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US 7,548,891 B2Granted
Information processing device and method, program, and recording medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasumi Ono, Mikio Kamada, Masamichi Asukai, Kazunori Ohmura
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus, capable of identifying vital sign information. A learning unit identifies an emotion/state of the user by comparing the generated feature vectors with feature vectors accumulated in a storage unit. Information indicating the resultant identified emotion/state of the user is output to an output unit via an output controller.
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An information processing apparatus comprising:
- input means for inputting non-linguistic information including a user's vital sign information and for inputting linguistic information, wherein the user's vital sign information includes at least one of a pulse, a blood flow, a blood pressure, breathing, body temperature, skin surface temperature, electric resistance of skin, sweat, brain waves, and brain magnetism and wherein the linguistic information includes recorded linguistic information;
- an extractor means for extracting emotional linguistic information from said recorded linguistic information by identifying in the recorded linguistic information first keywords representative of emotional states and second keywords representative of a strength level of the identified first keywords;
- learning means for learning an emotion of the user by relating the non-linguistic information to said emotional linguistic information;
- storage means for storing learned information obtained as a result of learning performed by the learning means;
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- output means for converting the non-linguistic sign information or the stored learned information and for outputting the converted non-linguistic information or the stored learned information regarding the emotion of the user.
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An information processing method, comprising:
- inputting linguistic information and non-linguistic information including a user's vital sign information including at least one of a pulse, a blood flow, a blood pressure, breathing, body temperature, skin surface temperature, electric resistance of skin, sweat, brain waves, and brain magnetism and wherein the linguistic information includes recorded linguistic information;
- extracting emotional linguistic information from said recorded linguistic information by identifying in the recorded linguistic information first keywords representative of emotional states and second keywords representative of a strength level of the identified first keywords;
- learning an emotion of a user by relating the non-linguistic information to emotional linguistic information;
- storing the learned information obtained as a result of the learning;
- converting the non-linguistic information or the stored learned information;
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- outputting the converted non-linguistic information or the stored learned information regarding the emotion of the user.
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A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program for causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
- inputting linguistic information and non-linguistic information including a user's vital sign information, wherein the user's vital sign information includes at least one of a pulse, a blood flow, a blood pressure, breathing, body temperature, skin surface temperature, electric resistance of skin, sweat, brain waves, and brain magnetism and wherein the linguistic information includes recorded linguistic information;
- extracting emotional linguistic information from said recorded linguistic information by identifying in the recorded linguistic information first keywords representative of emotional states and second keywords representative of a strength level of the identified first keywords;
- learning an emotion of a user by relating the non-linguistic information to emotional linguistic information;
- storing the learned information obtained as a result of the learning;
- converting the non-linguistic information or the stored learned information;
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- outputting the converted non-linguistic information or the stored learned information regarding the emotion of the user.
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An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an input unit configured to input non-linguistic information including a user's vital sign information and inputting linguistic information, wherein the user's vital sign information includes at least one of a pulse, a blood flow, a blood pressure, breathing, body temperature, skin surface temperature, electric resistance of skin, sweat, brain waves, and brain magnetism, and wherein the linguistic information includes recorded linguistic information;
- an extractor unit configured to extract emotional linguistic information from said recorded linguistic information by identifying in the recorded linguistic information first keywords representative of emotional states and second keywords representative of a strength level of the identified first keywords;
- a learning unit configured to learn an emotion of a user by relating the vital information to linguistic information;
- a storage unit configured to store learned information obtained as a result of learning performed by the learning unit;
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- an output unit configured to convert the non-linguistic or the stored information and to output the converted non-linguistic information or the stored learned information regarding the emotion of the user.
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An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an input unit configured to input non-linguistic information including a user's vital sign information and inputting linguistic information, wherein the linguistic information includes recorded linguistic information;
- an extractor unit configured to extract emotional linguistic information from said recorded linguistic information by identifying in said recorded linguistic information first keywords representative of emotional states and second keywords representative of a strength level of the identified first keywords;
- a learning unit configured to learn an emotion of a user by relating the vital information to linguistic information;
- a storage unit configured to store learned information obtained as a result of learning performed by the learning unit;
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- an output unit configured to convert the non-linguistic or the stored information and to output the converted non-linguistic information or the stored learned information regarding the emotion of the user.
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