Abstract: Disclosed is an occupant detection device that detects an occupant riding in a vehicle, including: a first occupant detection unit to output at least one detection result about the occupant, the detection result being detected using an electric wave, each of the at least one detection result being about a corresponding one of detection result types; a degree of influence determination unit to acquire the vibration amount of the vehicle, and to use the vibration amount and the detection result from the first occupant detection unit, to thereby determine, as to each of the detection result types, a degree of influence which depends on the vibration amount; and an output determination unit to determine, using the degree of influence, whether to adopt or reject the detection result, and to, when determining to adopt the detection result, cause the detection result to be outputted.

Abstract: An occupant detection device includes: an occupant detection unit to output detection results about occupants, each of the detection results being detected using an electric wave and being about a corresponding one of seat positions of the occupants; an output determination unit to output the detection results in accordance with the vibration amount of the vehicle; a storage control unit to store the detection results while linking the detection results with the seat positions; and a movement detection unit to detect a movement as to each occupant detected using means other than an electric wave. When the movement detection unit detects a movement of an occupant in a state where no detection result is outputted from the output determination unit, the storage control unit corrects a link between a detection result and a seat position which are stored.

Abstract: An information processing and display device may include a display device, an input unit that accepts user operations, and a processing unit that performs processing related to a plurality of functions according to a program stored in a storage unit. The processing unit sets a plurality of divided regions on the display and can change demarcation of these set divided regions according to a user operation. When executing a process of generating display data related to the plurality of functions by dividing the information display related to the plurality of functions into a plurality of divided regions, the processing unit prioritizes execution of a process related to a function for which information is displayed in a divided region set to be the largest among the plurality of functions over processes related to other functions.

Abstract: A speech signal processing unit individually separates uttered speech of a plurality of passengers each seated in one of a plurality of speech recognition target seats in a vehicle. A speech recognition unit performs speech recognition on uttered speech of each of the passengers separated by the speech signal processing unit and calculates a speech recognition score. A score-using determining unit determines a speech recognition result of which of the passengers is to be used from among speech recognition results for the passengers, using the speech recognition score of each of the passengers.

Abstract: The present invention is to perform appropriate display on a display of a navigation system. A navigation system that displays an image on a display and presents the image to an occupant of a vehicle, acquires data for generating drawing elements from at least one information source and stores the data in a temporary storage for each of the drawing elements included in the image, selects, from among normal available data stored in the temporary storage, data based on the information source determined in accordance with a predetermined setting, and causes a drawing processor to draw an image combining the drawing elements based on the selected data.

Abstract: An operation restriction control device includes processing circuitry configured to set restriction on the manual operation input to a valid state in a case where a vehicle is traveling, set the restriction on the manual operation input to an invalid state when a voice command corresponding to release of the restriction on the manual operation input is input to the first operation input device by a passenger in the vehicle in a state where the restriction on the manual operation input is set to a valid state, and set the restriction on the manual operation input to a valid state when a duration during which a line of sight of a driver of the vehicle is directed to the in-vehicle information device has exceeded a first reference time in a state where the restriction on the manual operation input is set to an invalid state.

Abstract: A speech recognition device includes: a speech recognition unit for executing speech recognition on a spoken sound that is made for an operational input by a speaking person among multiple on-board persons seated on speech recognition target seats in a vehicle; a speaking person identification unit for executing at least one of personal identification processing of identifying the speaking person, and seat identification processing of identifying the seat on which the speaking person is seated; and a response mode setting unit for executing response mode setting processing of setting a mode for a response to the speaking person, according to a result identified by the speaking person identification unit; the response mode setting processing is processing in which the mode for the response is set as a mode that allows each of the multiple on-board persons to determine whether to be subjected to the response.

Abstract: A correspondence relationship between keywords for instructing the start of a speech dialogue and modes of a response is defined in a response-mode correspondence table. A response-mode selecting unit selects a mode of a response corresponding to a keyword included in the recognition result of a speech recognition unit using the response-mode correspondence table. A dialogue controlling unit starts the speech dialogue when the keyword is included in the recognition result of the speech recognition unit, determines a response in accordance with the subsequent recognition result from the speech recognition unit, and controls a mode of the response in such a manner as to match the mode selected by the response-mode selecting unit. A speech output controlling unit generates speech data on the basis of the response and mode controlled by the dialogue controlling unit and outputs the speech data to a speaker.

Abstract: A speech recognition system, which continuously recognizes speech uttered by at least one user and controls a navigation system on the basis of a recognition result, includes: a speech-operation-intention determination unit for determining whether or not the user has made a recognized speech with the intention of operating the navigation system through speech; and a control mode altering unit for changing, when the speech-operation-intention determination unit determines that the user has no operation intention, the control mode of the navigation system in such a manner that the user is less aware of or pays less attention to the control mode than the case in which the speech-operation-intention determination unit determines that the user has an intention of operating the navigation system.

Abstract: A correspondence relationship between keywords for instructing the start of a speech dialogue and modes of a response is defined in a response-mode correspondence table. A response-mode selecting unit selects a mode of a response corresponding to a keyword included in the recognition result of a speech recognition unit using the response-mode correspondence table. A dialogue controlling unit starts the speech dialogue when the keyword is included in the recognition result of the speech recognition unit, determines a response in accordance with the subsequent recognition result from the speech recognition unit, and controls a mode of the response in such a manner as to match the mode selected by the response-mode selecting unit. A speech output controlling unit generates speech data on the basis of the response and mode controlled by the dialogue controlling unit and outputs the speech data to a speaker.

Abstract: An information presentation system 1 includes: an extraction unit 12 configured to extract, from among linguistic units such as word strings included in a reading text, additional information related to the linguistic units which is capable of being acquired from an information source, as a word-of-speech-recognition target; a synthesis controller 13 configured to output accent information for use in speech-synthesis for reading out the reading text, and the word-of-speech-recognition target extracted by the extraction unit 12; a speech synthesizer 14 configured to read out the reading text using the accent information received from the synthesis controller 13; and a display controller 15 configured to control a display 4 to display the word-of-speech-recognition target received from the synthesis controller 13, in synchronization with a timing where the speech synthesizer 14 reads out the word-of-speech-recognition target.

Abstract: A speech recognition system includes a speech acquisition unit for acquiring speeches uttered by a user for a preset sound acquisition period, a speech recognition unit for recognizing the speeches acquired by the speech acquisition unit, a determination unit for determining whether the user performs a predetermined operation or action, and a display control unit for displaying, when the determination unit determines that the user performs the predetermined operation or action, a function execution button for causing a navigation system to execute a function corresponding to a result of the recognition by the speech recognition unit on a display unit.

Abstract: A speech recognition system, which continuously recognizes speech uttered by at least one user and controls a navigation system on the basis of a recognition result, includes: a speech-operation-intention determination unit for determining—whether or not the user has made a recognized speech with the intention of operating the navigation system through speech; and a control mode altering unit for changing, when the speech-operation-intention determination unit determines that the user has no operation intention, the control mode of the navigation system in such a manner that the user is less aware of or pays less attention to the control mode than the case in which the speech-operation-intention determination unit determines that the user has an intention of operating the navigation system.

Abstract: To provide a mold assembly for molding a contact lens having an excellent optical performance, which is accomplished by suppressing the axial misalignment brought about by the relative displacement between the male and female molds during the molding operation, the mold assembly has a lens molding cavity (30) defined therein when the male and female molds (1, 2) are joined together in an axial direction. A pair of mating faces (12, 22) are defined in the male and female molds (1, 2) at locations in the vicinity of outer peripheral edges of molding surface areas (11, 21) in the male and female molds (1, 2), respectively. Each face being in the form of an annular face lying substantially parallel to the axial direction. A pair of abutment faces (13, 23) are positioned radially outwardly of the mating faces (12, 22) and are, when the male and female molds (1, 2) are joined together, operable to position the male and female molds (1, 2) relative to each other in the axial direction.