Patent ID: 7814037

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a learning means for learning a predetermined time-series pattern; an output means for outputting a time-series pattern learned by the learning means; and an adjusting means supplied with a time-series pattern obtained from an action made by an action unit on the basis of a previously learned time-series pattern supplied from the output means and external teaching, for the action to adjust a time-series pattern supplied from the output means correspondingly to an input time-series pattern, the learning means learning the time-series pattern supplied from the output means and adjusted by the adjusting means, wherein the external teaching is given during a period of time when, given one or more new starting or ending positions, the action to move from the given starting position to the ending position made by the action unit on the basis of a previously learned time-series pattern is made, correspondingly to a user's touch on the action unit fails, wherein the time-series pattern learned by the learning means is previously learned time-series pattern adjusted by the adjusting means based upon external teaching, and wherein the action unit incorporates an image capture unit that captures a picture for obtaining a time-series pattern, the image capture unit is installed in a predetermined place of the action unit.