Abstract: A driving simulation apparatus includes an input unit that receives an input of an operation instruction, a vehicle simulation unit that calculates a position and an orientation of a vehicle in a virtual environment in real-time, a camera state calculation unit that calculates a viewpoint position and a viewing direction of a on-vehicle wide-angle camera based on the position and the orientation of the vehicle, and a wide-angle camera simulation unit.

Abstract: There is provided a driving assist system comprising: a road side apparatus which transmits the traffic circumstance information; and a vehicle-mounted apparatus including: an outputting part which outputs driving assist information for assisting a driving operation on the basis of output data on the basis of the at least one kind of the traffic circumstance information; and a controller for: generating the output data for outputting the driving assist information based on the traffic circumstance information; determining whether the output data is valid; and selecting one the output data which is determined as valid, on the basis of a predetermined standard validity, wherein the outputting part outputs the driving assist information using the selected output data.

Abstract: A topic net management unit 1 reads one record from a table to generate the topic net (S1). Subsequently, from among the field data in the record, the unit 1 generates nodes corresponding to the field data for which a corresponding topic class exists (S2). Topics corresponding to those nodes are generated. If a node having the same topic is already generated, then the unit 1 does not newly generate a node having a duplicate topic (S2). The unit 1 mutually links the generated topics in accordance with the definitions between the topic classes (S3). Further, using a dialog information template, the unit 1 generates dialog information associated with the generated link (S4). The unit 1 performs Steps S1-S4 processing for all records in the table (S5). If there is a plurality of tables Steps S1-S5 processing is performed for all tables (S6).

Abstract: The present invention provides a dialog system, a dialog execution method and a computer program which are capable of easily updating input information and output information of a dialog scenario and easily changing a plurality of modalities by using a general-purpose dialog scenario. In a dialog system that receives information from outside, controls the pursuit of dialog along the stored dialog scenario and outputs information along the dialog scenario to the outside, a dialog scenario written by using information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases used in the input information and the output information is stored, one or a plurality of words/phrases are stored in association with information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases, input information is analyzed, a corresponding word/phrase is extracted based on the derived information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases, and output information along a dialog scenario stored, based on the extracted word/phrase is outputted.

Abstract: A driving simulation apparatus includes an input unit that receives an input of an operation instruction, a vehicle simulation unit that calculates a position and an orientation of a vehicle in a virtual environment in real-time, a camera state calculation unit that calculates a viewpoint position and a viewing direction of a on-vehicle wide-angle camera based on the position and the orientation of the vehicle, and a wide-angle camera simulation unit.

Abstract: An interactive control system is disclosed with which the recognition rate and the responsiveness when operating a plurality of interactive services in parallel can be improved. A recognition lexicon and consolidated and reorganized information are generated for each individual interaction. Thus, excessive growth of the recognition lexicon can be avoided and a lowering of the recognition rate can be prevented. Moreover, based on the consolidated and reorganized information, it is possible to specify interactive services that may respond to the same input information, so that responses that are unexpected for the user can be prevented.

Abstract: A device selects an area to be introduced, from among a plurality of areas. The area is introduced to a user moving along a given route. The device includes a candidate selector, a time estimator, and an area determiner. The candidate selector selects a candidate area for an area to be introduced. The candidate area is adjacent to or neighboring a road on the given route. The time estimator estimates a transit time for transiting the candidate area. The area determiner determines the candidate area as an area to be introduced, in accordance with the transit time and a given reference time.

Abstract: Method for altering service-provision sequence without leaving customers with a sense of unfairness. Question data Q1, Q2 containing question content, priority level, membership number, and other information is transmitted from questioner terminals 2a, b (#2, 5). An alter-sequence request to switch the sequential order of question data Q2 to a higher rank is transmitted from questioner terminal 2b to question administration server 1 (#7). An inquiry with questioner terminal 2a as to changing sequential order according to priority levels for question data Q1 and question data Q2 is conducted (#8). When a notice indicating that a sequence change will be permitted is transmitted from questioner terminal 2a (#9), the sequential orders for question data Q1 and for question data Q2 are interchanged, and question terminal 2b is notified to the effect that the sequence has been changed (#10).

Abstract: Products matching customer wishes are retrieved from among a large variety of merchandise. A topic net in which merchandise features from a customer's perspective are expressed is configured with needs information representing customer needs. Evaluation criteria for topic units are set in the topic net, and based on the needs information with which the topic net is configured, on the evaluation criteria, and on merchandise specifications, a combined suitability level indicating to what extent a product meets the customer's needs is calculated for each product. The product whose combined suitability level is highest may be surmised to be the product most befitting the customer's needs.

Abstract: A navigation device includes a data transmission-reception portion for performing data transmission and reception with a portable terminal, an address list cooperation portion for receiving address list data, a schedule cooperation portion for receiving and managing schedule data, a candidate location specifying information recording portion for searching and extracting information for specifying a location corresponding to one schedule item from the address list data concerning a schedule indicated in schedule data to record the extracted information, a position specifying information obtaining portion for obtaining position specifying information for specifying a position on a map corresponding to each piece of candidate location specifying information, a selecting portion for selecting one position specifying information from position specifying information, and a path managing portion for determining a position of each destination on the path in accordance with the selected position specifying information

Abstract: There is provided a driving assist system comprising: a road side apparatus which transmits the traffic circumstance information; and a vehicle-mounted apparatus including: an outputting part which outputs driving assist information for assisting a driving operation on the basis of output data on the basis of the at least one kind of the traffic circumstance information; and a controller for: generating the output data for outputting the driving assist information based on the traffic circumstance information; determining whether the output data is valid; and selecting one the output data which is determined as valid, on the basis of a predetermined standard validity, wherein the outputting part outputs the driving assist information using the selected output data.

Abstract: A spoken dialog system includes: a communication processing section capable of communicating with a terminal device that stores user data; and at least one of a speech synthesis section that generates synthesized speech and a speech recognition section that recognizes input speech. The communication processing section acquires from the terminal device at least one information of reading information and grammatical information, the reading information containing prosodic information on an item value of at least one item of the user data and the grammatical information indicating one or a plurality of recognition grammars on an item value of at least one item of the user data. The speech synthesis section generates the synthesized speech using the reading information acquired by the communication processing section, and the speech recognition section recognizes the input speech using the grammatical information acquired by the communication processing section.

Abstract: A navigation device includes a data transmission-reception portion for performing data transmission and reception with a portable terminal, an address list cooperation portion for receiving address list data, a schedule cooperation portion for receiving and managing schedule data, a candidate location specifying information recording portion for searching and extracting information for specifying a location corresponding to one schedule item from the address list data concerning a schedule indicated in schedule data to record the extracted information, a position specifying information obtaining portion for obtaining position specifying information for specifying a position on a map corresponding to each piece of candidate location specifying information, a selecting portion for selecting one position specifying information from position specifying information, and a path managing portion for determining a position of each destination on the path in accordance with the selected position specifying information

Abstract: The present invention provides a dialog system, a dialog execution method and a computer program which are capable of easily updating input information and output information of a dialog scenario and easily changing a plurality of modalities by using a general-purpose dialog scenario. In a dialog system that receives information from outside, controls the pursuit of dialog along the stored dialog scenario and outputs information along the dialog scenario to the outside, a dialog scenario written by using information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases used in the input information and the output information is stored, one or a plurality of words/phrases are stored in association with information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases, input information is analyzed, a corresponding word/phrase is extracted based on the derived information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases, and output information along a dialog scenario stored, based on the extracted word/phrase is outputted.

Abstract: A topic net management unit 1 reads one record portion of data from a collection of data in table format (S1). Subsequently, from among the field data included in the record that was read, the topic net management unit 1 generates, based on the definitions of the topic classes, nodes corresponding to the field data for which a corresponding topic class exists (S2). In addition, topics corresponding to those nodes are generated. If a node having the same topic is already generated, then the topic net management unit 1 does not newly generate a node having a duplicate topic (S2). The topic net management unit 1 mutually links the generated topics in accordance with the definitions between the topic classes (S3). Further, using a dialog information template, the topic net management unit 1 generates dialog information associated with the generated link (S4). The topic net management unit 1 performs Steps S1-S4 processing for all records included in the data in table format (S5).

Abstract: An interactive control system is disclosed with which the recognition rate and the responsiveness when operating a plurality of interactive services in parallel can be improved. A recognition lexicon and consolidated and reorganized information are generated for each individual interaction. Thus, excessive growth of the recognition lexicon can be avoided and a lowering of the recognition rate can be prevented. Moreover, based on the consolidated and reorganized information, it is possible to specify interactive services that may respond to the same input information, so that responses that are unexpected for the user can be prevented.

Abstract: There are provided a dialog control system and a dialog control method for realizing a smooth dialog dynamically corresponding to contents of a natural dialog by a user without allowing the user to be aware of an operation history. The dialog control system interprets the input information input by the user, identifies a plurality of dialog agents for responding to the input information, transmits the input information to the dialog agent to request a response to the input information, and outputs a response from the dialog agent. Processable information is inquired about with respect to a plurality of dialog agents. The input information is matched with the processable information. A dialog agent capable of processing the input information is selected. The input information is transmitted to the selected dialog agent, and a dialog control part receives a response thereto.

Abstract: Method for altering service-provision sequence without leaving customers with a sense of unfairness. Question data Q1, Q2 containing question content, priority level, membership number, and other information is transmitted from questioner terminals 2a, b (#2, 5). An alter-sequence request to switch the sequential order of question data Q2 to a higher rank is transmitted from questioner terminal 2b to question administration server 1 (#7). An inquiry with questioner terminal 2a as to changing sequential order according to priority levels for question data Q1 and question data Q2 is conducted (#8). When a notice indicating that a sequence change will be permitted is transmitted from questioner terminal 2a (#9), the sequential orders for question data Q1 and for question data Q2 are interchanged, and question terminal 2b is notified to the effect that the sequence has been changed (#10).

Abstract: A three-dimensional skeleton data error absorbing apparatus is provided, which is capable of rendering an object at a correct rendering position by absorbing an error based on skeleton data calculation. A fixed skeleton portion specifying part 20 specifies a fixed skeleton portion whose rendering position is desired to be fixed, and a skeleton matrix calculating part 40 obtains a coordinate of a fixed position. A skeleton length detecting part 31, a skeleton hierarchy level detecting part 32, and an error absorption priority detecting part 33 of an error absorbing skeleton specifying part 30 select an error absorbing skeleton that absorbs an error. An error absorption calculating part 60 obtains, by inverse matrix calculation, a determinant, which should be satisfied by a skeleton matrix of error absorbing skeleton, based on the matrix calculation results and the coordinate of a fixed position of the other skeletons.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional skeleton data compression apparatus for compressing a skeleton data amount without degrading rendering quality of a three-dimensional object. A weight detecting part detects weight information that is a numerical value obtained from input skeleton data, showing a degree of the influence of the movement of a skeleton on a vertex, and a weight compressing part deletes a value equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value. The skeleton compressing part conducts first skeleton compression with respect to a skeleton having no polygon vertex in which an effective weight value is set. The skeleton compressing part also detects relative movement between skeletons, and second skeleton compression is performed to reduce/integrate a skeleton group integrated without relative movement into a unified skeleton. If required, masks are put on skeletons that are not to be subjected to skeleton compression.