Abstract: An agent system capable of, in multi-party conversation, actively participating in the conversation is achieved. A response class is decided on the basis of information associated with whether or not a user is attempting to talk with a system and associated with whether or not a possibility that the system has a capability of correctly responding to an utterance of the user is high. In this case, when the user is not attempting to talk with the system and the possibility that the system has the capability of correctly responding to the utterance of the user is high, a response class for proposing an executable task is decided as the response class. A response is generated by a response generation unit on the basis of the decided response class.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that make it possible to provide a speech interaction of higher convenience. An information processing apparatus including a processor is provided, thereby making it possible to provide a speech interaction of higher convenience. The processor couples utterances before and after a pause included in an utterance of a user in accordance with a matching degree between the utterances before and after in terms of a semantic unit. For example, the present technology is applicable to a speech dialog system.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a difference image generation unit which generates a difference image by obtaining a difference between frames of a cutout image which is obtained by cutting out a predetermined region on a photographed image; a feature amount extracting unit which extracts a feature amount from the difference image; and a recognition unit which recognizes a specific movement of an object on the photographed image based on the feature amount which is obtained from the plurality of difference images which are aligned in time sequence.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that is configured to provide a user interface to control a plurality of controllable objects. The user interface is associated with a gesture recognition area that is defined by a predetermined detection area of a sensor. The gesture recognition area is divided into a plurality of gesture recognition sub-areas based on a number of the controllable objects to be controlled by the user interface. The circuitry is further configured to detect a predetermined gesture within the predetermined detection area, determine the gesture recognition sub-area in which the predetermined gesture is detected, and perform an operation on one of the controllable objects based on the detected predetermined gesture and the determined gesture recognition sub-area in which the predetermined gesture is detected.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a difference image generation unit which generates a difference image by obtaining a difference between frames of a cutout image which is obtained by cutting out a predetermined region on a photographed image; a feature amount extracting unit which extracts a feature amount from the difference image; and a recognition unit which recognizes a specific movement of an object on the photographed image based on the feature amount which is obtained from the plurality of difference images which are aligned in time sequence.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a difference image generation unit which generates a difference image by obtaining a difference between frames of a cutout image which is obtained by cutting out a predetermined region on a photographed image; a feature amount extracting unit which extracts a feature amount from the difference image; and a recognition unit which recognizes a specific movement of an object on the photographed image based on the feature amount which is obtained from the plurality of difference images which are aligned in time sequence.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a storage unit configured to store identification data and attribute data of each of a plurality of pieces of content, the attribute data being associated with the identification data, and a retrieval unit configured to specify attribute data corresponding to a retrieval key and perform retrieval of identification data related to another attribute data associated with identification data related to the specified attribute data.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a difference image generation unit which generates a difference image by obtaining a difference between frames of a cutout image which is obtained by cutting out a predetermined region on a photographed image; a feature amount extracting unit which extracts a feature amount from the difference image; and a recognition unit which recognizes a specific movement of an object on the photographed image based on the feature amount which is obtained from the plurality of difference images which are aligned in time sequence.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that is configured to provide a user interface to control a plurality of controllable objects. The user interface is associated with a gesture recognition area that is defined by a predetermined detection area of a sensor. The gesture recognition area is divided into a plurality of gesture recognition sub-areas based on a number of the controllable objects to be controlled by the user interface. The circuitry is further configured to detect a predetermined gesture within the predetermined detection area, determine the gesture recognition sub-area in which the predetermined gesture is detected, and perform an operation on one of the controllable objects based on the detected predetermined gesture and the determined gesture recognition sub-area in which the predetermined gesture is detected.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a difference image generation unit which generates a difference image by obtaining a difference between frames of a cutout image which is obtained by cutting out a predetermined region on a photographed image; a feature amount extracting unit which extracts a feature amount from the difference image; and a recognition unit which recognizes a specific movement of an object on the photographed image based on the feature amount which is obtained from the plurality of difference images which are aligned in time sequence.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a storage unit configured to store identification data and attribute data of each of a plurality of pieces of content, the attribute data being associated with the identification data, and a retrieval unit configured to specify attribute data corresponding to a retrieval key and perform retrieval of identification data related to another attribute data associated with identification data related to the specified attribute data.

Abstract: There is provided a voice processing device. The device includes: score calculation unit configured to calculate a score indicating compatibility of a voice signal input on the basis of an utterance of a user with each of plural pieces of intention information indicating each of a plurality of intentions; intention selection unit configured to select the intention information indicating the intention of the utterance of the user among the plural pieces of intention information on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit; and intention reliability calculation unit configured to calculate the reliability with respect to the intention information selected by the intention selection unit on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and program for performing a speech recognition process utilizing contextual information that comprises an estimation of the intention of an utterance of a user. The recognition process includes calculating a pre-score based on observed contextual information according intention models which correspond to a plurality of types of intention information and combining the pre-scoring results with acoustic and linguistic scores to obtain an improved recognition or comprehension of the intent of a user utterance.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: model learning means for self-organizing, on the basis of a state transition model having a state and state transition to be learned by using time series data as data in time series, an internal state from an observation signal obtained by a sensor; and controller learning means for performing learning for allocating a controller, which outputs an action, to each of transitions of a state or each of transition destination states in the state transition model indicating the internal state self-organized by the model learning means.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a part detection apparatus including, a part detection block configured to detect a location of a plurality of parts making up a subject from an input image, and a part-in-attention estimation block configured, if a location of a part in attention has not been detected by the part detection block, to estimate the location of a part in attention on the basis of the location of a part detected by the part detection block and information about a locational relation with the detected location of a part being used as reference.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a pre-score adjustment portion which calculates a pre-score based on context information obtained as observation information, for an intention model as a unit corresponding to each of a plurality of types of intention information registered in advance; a multi-matching portion which determines the most suitable word group for an input speech based on a user's utterance and calculates an acoustic score and a linguistic score to be given to the word group for the intention model as a unit; and an intention determination portion which determines intention information corresponding to an intention model achieving the highest total score as an intention corresponding to the user's utterance by comparing total scores calculated from the pre-score, the acoustic score, and the linguistic score of the intention model as a unit.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an obtaining unit to obtain two pieces of information that are targets for searching for connections; a connection searching unit to use an action model wherein the manner of obtaining, from input information, obtain related information that relates to the input information is modeled, and find connection information to connect the two pieces of information, thereby searching connections between the two pieces of information; and a search result output unit to output the search results of the connections between the two pieces of information.

Abstract: A learning apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a network formed by a plurality of nodes each holding dynamics; a learning unit configured to learn the dynamics of the network in a self-organizing manner on the basis of observed time-series data; a winner-node determiner configured to determine a winner node, the winner node being a node having dynamics that best match the time-series data; and a weight determiner configured to determine learning weights for the dynamics held by the individual nodes according to distances of the individual nodes from the winner node. The learning unit is configured to learn the dynamics of the network in a self-organizing manner by degrees corresponding to the learning weights.

Abstract: There is provided a voice processing device. The device includes: score calculation unit configured to calculate a score indicating compatibility of a voice signal input on the basis of an utterance of a user with each of plural pieces of intention information indicating each of a plurality of intentions; intention selection unit configured to select the intention information indicating the intention of the utterance of the user among the plural pieces of intention information on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit; and intention reliability calculation unit configured to calculate the reliability with respect to the intention information selected by the intention selection unit on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: model learning means for self-organizing, on the basis of a state transition model having a state and state transition to be learned by using time series data as data in time series, an internal state from an observation signal obtained by a sensor; and controller learning means for performing learning for allocating a controller, which outputs an action, to each of transitions of a state or each of transition destination states in the state transition model indicating the internal state self-organized by the model learning means.