Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090299933 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus includes: predicting means for calculating a prediction value of time series data with respect to input of the time series data using a prediction model for predicting the time series data; determining means for determining a target value of the time series data on the basis of the prediction value of the time series data; error calculating means for calculating an error of the prediction value relative to the target value; and retrieving means for retrieving error reduction data as input of the time series data to the prediction model for reducing the error of the prediction value. | 12-03-2009 |
20100010943 | LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A learning device includes: a plurality of learning modules, each of which performs update learning to update a plurality of model parameters of a pattern learning model that learns a pattern using input data; model parameter sharing means for causing two or more learning modules from among the plurality of learning modules to share the model parameters; module creating means for creating a new learning module corresponding to new learning data for learning the pattern when the new learning data are supplied as the input data; similarity evaluation means for evaluating similarities among the learning modules after the update learning is performed over all the learning modules including the new learning module; and module integrating means for determining whether to integrate the learning modules on the basis of the similarities among the learning modules and integrating the learning modules. | 01-14-2010 |
20100010948 | Learning Device, Learning Method, and Program - A learning device includes: a plurality of learning modules, each of which performs update learning to update a plurality of model parameters of a pattern learning model that learns a pattern using input data; model parameter sharing means for causing two or more learning modules from among the plurality of learning modules to share the model parameters; and sharing strength updating means for updating sharing strengths between the learning modules so as to minimize learning errors when the plurality of model parameters are updated by the update learning. | 01-14-2010 |
20100010949 | Learning Device, Learning Method, and Program - A learning device includes: a plurality of learning modules, each of which performs update learning to update a plurality of model parameters of a pattern learning model that learns a pattern using input data; model parameter sharing means for causing two or more learning modules from among the plurality of learning modules to share the model parameters; and classification means for classifying the plurality of learning modules on the basis of the plurality of model parameters of each of the learning modules after the update learning. | 01-14-2010 |
20100332229 | APPARATUS CONTROL BASED ON VISUAL LIP SHARE RECOGNITION - An information processing apparatus that includes an image acquisition unit to acquire a temporal sequence of frames of image data, a detecting unit to detect a lip area and a lip image from each of the frames of the image data, a recognition unit to recognize a word based on the detected lip images of the lip areas, and a controller to control an operation at the information processing apparatus based on the word recognized by the recognition unit. | 12-30-2010 |
20110029465 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain time-series data from a wearable sensor, an activity model learning unit configured to learn an activity model representing a user activity state as a stochastic state transition model from the obtained time-series data, a recognition unit configured to recognize a current user activity state by using the activity model of the user obtained by the activity model learning unit, and a prediction unit configured to predict a user activity state after a predetermined time elapses from a current time from the current user activity state recognized by the recognition unit. | 02-03-2011 |
20110235870 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes an imaging unit configured to perform imaging of one of the object person and a registrant, a first feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount of a face of the registrant, a second feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate time series of feature amount of a lip of the registrant, a registration unit configured to register the time series of feature amount of the lip in a database to be associated with the feature amount of the face of the registrant, an identification unit configured to identify the face of the object person, a recognition unit configured to recognize speech content of the object person, and an authentication unit configured to perform personal authentication of the object person based on an identification result of the face and a recognition result of the speech content of the object person. | 09-29-2011 |
20110305384 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a first generation unit that generates learning images corresponding to a learning moving image, a first synthesis unit that generates a synthesized learning image such that a plurality of the learning images is arranged at a predetermined location and synthesized, a learning unit that computes a feature amount of the generated synthesized learning image, and performs statistical learning using the feature amount to generate a classifier, a second generation unit that generates determination images, a second synthesis unit that generates a synthesized determination image such that a plurality of the determination images is arranged at a predetermined location and synthesized, a feature amount computation unit that computes a feature amount of the generated synthesized determination image, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the determination image corresponds to a predetermined movement. | 12-15-2011 |
20120128255 | PART DETECTION APPARATUS, PART DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a part detection apparatus including, a part detection block configured to detect a location of a plurality of parts making up a subject from an input image, and a part-in-attention estimation block configured, if a location of a part in attention has not been detected by the part detection block, to estimate the location of a part in attention on the basis of the location of a part detected by the part detection block and information about a locational relation with the detected location of a part being used as reference. | 05-24-2012 |
20120232891 | SPEECH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND ROBOT APPARATUS - This invention realizes a speech communication system and method, and a robot apparatus capable of significantly improving entertainment property. A speech communication system with a function to make conversation with a conversation partner is provided with a speech recognition means for recognizing speech of the conversation partner, a conversation control means for controlling conversation with the conversation partner based on the recognition result of the speech recognition means, an image recognition means for recognizing the face of the conversation partner, and a tracking control means for tracing the existence of the conversation partner based on one or both of the recognition result of the image recognition means and the recognition result of the speech recognition means. The conversation control means controls conversation so as to continue depending on tracking of the tracking control means. | 09-13-2012 |
20130060566 | SPEECH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND ROBOT APPARATUS - This invention realizes a speech communication system and method, and a robot apparatus capable of significantly improving entertainment property. A speech communication system with a function to make conversation with a conversation partner is provided with a speech recognition means for recognizing speech of the conversation partner, a conversation control means for controlling conversation with the conversation partner based on the recognition result of the speech recognition means, an image recognition means for recognizing the face of the conversation partner, and a tracking control means for tracing the existence of the conversation partner based on one or both of the recognition result of the image recognition means and the recognition result of the speech recognition means. The conversation control means controls conversation so as to continue depending on tracking of the tracking control means. | 03-07-2013 |