Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12033630-B2
Application number	US-202017613088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2020
Priority date	May 30, 2019
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

An information processing device includes an input unit, an extracting unit, an output unit, and a specifying unit. The input unit receives a voice operation. The extracting unit extracts a processing detail corresponding to the voice operation received by the input unit. When the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation received by the input unit cannot be specified, the output unit outputs response information for the user to make a selection of at least one processing detail from a plurality of processing details extracted by the extracting unit. The specifying unit specifies the processing detail selected from among the plurality of processing details contained in the response information as the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation received by the input unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising:
circuitry that
receives a voice operation of a user;
extracts a processing detail corresponding to the voice operation that is received,
outputs response information containing a plurality of processing details that are extracted as corresponding to the voice operation, for the user to make a selection of at least one processing detail from the plurality of processing details, under a condition that the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation cannot be specified;
specifies the processing detail selected from among the plurality of processing details contained in the response information as the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation; and
separates the plurality of processing details into a plurality of groups, wherein
the circuitry outputs the response information for the user to make a selection from among the plurality of groups, and selects a method for separating the plurality of processing details into the plurality of groups based on an expectation value indicating the number of the plurality of processing details predicted to remain after the selection from among the plurality of groups is made.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry obtains the expectation value based on a weight coefficient indicating a possibility that each of the plurality of processing details corresponds to the voice operation.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry equally separates the plurality of processing details into the plurality of groups.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry separates the plurality of processing details into the plurality of groups on a category-by-category basis.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry separates the plurality of processing details into the plurality of groups based on a weight coefficient indicating a possibility that each of the plurality of processing details corresponds to the voice operation.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
when the number of the plurality of processing details that are extracted is greater than an upper limit value, the circuitry separates the plurality of processing details into the plurality of groups.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein
the upper limit value varies in a manner that depends on operation conditions of the information processing device.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry
receives the voice operation corresponding to the plurality of processing details,
extracts the plurality of processing details corresponding to the voice operation, and
outputs the response information containing screen information for the user to make a selection of the processing detail from among the plurality of processing details that are extracted.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein
the response information contains the screen information representing a method for selecting the processing detail from among the plurality of processing details.

10. The information processing device according to claim 8 , wherein
the response information contains the screen information representing a phrase that makes each of the plurality of processing details specifiable.

11. An information processing device comprising:
circuitry that
receives a voice operation of a user;
extracts a processing detail corresponding to the voice operation that is received;
outputs response information containing a plurality of processing details that are extracted as corresponding to the voice operation, for the user to make a selection of at least one processing detail from the plurality of processing details, under a condition that the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation cannot be specified; and
specifies the processing detail selected from among the plurality of processing details contained in the response information as the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation, wherein

under a condition that the number of the plurality of processing details that are extracted is equal to or greater than a threshold, the circuitry outputs the response information for the user to make a selection of a category of the processing detail.

12. An information processing device comprising:
circuitry that
receives a voice operation of a user,
extracts a processing detail corresponding to the voice operation that is received;
outputs response information containing a plurality of processing details that are extracted as corresponding to the voice operation for the user to make a selection of at least one processing detail from the plurality of processing details, under a condition that the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation cannot be specified; and
specifies the processing detail selected from among the plurality of processing details contained in the response information as the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation, wherein
under a condition that the number of applications configured to execute the plurality of processing details that are extracted is equal to or greater than a threshold, the circuitry outputs the response information for the user to make a selection from the applications.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein
under a condition that the number of the plurality of processing details that are extracted is equal to or greater than a threshold, the circuitry outputs the response information for the user to make a selection of the processing detail from among the plurality of processing details corresponding to the voice operation previously received.

14. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein
the circuitry outputs the response information containing screen information for causing the plurality of processing details that are extracted to be alternately displayed every fixed period.

15. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein
under a condition that the voice operation indicates specific wording associated with a first processing detail, the circuitry
extracts the first processing detail associated with the specific wording and a second processing detail inferred based on a meaning of the specific wording in an initial state where the specific wording is not associated with the first processing detail, and
outputs the response information for the user to make a selection of one of the first processing detail associated with the specific wording indicated by the voice operation and the second processing detail inferred based on the meaning of the specific wording in the initial state where the voice operation is not associated with the first processing detail.

16. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein
the circuitry extracts a processing execution instruction and an entry of a character string of the voice operation as the plurality of processing details corresponding to the voice operation, and outputs the response information for the user to make a selection of one of the processing execution instruction and the entry of the character string as the processing detail corresponding to the voice operation.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Taki Yuhei
• Iwase Hiro
• Sawai Kunihito
• Takase Masaki
• Miyashita Akira

Classifications

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G06F40/30

  Semantic analysis · CPC title

• G10L15/22 Primary

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