公开(公告)号：US20230117212A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17782139

申请日：2021-07-15

Applicant: (PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.)

Inventor： Yoshiki OHASHI ,  Satoru Matsunaga ,  Masafumi Torikai

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30

Abstract: A voice control method according to the present disclosure includes: judging, for each of a plurality of utterance objects capable of outputting voice, whether the utterance object is outputting voice; and based on a result of the judging, causing one or more of the plurality of utterance objects to output voice at one of a timing of immediately outputting voice and a timing of outputting voice after an end of outputting voice by an utterance object which is outputting voice among the plurality of utterance objects.

公开(公告)号：US12198672B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US17773798

申请日：2021-07-08

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yoichi Ikeda ,  Kazuhiro Kuroyama ,  Satoru Matsunaga ,  Yoshiki Ohashi

IPC: G10L13/027 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L15/30 ,  H04N21/41

Abstract: A voice speech device includes: a display; a selector that causes the display to display one or more candidates for a name to be provided to a target appliance (appliance), and accepts selection of one name among the one or more candidates; a receiver for receiving first state information that is sent from the target appliance and indicates a state of the target appliance; a speech sentence creator that creates a speech sentence for notifying the state of the target appliance, based on the first state information received by the receiver, the speech sentence containing the one name accepted by the selector; and a voice outputter that outputs the speech sentence by voice.

公开(公告)号：US12141043B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17765589

申请日：2021-07-14

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hiroki Urabe ,  Kentaro Nakai ,  Satoru Matsunaga ,  Yoshiki Ohashi

IPC: G06F11/22 ,  G10L13/00 ,  H04L12/28

Abstract: An utterance test method for an utterance device, an utterance test server, an utterance test system, and a program perform an utterance test on a test device (20). The utterance test system includes at least one utterance device (20) capable of uttering, a terminal device (30), and an utterance test server (10). The utterance test server (10) receives an utterance test start command from the terminal device (30), sets at least one utterance device (20) to be a test device (20) as a target of an utterance test, sets test content of the utterance test, and causes the test device (20) to utter the test content.

公开(公告)号：US12039222B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17776557

申请日：2021-06-30

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hiromu Ikeuchi ,  Yoshiki Ohashi ,  Satoru Matsunaga

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G10L13/027

CPC classification number: G06F3/16 ,  G10L13/027

Abstract: A control method includes obtaining an information item on operation of a first device from the first device, determining a priority level for the obtained information item according to the content or attribute of the obtained information item, storing the obtained information item in a memory unit in association with the determined priority level, and preferentially transmitting an information item associated with a higher priority level among information items stored in the memory unit to a second device to cause the second device to output the information item associated with the higher priority level by sound, the information items having been obtained in the obtaining.

公开(公告)号：US09800914B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US14786967

申请日：2014-04-17

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kunio Gobara ,  Satoru Matsunaga ,  Tadashi Kunihira

IPC: H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/6377 ,  H04N21/6587

CPC classification number: H04N21/26283 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/4826 ,  H04N21/6377 ,  H04N21/6587

Abstract: Program information is transmitted and received via a communication line, and a scheduling operation can be performed based on the program information via the communication line. For that purpose, a communication system includes a receiving apparatus, a server, and an information processing apparatus which are configured to transmit data to and receive data from one another via the communication line. The information processing apparatus includes an EPG requester and a display EPG receiver. The server includes an EPG request receiver, an EPG request transmitter, an EPG receiver, an EPG converter, and a display EPG transmitter. The receiving apparatus includes an EPG obtainer, an EPG request acceptor, an EPG extractor, and an EPG transmitter.