Patent Document ID: 8442832
Application ID: 12632010

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus for context awareness, comprising: a voice-based recognition unit that recognizes a user's emotional state on the basis of a voice signal; a motion-based recognition unit that recognizes the user's emotional state on the basis of a motion; a position recognition unit that recognizes a location where the user is positioned; and a mergence-recognition unit that recognizes a user's context by analyzing the recognition results of the voice-based recognition unit, the motion-based recognition unit, and the position recognition unit.

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Claim 5:
5. The apparatus for context awareness according to claim 1 , wherein the mergence-recognition unit includes: a management unit that controls the voice-based recognition unit, the motion-based recognition unit, and the position recognition unit; a schedule processing unit that provides considerations for the context awareness in the user's schedule; and a mergence-recognition/judgment unit that merges and recognizes data provided from the voice-based recognition unit, the motion-based recognition unit, the position recognition unit, and a schedule management unit to judge the user's context.