Patent ID: 8321221
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A speech communication system enabling a conversation with a conversation partner, said system comprising: a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of auditory communications according to a predetermined rule; a speech recognition unit, in an apparatus, configured to recognize a speech content of the conversation partner; an estimation control unit configured to estimate intentions of the conversation partner from the speech content recognized by the speech recognition unit; a conversation control unit configured to dynamically select one of the plurality of auditory communications based on the estimation by the estimation control unit; an audio output unit configured to output the one of the plurality of auditory communications selected by the conversation control unit; an image recognition unit, in the apparatus, configured to recognize a face of the conversation partner; a touch sensing unit, in the apparatus, configured to recognize a touch input by the conversation partner; a tracking control unit configured to determine whether or not to continue the conversation based on a recognition result from the image recognition unit or the touch sensing unit; and a network interface configured to communicate with an external network.