US 12,033,627 B2
Response generation device and response generation method
Saki Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP); Juri Yaeda, Tokyo (JP); and Chiaki Miyazaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/441,388
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/006526
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/202862, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-067768 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172716 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/22 (2013.01) [G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 2015/227 (2013.01); G10L 2015/228 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A response generation device, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
acquire input information that serves as a trigger to generate a response to a user;
determine that the response to the user is unable to be generated based on only the acquired input information; and
generate the response to the user by using related information related to the input information based on the determination that the response to the user is unable to be generated using only the input information,
wherein the related information includes a use history of a service used by the user via the response generation device.