Back to results
US 11,232,781 B2Granted
Information processing device, information processing method, voice output device, and voice output method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHiro Iwase, Mari Saito, Shinichi Kawano
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a voice output device, and a voice output method that allow a user to hear a speech from a home agent unit regardless of where the user is. The voice output device outputs, on the basis of an image and noise from a predetermined noise source which are obtained in a unit capable of outputting a voice toward a user, information indicating hearing difficulty of a voice from the unit at a position of the user. The present technology can be applied to a household voice assistant device that performs a speech to a user.
Claims20
An information processing device, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- receive first information associated with an image and a noise, wherein
- the noise is from a noise source,
- the first information is received from a first voice output device that outputs a first voice toward a user, and
- the information processing device is associated with the user;
- calculate an angular difference between the first voice output device and the noise source with respect to a position of the user,
- wherein the angular difference is calculated based on the received first information;
- calculate a hearing difficulty score based on the calculated angular difference between the first voice output device and the noise source;
- and
- output second information based on the calculated hearing difficulty score,
- wherein the second information indicates a hearing difficulty of the first voice at the position of the user.
8 more elements
An information processing method, comprising:
- receiving first information associated with an image and a noise, wherein
- the noise is from a noise source, and
- the first information is received from a voice output device that outputs a voice toward a user;
- calculating an angular difference between the voice output device and the noise source with respect to a position of the user,
- wherein the angular difference is calculated based on the received first information;
- calculating a hearing difficulty score based on the calculated angular difference between the voice output device and the noise source;
- and
- outputting second information based on the calculated hearing difficulty score,
- wherein the second information indicates a hearing difficulty of the voice at the position of the user.
6 more elements
A voice output device, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- receive first information associated with an image and a noise, wherein
- the noise is from a noise source;
- calculate an angular difference between the voice output device and the noise source with respect to a position of a user, wherein
- the angular difference is calculated based on the received first information, and
- the voice output device is associated with the user;
- calculate a hearing difficulty score based on the calculated angular difference between the voice output device and the noise source,
- wherein the calculated hearing difficulty score indicates hearing difficulty of a voice from the voice output device, at the position of the user;
- generate, based on the hearing difficulty score, a specific parameter associated with a characteristic of the voice;
- and
- control output of the voice toward the user based on the generated specific parameter.
8 more elements
A voice output method, comprising:
- receiving first information associated with an image and a noise, wherein
- the noise is from a noise source;
- calculating an angular difference between a voice output device and the noise source with respect to a position of a user, wherein
- the angular difference is calculated based on the received first information, and
- the voice output device is associated with the user;
- calculating a hearing difficulty score based on the calculated angular difference between the voice output device and the noise source,
- wherein the calculated hearing difficulty score indicates hearing difficulty of a voice from the voice output device, at the position of the user;
- generating, based on the hearing difficulty score, a specific parameter associated with a characteristic of the voice;
- and
- controlling output of the voice toward the user based on the generated specific parameter.
7 more elements
An information processing device, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- receive first information associated with an image and a noise from a voice output device, wherein
- the noise is from a noise source, and
- the voice output device outputs a voice;
- and
- output second information based on the received first information, wherein
- the second information indicates a hearing difficulty of the voice at a position of a user,
- the information processing device is associated with the user,
- the second information includes a plurality of parameters, and
- the plurality of parameters indicates a noise level at the position of the user, an angular difference between the voice output device and the noise source as viewed from the user, and a distance between the voice output device and the user.
7 more elements
An information processing device, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- receive first information associated with an image and a noise from a voice output device, wherein
- the noise is from a noise source, and
- the voice output device outputs a first voice;
- output second information based on the received first information, wherein
- the second information indicates a hearing difficulty of the first voice at a position of a user, and
- the information processing device is associated with the user;
- and
- output third information based on a position of a specific device, wherein
- the specific device is connected to the voice output device,
- the specific device outputs a second voice, and
- the third information indicates a hearing difficulty of the second voice, from the specific device, at the position of the user.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.