# US 2021/0280183 A1 · Utterance support apparatus, utterance support method, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0280183 A1 - Document ID: US20210280183A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/071,027 - Filed: 2020-10-15 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-06 - Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd. - Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd. - Inventors: Satomi HORI; Yuudai KAMADA; Eriko UEGAKI; Ryota NIIZEKI; Hideyuki MAKI; Daisuke NOGAMI; Shigeto OOEDA; Yasuhiro WAKITA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210280183A1 ## CPC - G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue - G10L 21/10: Transforming into visible information - G06Q 10/06398: {Performance of employee with respect to a job function} - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06T 3/40: Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting - G06T 11/10: Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) - G06T 11/26: Drawing of charts or graphs - G10L 15/02: Feature extraction for speech recognition; Selection of recognition unit - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract An utterance support apparatus includes: a processor configured to execute a program; and a storage device configured to store the program, wherein the processor is configured to execute: calculation processing of calculating an accumulated value of utterance periods of each of a plurality of speakers, and clearing the accumulated value of a speaker having the accumulated value that has reached a predetermined value; and display processing of displaying a first graphic in a display region, which is included in a group of display regions each assigned to each of the plurality of speakers, and which is assigned to the speaker having the accumulated value that has reached the predetermined value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An utterance support apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to execute a program; and a storage device configured to store the program, wherein the processor is configured to execute: calculation processing of calculating an accumulated value of utterance periods of each of a plurality of speakers, and clearing the accumulated value of a speaker having the accumulated value that has reached a predetermined value; and display processing of displaying a first graphic in a display region, which is included in a group of display regions each assigned to each of the plurality of speakers, and which is assigned to the speaker having the accumulated value that has reached the predetermined value. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the display processing, each time the accumulated value reaches the predetermined value, the processor changes a size of following first graphics of a plurality of first graphics displayed in the display region so that the size is smaller than a size of first graphics preceding the following first graphics. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, in the display processing, when a predetermined number of the preceding first graphics are displayed, the processor displays the following first graphics. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the display processing, when a predetermined number of first graphics are displayed for any one of the plurality of speakers, the processor changes a color of the first graphics so that the color is different from a color of the first graphics before the predetermined number is reached. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the display processing, the processor displays, in the display region, a second graphic corresponding to the accumulated value of the utterance periods until the predetermined value is reached. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, in the display processing, the processor deletes the second graphic corresponding to the accumulated value when the accumulated value reaches the predetermined value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, in the display processing, the processor displays the first graphic when the second graphic is deleted. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the display processing, when a group of first graphics each corresponding to each of the plurality of speakers are arranged in an arrangement direction of the group of display regions, the processor deletes the group of first graphics. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, in the calculation processing, the processor calculates a score based on the number of times of deletion of the group of first graphics, and wherein, in the display processing, the processor displays the score calculated through the calculation processing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, in the display processing, the processor displays, in each display region, a plurality of first graphics, which are each displayed each time the accumulated value reaches the predetermined value, so that the plurality of first graphics are arranged in a direction different from the arrangement direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The utterance support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, in the display processing, the processor moves, in each display region, remaining first graphics toward a position at which the deleted first graphic was displayed. ### Claim 12 An utterance support method, which is executed by an utterance support apparatus, the utterance support apparatus comprising: a processor configured to execute a program; and a storage device configured to store the program, the utterance support method comprising executing, by the processor: calculation processing of calculating an accumulated value of utterance periods of each of a plurality of speakers, and clearing the accumulated value of a speaker having the accumulated value that has reached a predetermined value; and display processing of displaying a first graphic in a display region, which is included in a group of display regions each assigned to each of the plurality of speakers, and which is assigned to the speaker having the accumulated value that has reached the predetermined value. ### Claim 13 A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon an utterance support program for causing a processor to execute utterance support processing, the utterance support program causing the processor to execute: calculation processing of calculating an accumulated value of utterance periods of each of a plurality of speakers, and clearing the accumulated value of a speaker having the accumulated value that has reached a predetermined value; and display processing of displaying a first graphic in a display region, which is included in a group of display regions each assigned to each of the plurality of speakers, and which is assigned to the speaker having the accumulated value that has reached the predetermined value.