Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a dialog technique that can reduce a user's uncomfortable feeling. A dialog system 100 is a dialog system that conducts a dialog with the user, the dialog system including a presentation part 50 that presents an action to fill a gap between a user utterance and a response utterance of the dialog system, after it is estimated or determined that the user utterance has ended or after a predicted time at which the user utterance ends, and before the dialog system makes a response utterance to the user utterance.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to induce a dialogue to a topic that a dialogue system tries to present. A dialogue system 100 presents a first utterance which is a certain utterance and a target utterance related to the first utterance to a user 101. A humanoid robot 50-1 presents the first utterance. A microphone 11-1 receives a user utterance of the user 101 after the first utterance. A humanoid robot 50-2 presents at least one topic-inducing utterance for inducing the topic to the target utterance based on a recognition result of the user utterance and an utterance sentence of the target utterance after the user utterance. The humanoid robot 50-1 presents the target utterance after the topic-inducing utterance.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to promote a user's understanding or agreement, and to cause a dialogue to last long. A dialogue system 100 conducts a dialogue with a user 101. A humanoid robot 50-1 presents a first utterance which is a certain utterance. When the user 101 performs an action indicating that the user cannot understand the first utterance or it is predicted that the user performs an action indicating that the user cannot understand the first utterance or when the user does not perform any action indicating that the user can understand the first utterance, or it is predicted that the user will not perform any action indicating that the user can understand the first utterance, then the humanoid robot 50-1 presents a second utterance which is at least one utterance resulting from paraphrasing the contents of the first utterance.

Abstract: A lever handle includes a body portion that has a plate shape and is attached to a game machine so as to be able to rotationally move between a home position and a stroke end around a rotary shaft main body provided at one end, and a main light-show portion for causing the body portion to emit light. The main light-show portion includes a light source, and a light guide plate having a light incident face on which light from the light source is incident and a light exit face from which light from the light incident face exits, and includes, as the light guide plate, a light guide plate on which a reflection pattern for causing light in one of a character shape or a diagram shape to exit from the light exit face is formed.

Abstract: The display device includes a display panel, gate line driving circuitry that includes gate drivers provided for each of gate lines, a control circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The control circuit supplies a control signal to at least one gate driver corresponding to a gate line to be scanned first in a unit period in which the gate lines are scanned. The gate driver which received the control signal is driven on the basis of the control signal, and the gate drivers in subsequent stages are each driven on the basis of a scanning signal of the gate driver in a preceding stage. The signal processing circuit outputs, on the basis of a scanning signal of at least one gate driver corresponding to a gate line to be scanned last in the unit period and the control signal, a detection signal that indicates whether the gate driver is normal.

Abstract: The present invention keeps a dialogue continuing for a long time without causing uncomfortable feeling to a user. A dialogue system 10 includes at least an input part 1 that receives a user utterance, which is an utterance from a user and a presentation part 5 that presents the utterance. The input part 1 receives a user utterance performed by the user. A presentation part 5-1 presents a dialogue-establishing utterance which does not include any content words. A presentation part 5-2 presents a second utterance associated with a generation target utterance, which is one or more utterances performed before user utterance that includes at least the user utterance, after the dialogue-establishing utterance.

Abstract: An acquisition method is a method performed by an acquisition system in order to acquire a speech set in which three speeches are associated with one another used to generate a second speech made by a dialog system, based on a speech set in which three speeches are associated with one another, in response to a speech made by a human in response to a first speech made by the dialog system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dialog system comprising a speech receiving step in which the dialog system receives input of a speech of a human, a first speech determination step in which the dialog system determines a first speech which is a speech in response to the speech of the human, a first speech presentation step in which the first speech is presented by a first agent, a reaction acquisition step in which the dialog system acquires a reaction of the human to the first speech, a second speech determination step in which the dialog system determines, when the reaction of the human is a reaction indicating that the first speech is not a speech in response to the speech of the human, a second speech which is different from the first speech, and a second speech presentation step in which the second speech is presented by the second agent.

Abstract: An energy saving support system according to an embodiment is configured to provide a consumer, who has an electric load to which electric energy is supplied from an electric power supply system within a house, with energy consumption-related information through a photo frame or the like. The information providing apparatus is configured to acquire an acceptability level, which stepwise indicates a degree of interest of the consumer in the energy consumption-related information, and to determine the energy consumption-related information to be newly provided to the consumer based on the acceptability level.

Abstract: The present invention improves a sense of participation in a topic and enables a dialogue to continue for a long time. A dialogue system 12 includes at least an input part 1 that receives a user's utterance and a presentation part 5 that presents an utterance. In an utterance receiving step, the input part 1 receives an utterance performed by the user. In a first presentation step, the presentation part 5 presents an utterance determined based on scenarios stored in advance. In a second presentation step, the presentation part 5 presents the utterance determined based on the user's utterance contents. A dialogue control part 8 performs control to execute a dialogue at least including a first dialogue flow which is a dialogue including the utterance receiving step and the first presentation step at least one time respectively based on a predetermined scenario, and a second dialogue flow which is a dialogue including the utterance receiving step and the second presentation step at least one time respectively.

Abstract: A dialog method carried out by a dialog system includes an agent that performs a dialog with a user. The dialog method carried out by the dialog system includes a speech receiving step in which the dialog system receives input of a user speech which is a speech of the user, a first presentation step in which when the dialog system cannot obtain any recognition result of a desired level corresponding to the user speech, the dialog system presents a speech which does not include any content words as a first agent speech which is a speech of the agent uttered immediately after the user speech and a second speech step in which the dialog system presents a speech generated or selected not based on the user speech as a second agent speech which is a speech of an agent uttered after uttering the first agent speech.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle main body having a passenger compartment and a rear compartment located more rearward than the passenger compartment; a rear hatch provided on the vehicle main body and configured to open and close the rear compartment; a cooling box disposed in the rear compartment; a first communication device configured to communicate with an external server; a second communication device having a communication distance shorter than that of the first communication device; a locking device configured to lock the rear hatch; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive information about an opening signal from the server through the first communication device, and to open the rear hatch when the processor receives the opening signal through the second communication device.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a vehicle includes: a main body; a first inner side surface and a second inner side surface of the main body located in a widthwise direction of the main body; and a cooling box provided at the first inner side surface.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a rotary electric machine configured to generate a driving force for driving driving wheels; a driving battery storing power to drive the rotary electric machine; a converter connected to the driving battery; an auxiliary battery connected to the driving battery via the converter; and a cooling box connected to the auxiliary battery. When the driving battery has an SOC reduced to be smaller than a prescribed threshold value, the converter is stopped and power remaining in the auxiliary battery is used to drive the cooling box.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a main body; a rotary electric machine provided in the main body; a driving battery configured to be chargeable and dischargeable and supply power to the rotary electric machine; a cooling box detachable from the main body; at least one detachable battery detachable from the main body; and a charger configured to charge the detachable battery with power supplied from the driving battery, the detachable battery being configured to be attachable to the cooling box.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a home delivery box in which a deliverer places a delivery item, a vehicle-mounted communication device configured to communicate with a server provided outside, a position information acquisition device configured to acquire position information, a power storage device configured to store electric power for driving the vehicle-mounted communication device and the position information acquisition device, and a processor. When the processor acquires, from the server, information indicating that a user has selected the home delivery box as a delivery destination of the delivery item, the processor starts transmission of the position information to the server through the vehicle-mounted communication device.

Abstract: The vehicle includes a thawing compartment configured to thaw a commodity housed therein, an acquisition device configured to obtain information including a thawing time limit set based on a request from a user, and a controller configured to control the thawing operation of the thawing compartment. The controller controls the thawing compartment so as to complete the thawing operation of the commodity housed therein by the thawing time limit.

Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a vehicle main body; and a cooling box provided in the vehicle main body. A passenger compartment in which a passenger gets, and a front accommodation compartment provided more frontward than the passenger compartment are formed in the vehicle main body. The cooling box is disposed in the front accommodation compartment. Thus, the cooling box mounted on the electric vehicle can be easily accessed even when the electric vehicle is parked reversely.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a cooling box in which a delivery item delivered by a deliverer can be accommodated; a communication device configured to communicate with at least one of a server and a deliverer terminal that is used by the deliverer for delivery; and a communication device configured to acquire a target value of a temperature inside the cooling box from outside. The vehicle acquires the target value of the temperature inside the cooling box from at least one of the server and the deliverer terminal.

Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a delivery item to a vehicle includes a vehicle equipped with a cooling box which is provided with an openable door and configured to accommodate a delivery item, at least one deliverer terminal provided with a notification device for sending a notification to a deliverer, and a delivery server configured to communicate with the vehicle and the deliverer terminal. The delivery server sends to the deliverer terminal a notification indicating that the door is unclosed if the deliverer forgets to close the door.