Abstract: A device control apparatus includes a detector which detects sound; and a controller which controls a plurality of devices. The plurality of devices includes a first device which is not related to operation of a vehicle and a second device which is related to the operation of the vehicle. The controller is configured to: recognize voice of a user by using data of the sound detected by the detector; identify a type of an operation target device from a plurality of the devices and operation content of the operation target device, based on the voice recognized; notify a user of start of activating the first device by the operation content identified and activate the first device by the operation content identified when the operation target identified is the first device; and notify the user to request a response before the controller activates the second device by the operation content identified when the operation target identified is the second device.

Abstract: A cooking system comprises a robot; and a memory storing computer executable instructions which, when executed, cause the robot to execute a plurality of operations comprising: a first operation including picking up a cooking auxiliary tool in which a cooking target is set in a first section, conveying the cooking auxiliary tool to a second section, and causing the cooking target in the cooking auxiliary tool to undergo first cooking processing in the second section; and a second operation including conveying the cooking auxiliary tool storing the cooking target having undergone the first cooking processing in the second section to a third section. A duct is arranged in an upper space of the second section, the robot has a proximal end that is fixed to a vertical wall member, and the proximal end of the robot is attached to the wall member at a location away from the second section.

Abstract: A sound data processing device includes: a sound data acquisition unit configured to acquire first sound data that is data about a sound whose sound image is localized in a cabin of a vehicle; an object specifying unit configured to specify an attention object that is an object to which an occupant of the vehicle directs attention; a sound data processing unit configured to generate second sound data that is data about the sound for which a sound relating to the attention object is emphasized in comparison with the first sound data; and a sound data output unit configured to output the second sound data to an output device that outputs a sound to the occupant.

Abstract: A cooking system comprises a robot; and a memory storing computer executable instructions which, when executed, cause the robot to execute a plurality of operations comprising: a first operation including picking up a cooking auxiliary tool in which a cooking target is set in a first section, conveying the cooking auxiliary tool to a second section, and causing the cooking target in the cooking auxiliary tool to undergo first cooking processing in the second section; and a second operation including conveying the cooking auxiliary tool storing the cooking target having undergone the first cooking processing in the second section to a third section. A duct is arranged in an upper space of the second section, the robot has a proximal end that is fixed to a vertical wall member, and the proximal end of the robot is attached to the wall member at a location away from the second section.

Abstract: A device control apparatus includes a detector which detects sound; and a controller which controls a plurality of devices. The plurality of devices includes a first device which is not related to operation of a vehicle and a second device which is related to the operation of the vehicle. The controller is configured to: recognize voice of a user by using data of the sound detected by the detector; identify a type of an operation target device from a plurality of the devices and operation content of the operation target device, based on the voice recognized; notify a user of start of activating the first device by the operation content identified and activate the first device by the operation content identified when the operation target identified is the first device; and notify the user to request a response before the controller activates the second device by the operation content identified when the operation target identified is the second device.