Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090030865 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes plural information input units that input information including image information or sound information in an actual space, an event detecting unit that generates event information including estimated position information and estimated identification information of users present in the actual space by analyzing the information inputted from the information input unit, and an information-integration processing unit that sets probability distribution data of hypotheses concerning position and identification information of the users and executes generation of analysis information including user position information and user identification information of the users present in the actual space by updating and selecting the hypotheses on the basis of the event information. | 01-29-2009 |
20090147995 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes information input units which inputs observation information in a real space; an event detection unit which generates event information including estimated position and identification information on users existing in the actual space through analysis of the input information; and an information integration processing unit which sets hypothesis probability distribution data regarding user position and user identification information and generates analysis information including the user position information through hypothesis update and sorting out based on the event information, in which the event detection unit detects a face area from an image frame input from an image information input unit, extracts face attribute information from the face area, and calculates and outputs a face attribute score corresponding to the extracted face attribute information to the information integration processing unit, and the information integration processing unit applies the face attribute score to calculate target face attribute expectation values. | 06-11-2009 |
20100036792 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Computer Program - An information processing apparatus includes information input units, an event detecting unit, and an information-integration processing unit. Observed values including user identification data are obtained based on image and sound information from the information input units such as a camera and a microphone. Target data set with plural user confidence factors is updated and user identification is then performed. The user identification information in the observed values is used for updating the simultaneous occurrence probability of candidate data by which targets are corresponded with respective users. The updated value of such probability is used for calculating the user confidence factors corresponding to the targets. | 02-11-2010 |
20100185571 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of information input units inputting information including image information or sound information in a real space, an event detection unit analyzing input information from the information input units so as to generate event information including estimated position information and estimated identification information of users present in the real space, and an information integration processing unit setting hypothesis data regarding user existence and position information and user identification information of the users in the real space and updating and selecting hypothesis data based on the event information so as to generate analysis information including user existence and position information and user identification information of the users in the real space. | 07-22-2010 |
20110125496 | SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE, SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A speech recognition device includes a sound source separation unit configured to separate a mixed signal of outputs of a plurality of sound sources into signals corresponding to individual sound sources and generate separation signals of a plurality of channels; a speech recognition unit configured to input the separation signals of the plurality of channels, the separation signals being generated by the sound source separation unit, perform a speech recognition process, generate a speech recognition result corresponding to each channel, and generate additional information serving as evaluation information on the speech recognition result corresponding to each channel; and a channel selection unit configured to input the speech recognition result and the additional information, calculate a score of the speech recognition result corresponding to each channel by applying the additional information, and select and output a speech recognition result having a high score. | 05-26-2011 |
20110224978 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes an audio-based speech recognition processing unit which is input with audio information as observation information of a real space, executes an audio-based speech recognition process, thereby generating word information that is determined to have a high probability of being spoken, an image-based speech recognition processing unit which is input with image information as observation information of the real space, analyzes mouth movements of each user included in the input image, thereby generating mouth movement information, an audio-image-combined speech recognition score calculating unit which is input with the word information and the mouth movement information, executes a score setting process in which a mouth movement close to the word information is set with a high score, thereby executing a score setting process, and an information integration processing unit which is input with the score and executes a speaker specification process. | 09-15-2011 |
20110282673 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a voice analysis unit which performs an analysis process for a user speech; and a data processing unit which is input with analysis results of the voice analysis unit to determine a process which is to be performed by the information processing apparatus, wherein in the case where a factor of inhibiting process continuation occurs in a process based on the user speech, the data processing unit performs a process of generating and outputting feedback information corresponding to a process stage in which the factor of inhibiting occurs. | 11-17-2011 |
20120035927 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Program - An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of information input units that inputs observation information of a real space, an event detection unit that generates event information including estimated position information and estimated identification (ID) information of a user present in the real space based on analysis of the information input from the information input unit, and an information integration processing unit that inputs the event information, and generates target information including a position and user ID information of each user based on the input event information and signal information representing a probability value for an event generating source. Here, the information integration processing unit includes an utterance source probability calculation unit having an identifier, and calculates an utterance source probability based on input information using the identifier in the utterance source probability calculation unit. | 02-09-2012 |
20120096481 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an image analyzing unit performing a process of analyzing an image shot by a camera, a voice analyzing unit performing a process of analyzing voice input from a microphone, and a data processing unit receiving inputs of an analysis result of the image analyzing unit and an analysis result of the voice analyzing unit and controlling information to be output to a user. The data processing unit determines an output mode of the information to be provided to the user based on user information obtained from at least either one of the image analysis result and the voice analysis result, and system state information, and outputs the information to the user in the determined output mode. | 04-19-2012 |
20130245822 | ROBOT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A robot apparatus includes: a grasping section configured to grasp an object; a recognition section configured to recognize a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object; a grasp planning section configured to plan a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part; and a grasp control section configured to control grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path. | 09-19-2013 |
20130257723 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of a user's face and operations performed by the user, and an area selection unit configured to, when the operation detection unit detects that the user has performed a first operation, select an area on a screen based on the orientation of the user's face during the first operation. | 10-03-2013 |
20140074292 | ROBOT DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an excellent robot device capable of preferably detecting difference between dirt and a scratch on a lens of a camera and difference between dirt and a scratch on a hand. | 03-13-2014 |
20140313332 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit. | 10-23-2014 |