Patent Document ID: 8521681
Application ID: 12708818
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for recognizing a context of an object, comprising: a first input unit configured to input moving information of an object; a second input unit configured to input first sound information around the object; a recognition unit configured to recognize a motion status of the object based on the moving information; a first extraction unit configured to selectively extract second sound information from the first sound information, based on the motion status; a second extraction unit configured to extract a first feature quantity from the second sound information; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of models, each model having a second feature quantity and a corresponding specified context, the second feature quantity being extracted by the second extraction unit before the first feature quantity is extracted; a decision unit configured to decide that the specified context corresponding to the second feature quantity most similar to the first feature quantity is a present context of the object; an output unit configured to output the present context; a switching unit configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode; and a third input unit configured to input the specified context in the second mode; wherein the second extraction unit, in the first mode, extracts the first feature quantity, and in the second mode, extracts the second feature quantity, and stores the second feature quantity and the corresponding specified context into the storage unit, wherein at least one part of the specific context is defined by a parameter representing that the object is located adjacent to a particular apparatus.