Information processing apparatus
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsShinichi Kariya, Shinichi Honda, Hiroyuki Segawa
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus determines, on the basis of a speech of a user to be evaluated, a reference feature quantity representing a feature of the user's speech at normal times, acquires audio feature quantity data of a target speech to be evaluated made by the user, and evaluates the feature of the target speech on the basis of a comparison result between the audio feature quantity of the target speech and the reference feature quantity.
Claims15
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- by a reference feature quantity determination section, determining a reference feature quantity representing a feature of a user's speech at normal times from a plurality of reference speeches,
- wherein a first reference speech of the plurality of reference speeches is acquired immediately after a first interaction with the user in response to a greeting displayed to the user;
- by a speech feature quantity acquisition section, acquiring audio feature quantity data of a target speech made by the user in response to a vocal statement from a virtual agent;
- and
- by an evaluation section, evaluating the feature of the target speech on a basis of a comparison result between the audio feature quantity data of the target speech and the reference feature quantity.
An information processing method, comprising:
- by a reference feature quantity determination section, determining a reference feature quantity representing a feature of a user's speech at normal times from a plurality of reference speeches,
- wherein a first reference speech of the plurality of reference speeches is acquired immediately after a first interaction with the user in response to a greeting displayed to the user;
- by a speech feature quantity acquisition section, acquiring audio feature quantity data of a target speech made by the user in response to a vocal statement from a virtual agent;
- and
- by an evaluation section, evaluating the feature of the target speech on a basis of a comparison result between the audio feature quantity data of the target speech and the reference feature quantity.
A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium storing a program for a computer, the program including
- by a reference feature quantity determination section, determining a reference feature quantity representing a feature of a user's speech at normal times from a plurality of reference speeches,
- wherein a first reference speech of the plurality of reference speeches is acquired immediately after a first interaction with the user in response to a greeting displayed to the user;
- by a speech feature quantity acquisition section, acquiring audio feature quantity data of a target speech made by the user in response to a vocal statement from a virtual agent;
- and
- by an evaluation section, evaluating the feature of the target speech on a basis of a comparison result between the audio feature quantity data of the target speech and the reference feature quantity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.