Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing method, comprising:

• controlling an action of an autonomous operation unit;
• controlling a transition between a plurality of states related to a speech recognition process through the autonomous operation unit based on a detected trigger, wherein the plurality of states includes a first active state in which the action of the autonomous operation unit is restricted, and a second active state in which the speech recognition process is performed;
• accumulating speech sound collected by the autonomous operation unit in the first active state;
• controlling the transition from the first active state to the second active state based on a detection of a trigger;
• and
• controlling, in the second active state, transmission of the speech sound accumulated prior to the detection of the trigger to a speech recognition apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• controlling an action of an autonomous operation unit;
• controlling a transition between a plurality of states related to a speech recognition process through the autonomous operation unit, wherein the plurality of states includes a first active state in which the action of the autonomous operation unit is restricted;
• and a second active state in which the speech recognition process is performed;
• accumulating speech sound collected by the autonomous operation unit in the first active state;
• controlling the transition from the first active state to the second active state based on a detection of a trigger;
• and
• controlling, in the second active state, transmission of the speech sound accumulated prior to the detection of the trigger to a speech recognition apparatus.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• control an action of an autonomous operation unit;
• control transition between a plurality of states related to a speech recognition process through the autonomous operation unit, wherein the plurality of states includes a first active state in which the action of the autonomous operation unit is restricted, a second active state in which the speech recognition process is performed, and a normal state in which the action of the autonomous operation unit is not restricted;
• and
• cause the autonomous operation unit to transition to one of the first active state or the normal state in a case where a conversation end trigger related to an end of a conversation is detected in the second active state.