Utterance support apparatus, utterance support method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021280183-A1
Application number	US-202017071027-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 15, 2020
Priority date	Mar 6, 2020
Publication date	Sep 9, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

An utterance support apparatus includes: a processor configured to execute a program; and a storage device configured to store the program, wherein the processor is configured to execute: calculation processing of calculating an accumulated value of utterance periods of each of a plurality of speakers, and clearing the accumulated value of a speaker having the accumulated value that has reached a predetermined value; and display processing of displaying a first graphic in a display region, which is included in a group of display regions each assigned to each of the plurality of speakers, and which is assigned to the speaker having the accumulated value that has reached the predetermined value.

First claim

what is claimed is:

1 . An utterance support apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to execute a program; and a storage device configured to store the program, wherein the processor is configured to execute:
calculation processing of calculating an accumulated value of utterance periods of each of a plurality of speakers, and clearing the accumulated value of a speaker having the accumulated value that has reached a predetermined value; and
display processing of displaying a first graphic in a display region, which is included in a group of display regions each assigned to each of the plurality of speakers, and which is assigned to the speaker having the accumulated value that has reached the predetermined value.

2 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the display processing, each time the accumulated value reaches the predetermined value, the processor changes a size of following first graphics of a plurality of first graphics displayed in the display region so that the size is smaller than a size of first graphics preceding the following first graphics.

3 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, in the display processing, when a predetermined number of the preceding first graphics are displayed, the processor displays the following first graphics.

4 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the display processing, when a predetermined number of first graphics are displayed for any one of the plurality of speakers, the processor changes a color of the first graphics so that the color is different from a color of the first graphics before the predetermined number is reached.

5 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the display processing, the processor displays, in the display region, a second graphic corresponding to the accumulated value of the utterance periods until the predetermined value is reached.

6 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein, in the display processing, the processor deletes the second graphic corresponding to the accumulated value when the accumulated value reaches the predetermined value.

7 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, in the display processing, the processor displays the first graphic when the second graphic is deleted.

8 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the display processing, when a group of first graphics each corresponding to each of the plurality of speakers are arranged in an arrangement direction of the group of display regions, the processor deletes the group of first graphics.

9 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 8 ,
wherein, in the calculation processing, the processor calculates a score based on the number of times of deletion of the group of first graphics, and wherein, in the display processing, the processor displays the score calculated through the calculation processing.

10 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein, in the display processing, the processor displays, in each display region, a plurality of first graphics, which are each displayed each time the accumulated value reaches the predetermined value, so that the plurality of first graphics are arranged in a direction different from the arrangement direction.

11 . The utterance support apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein, in the display processing, the processor moves, in each display region, remaining first graphics toward a position at which the deleted first graphic was displayed.

12 . An utterance support method, which is executed by an utterance support apparatus,
the utterance support apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to execute a program; and
a storage device configured to store the program,
the utterance support method comprising executing, by the processor: calculation processing of calculating an accumulated value of utterance periods of each of a plurality of speakers, and clearing the accumulated value of a speaker having the accumulated value that has reached a predetermined value; and display processing of displaying a first graphic in a display region, which is included in a group of display regions each assigned to each of the plurality of speakers, and which is assigned to the speaker having the accumulated value that has reached the predetermined value.

13 . A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon an utterance support program for causing a processor to execute utterance support processing, the utterance support program causing the processor to execute:
calculation processing of calculating an accumulated value of utterance periods of each of a plurality of speakers, and clearing the accumulated value of a speaker having the accumulated value that has reached a predetermined value; and display processing of displaying a first graphic in a display region, which is included in a group of display regions each assigned to each of the plurality of speakers, and which is assigned to the speaker having the accumulated value that has reached the predetermined value.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Hori Satomi
• Kamada Yuudai
• Uegaki Eriko
• Niizeki Ryota
• Maki Hideyuki
• Nogami Daisuke
• Ooeda Shigeto
• Wakita Yasuhiro

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06F9/451 Primary

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F16/3346

  using probabilistic model · CPC title

• H04N7/15

  Conference systems · CPC title