Patent · US Active

Method for dialogue between a machine, such as a humanoid robot, and a human interlocutor utilizing a plurality of dialog variables and a computer program product and humanoid robot for implementing such a method

US10127226B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
5References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 2014
Grant dateNov 13, 2018
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 29, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L17/22
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for performing a dialog between a machine, preferably a humanoid robot, and at least one human speaker, comprises the following steps, implemented by a computer: a) identifying the human speaker; b) extracting from a database a speaker profile comprising a plurality of dialog variables, at least one value being assigned to at least one of the dialog variables; c) receiving and analyzing at least one sentence originating from the speaker; and d) formulating and emitting at least one response sentence as a function at least of the sentence received and interpreted in step c) and of one dialog variable of the speaker profile.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.