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US 12,614,547 B2Granted
Method for controlling utterance of utterance device, server controlling utterance of utterance device, utterance device, and program
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasafumi Torikai, Kentaro Nakai, Hiroki Urabe
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Abstract
A sound collection apparatus A server (10) causes a terminal device (30) to display a setting user interface, and receives a prohibition time zone setting command. Server sets a prohibition time zone for a target device based on the prohibition time zone setting command. Server (10) causes the target device to utter, when a time for causing the target device to utter is determined not to correspond to the prohibition time zone.
Claims12
A method for controlling utterance of an utterance device, comprising:
- causing a terminal device to display a setting user interface;
- receiving, via the setting user interface, a prohibition time zone setting command;
- setting a prohibition time zone for a target device which is at least one of the utterance devices, based on the prohibition time zone setting command;
- and
- causing the target device to utter, when a time for causing the target device to utter is determined not to correspond to the prohibition time zone;
- wherein each of the utterance devices is arranged in any one of a plurality of arrangement areas;
- wherein the prohibition time zone setting command is a second setting command including a target area which is at least one of the arrangement areas and including a second time zone for the target area;
- wherein when setting the prohibition time zone, the prohibition time zone is set to include the second time zone for a target device which is the utterance device arranged in the target area based on the second setting command;
- and
- wherein the method for controlling utterance of an utterance device further comprises:
- receiving, via the setting user interface, a representative device setting command for designating one of the plurality of utterance devices arranged in one arrangement area as a representative device;
- setting the representative device for the arrangement area;
- and
- causing the representative device to utter, when a time for causing the target device arranged in the arrangement area to utter is determined not to correspond to the prohibition time zone of the representative device.
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A server controlling utterance of an utterance device, comprising:
- a server storage that stores a prohibition time zone for the utterance device;
- and
- a server controller being configured to:
- cause a terminal device to display a setting user interface;
- receive, via the setting user interface, a prohibition time zone setting command;
- set a prohibition time zone for a target device which is at least one of the utterance devices based on the prohibition time zone setting command;
- and
- cause the target device to utter, when a time for causing the target device to utter is determined not to correspond to the prohibition time zone;
- wherein each of the utterance devices is arranged in any one of a plurality of arrangement areas;
- wherein the prohibition time zone setting command is a second setting command including a target area which is at least one of the arrangement areas and including a second time zone for the target area;
- and
- wherein the server controller is further configured to:
- set, when setting the prohibition time zone, the prohibition time zone to include the second time zone for a target device which is the utterance device arranged in the target area, based on the second setting command;
- receive, via the setting user interface, a representative device setting command for designating one of the plurality of utterance devices arranged in one arrangement area as a representative device;
- set the representative device for the arrangement area;
- and
- cause the representative device to utter, when a time for causing the target device arranged in the arrangement area to utter is determined not to correspond to the prohibition time zone of the representative device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.