Patent ID: 11960792
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A communication assistance system assisting communication of a user, the communication assistance system comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
control a display to integrally display an icon including identification information that can be used for identifying one or a plurality of communication targets and a state animation representing a state of the communication target, wherein the state animation is displayed on an outer side of the identification information to extend upward from the icon on a screen on which the state animation is displayed;
select an operation pattern from a plurality of the operation patterns set in advance to control an operation of the state animation to cause a user to imagine the state of the communication target; and
control at least a portion of the state animation extending upward to change in accordance with the selected operation pattern, wherein

the state animation and the icon do not include a facial expression that dynamically changes.