Patent ID: 7065490
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: A63H,G10L

Abstract:
1. A speech processing device built into a robot, said speech processing device comprising: speech processing means for processing a speech input including extracting control pitch information or phonemics information; and control means for controlling speech processing by said speech processing means, based on a state of said robot; wherein the state is determined by an action, an emotion state, and an instinct state of the robot; wherein said emotion and instinct states are determined on the basis of values corresponding to a plurality of states of an emotion model and an instinct model, respectively; wherein the value corresponding to each state within the emotion model and within the instinct model are linked in a mutually stimulating manner and changed based on said control pitch information or said phonemics information; wherein said speech processing means comprises speech recognizing means for recognizing the speech input; and wherein said robot takes actions corresponding to a reliability of the speech recognition results output from said speech recognizing means, or the emotion state of said robot is changed based on said reliability.