US 11,922,538 B2
Apparatus for generating emojis, vehicle, and method for generating emojis
Minjae Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Sungwang Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,477.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0035839 (KR), filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0301232 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 18/2431 (2023.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01)
CPC G06T 11/00 (2013.01) [G06F 18/2431 (2023.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for generating an emoji, the apparatus comprising:
an analyzer configured to, in response to an utterance of a user being input, acquire at least one of context information or information about a sentiment of the user; and
an emoji generator configured to;
generate a new emoji based on emoji generation information including information related to at least two among the context information, the information about the sentiment of the user, and information about an intent of the user corresponding to the utterance,
select a plurality of emojis that match the emoji generation information from among a plurality of stored emojis,
combine at least some of the plurality of emojis to generate the new emoji,
calculate a matching rate between a plurality of emoji generation tags representing the emoji generation information and a plurality of emoji tags representing the plurality of emojis;
select an emojis having a matching rate greater than or equal to a reference value from among the plurality of emojis,
classify the selected plurality of emojis into a plurality of categories according to characteristic of the emojis; and
select at least two emojis from among the selected plurality of emojis as sub-emojis used to generate the new emoji according to the classifying of the selected plurality of emojis.