Information processing device and information processing method for presenting reaction-adaptive explanation of automatic operations

An information processing method, comprising:

• receiving, by circuitry, sensor information corresponding to a control-target apparatus and an environment of a user;
• determining, by the circuitry, an operation to be executed in the control-target apparatus based on the sensor information;
• generating, by the circuitry, an explanation for a reason for the determined operation;
• estimating, by the circuitry, a reaction from the user based on the generated explanation;
• and
• controlling, by the circuitry, presentation of the explanation based on a result of the estimation of the reaction from the user, wherein
• the controlling of the presentation of the explanation includes:
• controlling, by the circuitry, selection of an output device among a plurality of output devices to be used for output of the explanation, and
• transmitting, by the circuitry, a control signal to the selected output device to output the explanation with device-specific settings.

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

• receiving sensor information corresponding to a control-target apparatus and an environment of a user;
• determining an operation to be executed in the control-target apparatus based on the sensor information;
• generating an explanation for a reason for the determined operation;
• estimating a reaction from the user based on the generated explanation;
• and
• controlling presentation of the explanation based on a result of the estimation of the reaction from the user, wherein
• the controlling of the presentation of the explanation includes:
• controlling selection of an output device among a plurality of output devices to be used for output of the explanation, and
• transmitting a control signal to the selected output device to output the explanation with device-specific settings.