user terminal that is able to acquire environment information regarding the user terminal; and a server that includes a talk control unit controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on the basis of the environment information regarding the user terminal acquired from the user terminal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to
acquire environment information from a plurality of user terminals, the environment information being acquired by a sensor included in each of the plurality of user terminals;
perform grouping processing of two or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals as a talk target group of user terminals, by analyzing context of each user corresponding to the talk target group of user terminals, based on the environment information, the context of at least one user being analyzed as working in an office, according to position information and time information of the user based on the environment information of the user terminal corresponding to the at least one user; and
control proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on a basis of the environment information regarding the talk target group of user terminals.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry controls the proxy utterance processing on a basis of a content of a gesture acquired from the talk target group of user terminals, the content of the gesture being obtained from the environment information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry controls the proxy utterance processing on a basis of a worn state of the talk target group of user terminals, the worn state of the talk target group of user terminals being obtained from the environment information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the environment information includes first sensor information detected and obtained by the talk target group of user terminals, the first sensor information including state information of the user terminal included in the talk target group of user terminals, and
the circuitry controls the proxy utterance processing on a basis of an analysis result obtained by analyzing the first sensor information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first sensor information includes at least any one of information regarding a sound detected by at least one of the user terminal included in the talk target group of user terminals, information regarding a motion of at least one of the user terminal included in the talk target group of user terminals, or position information of at least one of the user terminal included in the talk target group of user terminals.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry controls the proxy utterance processing on a basis of analysis information of a voice input in voice communication.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry performs control to determine whether or not to transmit voice information to the talk target group of user terminals, on a basis of the environment information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the voice information transmitted to the talk target group of user terminals is information according to the context of each user corresponding to the talk target group of user terminals.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry performs analyzing context of at least one user as attending a meeting in an office, according to application information of the user based on the environment information of the user terminal corresponding to the at least one user.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry performs analyzing context of at least one user as manipulating a specific application, according to application information of the user based on the environment information of the user terminal corresponding to the at least one user.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry performs analyzing context of at least one user as talking to another group of users, according to application information of the user based on the environment information of the user terminal corresponding to the at least one user.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to send notification information to each of the user terminal included in the talk target group of user terminals, the notification information being presented for permission to join the talk target group of user terminals in advance to performing grouping processing.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to perform grouping processing of two or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals as the talk target group of user terminals, the two or more user terminals being located in a predetermined space.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to perform grouping processing of two or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals as the talk target group of user terminals, based on history of the position information of the two or more user terminals, the two or more user terminals continuously being in an approach state in a predetermined space.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to select a talk target user based on a direction of a user face, according to the environment information.

16. An information processing method performed by a processor, comprising:
acquiring environment information from a plurality of user terminals, the environment information being acquired by a sensor included in each of the plurality of user terminals;
performing grouping processing of two or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals as a talk target group of user terminals, by analyzing context of each user corresponding to the talk target group of user terminals, based on the environment information, the context of at least one user being analyzed as working in an office, according to position information and time information of the user based on the environment information of the user terminal corresponding to the at least one user; and
controlling proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on a basis of the acquired environment information regarding the talk target group of user terminals.

17. An information processing system comprising:
a plurality of user terminals, each of the plurality of user terminals configured to acquire environment information regarding the corresponding user terminal by a sensor; and
a server configured to
acquire the environment information from the plurality of user terminals;
perform grouping processing of two or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals as a talk target group of user terminals, by analyzing context of each user corresponding to the talk target group of user terminals, based on the environment information, the context of at least one user being analyzed as working in an office, according to position information and time information of the user based on the environment information of the user terminal corresponding to the at least one user; and
control proxy utterance processing in voice talk processing on a basis of the environment information regarding the talk target group of user terminals.

Assignees

• Sony Mobile Communications Inc

Inventors

• Fujita Satoshi
• Adachi Hiroaki
• Hirose Yoji
• Tokuhisa Fumiaki
• Aoyama Ryu
• Yagi Izumi
• Ishida Akihiro

Classifications

• H04W4/16 Primary

  Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title

• H04M3/42

  Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers (specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00) · CPC title

• G10L15/30 Primary

  Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications · CPC title