Guiding device, guiding method, program, and information storage medium

A guiding device comprising:

• a receiving section configured to receive user voice commands from a user, and to determine possible recognition results based on analysis of the user voice commands, where the recognition results include:
• (i) recognition results in a first place category, indicating a relatively high likelihood of accurate recognition, and (ii) recognition results in a second place category, indicating a relatively lower likelihood of accurate recognition as compared to the recognition results in the first place category;
• a state changing section configured to maintain a normal state in which no user voice commands are responded to, except a predetermined special user voice command, which when received by the receiving section causes a change from the normal state to a voice recognition state in which a set of user voice commands are responded to;
• a voice command monitoring section configured to determine whether respective magnitudes of the user voice commands are above, at, or below a threshold level;
• and
• an output control section configured to perform control in response to the user voice commands, and so as to output guidance to the user related to the respective magnitudes of the user voice commands, wherein:
• the state changing section is configured to change from the normal state to the voice recognition state when the recognition results indicate the predetermined special user voice command were received in the first place category, and
• when in the normal state, the output control section does not provide any guidance when the respective magnitude of the predetermined special user voice command is above the threshold level.

A guiding method comprising:

• receiving user voice commands from a user via a receiving section;
• maintaining, via a state changing section, a normal state in which no user voice commands are responded to, except a predetermined special user voice command, which when received by the receiving section causes a change from the normal state to a voice recognition state in which a set of user voice commands are responded to;
• determining, via a voice command monitoring section, whether respective magnitudes of the user voice commands are:
• (i) below, at, or above a first level, (ii) below, at, or above a second level, and (iii) below, at, or above a third level;
• and
• performing control, via an output control section, in response to the user voice commands, and so as to output guidance to the user related to the respective magnitudes of the user voice commands, wherein:
• when in the normal state, the output control section provides guidance to the user to increase the magnitude of the user voice command when the respective magnitude of the predetermined special user voice command is at or below the first level, and
• when in the voice recognition state, the output control section provides guidance to the user to increase the magnitude of the user voice command when the respective magnitude of the predetermined special user voice command is at or below the second level, where the second level is higher than the first level.

A non-transitory, computer readable recording medium containing a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform actions, comprising:

• receiving user voice commands from a user via a receiving section;
• maintaining, via a state changing section, a normal state in which no user voice commands are responded to, except a predetermined special user voice command, which when received by the receiving section causes a change from the normal state to a voice recognition state in which a set of user voice commands are responded to;
• determining, via a voice command monitoring section, whether respective magnitudes of the user voice commands are:
• (i) below, at, or above a first level, (ii) below, at, or above a second level, and (iii) below, at, or above a third level;
• and
• performing control, via an output control section, in response to the user voice commands, and so as to output guidance to the user related to the respective magnitudes of the user voice commands, wherein:
• when in the normal state, the output control section provides guidance to the user to increase the magnitude of the user voice command when the respective magnitude of the predetermined special user voice command is at or below the first level, and
• when in the voice recognition state, the output control section provides guidance to the user to increase the magnitude of the user voice command when the respective magnitude of the predetermined special user voice command is at or below the second level, where the second level is higher than the first level.