Patent ID: 6430523
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: F02B,G06N,Y10S

Abstract:
An autonomous device behaving adaptively to a user, comprises:an input unit which receives signals of a user's command and other external signals; a pseudo-personality-forming unit which establishes each element of predesignated pseudo-personality elements based on one or more of the other external signals accumulated for a predetermined period of time to form pseudo-personality, said pseudo-personality-forming unit storing a predesignated relationship between said pseudo-personality elements and said accumulated external signals; a pseudo-emotion-forming unit which establishes each element of predesignated pseudo-emotion elements based on at least one predesignated signal of the other external signals and the pseudo-personality to form pseudo-emotions, said pseudo-emotion-forming unit storing a predesignated relationship between said pseudo-emotion elements, said external signals, and said pseudo-personality; an autonomous behavior-establishing unit which selects a pattern of autonomous behavior based on at least one predesignated signal of the other external signals, the pseudo-personality, and the pseudo-emotions, said autonomous behavior-forming unit storing a predesignated relationship between patterns of autonomous behavior, said external signals, said pseudo-personality, and said pseudo-emotions; a commanded behavior-establishing unit which constitutes a pattern of commanded behavior in accordance with the user's command signals; a behavior control unit which controls behavior by combining the selected pattern of autonomous behavior and the constituted pattern of commanded behavior; and an output device which outputs the controlled behavior.