Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium storing information processing program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021237757-A1
Application number	US-202117143321-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 7, 2021
Priority date	Jan 31, 2020
Publication date	Aug 5, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing device acquires question information. The information processing device acquires vehicle state information representing a state of the vehicle. The information processing device acquires answer information in response to the question information, the answer information including an image for display. The information processing device, in a case in which the vehicle state information represents that the vehicle is traveling, stores the answer information in a storage. The information processing device, in a case in which the information processing device acquires vehicle state information representing that the vehicle is stopped, outputs the answer information stored in the storage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing device configured to output answer information in response to question information from an occupant of a vehicle, the information processing device comprising:
a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire question information;
acquire vehicle state information representing a state of the vehicle;
acquire answer information in response to the question information, the answer information including an image for display;
in a case in which the vehicle state information represents that the vehicle is traveling, store the answer information in a storage; and
in a case in which the processor acquires vehicle state information representing that the vehicle is stopped, output the answer information stored in the storage.

2 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which the processor acquires the vehicle state information representing that the vehicle is stopped after acquiring the vehicle state information representing that the vehicle is traveling, the processor is configured to output the answer information stored in the storage.

3 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which the vehicle state information represents that the vehicle is stopped, the processor is configured to output the answer information.

4 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which the processor acquires the vehicle state information representing that the vehicle is stopped after acquiring the vehicle state information representing that the vehicle is traveling, the processor is configured to output the answer information after outputting notification information representing a notification about the answer information.

5 . The information processing device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the answer information is stored in the storage, and is configured to output the notification information in a case in which the answer information is stored in the storage.

6 . An information processing method executed by an information processing device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to output answer information in response to question information from an occupant of a vehicle, the method comprising:
acquiring question information; acquiring vehicle state information representing a traveling state of the vehicle; acquiring answer information in response to the question information, the answer information including an image for display; in a case in which the acquired vehicle state information represents that the vehicle is traveling, storing the acquired answer information in a storage; and in a case in which the processor acquires vehicle state information representing that the vehicle is stopped, outputting the answer information stored in the storage.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an information processing program executable by a computer of an information processing device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to output answer information in response to question information from an occupant of a vehicle, the program, when executed by the computer, causing the computer to perform a method comprising:
acquiring question information; acquiring vehicle state information representing a traveling state of the vehicle; acquiring answer information in response to the question information, the answer information including an image for display; in a case in which the acquired vehicle state information represents that the vehicle is traveling, storing the acquired answer information in a storage; and in a case in which the processor acquires vehicle state information representing that the vehicle is stopped, outputting the answer information stored in the storage.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakano Keiko
• Maeda Eiichi
• Kubo Chikage
• Nishizawa Hiroyuki

Classifications

• G10L15/22

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

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• G06F16/3329

  Natural language query formulation · CPC title

• B60W50/14 Primary

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title