Abstract: A travelling control system includes a plurality of vehicles each including a controller, a server including a generator configured to generate a travelling control information for the plurality of vehicles, a predictor configured to predict a merging interference between a first vehicle travelling from a merging road toward a main road and a second vehicle travelling on the main road, a sender which is provided in the first vehicle to send an interference suppressing request, and a receiver which is provided in the second vehicle to receive the interference suppressing request. The controller of the second vehicle travelling on the main road is configured to execute interference suppressing control of suppressing an approach of the second vehicle to the first vehicle travelling from the merging road to the main road, in a case that the receiver receives the interference suppressing request from the first vehicle.

Abstract: A response system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the question sentence of a user, a response sentence selection unit configured to select a response sentence, stored in a storage unit in advance, according to the acquired question sentence, a response sentence conversion unit configured to convert the selected response sentence according to the question sentence, and an output unit configured to output the converted response sentence. The response sentence conversion unit is configured to convert a word included in the selected response sentence to a word included in the question sentence based on the degree of similarity between the word included in the response sentence and the word included in the question sentence.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an agent display method and the like that reduces the trouble of a user confirming an answer (or answers) while increasing the possibility of presenting an answer (or answers) of high value to the user without omission. An agent display method for simultaneously displaying a plurality of agents each configured to respond to a speech text of a user, the agent display method including: an answer selection step of selecting the answer text of each of the plurality of agents to the speech text of the user; and an agent display step of displaying a screen including the plurality of agents, in which the agent display step includes displaying the agent that the user should check first among the plurality of agents in a more emphasized form than those of the agents other than the agent that the user should check first.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an agent display method and the like that enable a user to easily determine an answer of an agent that should be referenced (checked) first among a plurality of agents. An agent display method for simultaneously displaying a plurality of agents each configured to respond to a speech text of a user, the agent display method including: an answer selection step of selecting the answer text of each of the plurality of agents to the speech text of the user; and an agent display step of displaying a screen including the plurality of agents, in which the agent display step includes changing, in accordance with an index indicating certainty of the answer text of at least one of the agents, a display form of the at least one of the agents.

Abstract: A communication device includes a calculation unit which calculates class probabilities that are probabilities an input speech belongs to a plurality of respective classified classes previously defined as types of speech contents, a plurality of response generation modules provided for respective types of responses each generates a response speech corresponding to the type, a determination unit which selects one of the plurality of response generation modules based on association probabilities and the class probabilities calculated by the calculation unit and determines the response speech generated by the selected response generation module as an output speech to be emitted to the user, the association probabilities being set for each of the plurality of response generation modules, and the association probabilities each indicating a level of association between the response generation module and each of the plurality of classified classes, and an output unit which outputs the output speech.

Abstract: An automatic moving object obtains, from a sensor, operating data and external environment data of the automatic moving object, constructs a plurality of operation models based on the operating data and the external environment data, and controls automatic movement of the automatic moving object based on the constructed plurality of operation models. An automatic moving object transmits the constructed plurality of operation models to another automatic moving object. An automatic moving object receives a plurality of operation models from another automatic moving object, and controls automatic movement based on the received plurality of operation models.

Abstract: A communication device includes a calculation unit which calculates class probabilities that are probabilities an input speech belongs to a plurality of respective classified classes previously defined as types of speech contents, a plurality of response generation modules provided for respective types of responses each generates a response speech corresponding to the type, a determination unit which selects one of the plurality of response generation modules based on association probabilities and the class probabilities calculated by the calculation unit and determines the response speech generated by the selected response generation module as an output speech to be emitted to the user, the association probabilities being, set for each of the plurality of response generation modules, and the association probabilities each indicating a level of association between the response generation module and each of the plurality of classified classes, and an output unit which outputs the output speech.

Abstract: A voice interaction apparatus incudes voice recognition means for recognizing a voice of a user, response-sentence generation means for generating a response sentence to the voice of the user based on the recognized voice, filler generation means for generating a filler word to be inserted in a conversation, output means for outputting the generated response sentence and the generated filler word, and classification means for classifying the generated response sentence into one of predetermined speech patterns indicating predefined speech types. When the output means outputs, after the user utters a voice subsequent to the first response sentence, the filler word and outputs a second response sentence, the classification means classifies the first response sentence into one of the speech patterns, and the filler generation means generates the filler word based on the speech pattern into which the first response sentence has been classified.

Abstract: A voice interaction apparatus incudes voice recognition means for recognizing a voice of a user, response-sentence generation means for generating a response sentence to the voice of the user based on the recognized voice, filler generation means for generating a filler word to be inserted in a conversation, output means for outputting the generated response sentence and the generated filler word, and classification means for classifying the generated response sentence into one of predetermined speech patterns indicating predefined speech types. When the output means outputs, after the user utters a voice subsequent to the first response sentence, the filler word and outputs a second response sentence, the classification means classifies the first response sentence into one of the speech patterns, and the filler generation means generates the filler word based on the speech pattern into which the first response sentence has been classified.

Abstract: An automatic moving object obtains, from a sensor, operating data and external environment data of the automatic moving object, constructs a plurality of operation models based on the operating data and the external environment data, and controls automatic movement of the automatic moving object based on the constructed plurality of operation models. An automatic moving object transmits the constructed plurality of operation models to another automatic moving object. An automatic moving object receives a plurality of operation models from another automatic moving object, and controls automatic movement based on the received plurality of operation models.

Abstract: Provided is a voice interaction apparatus including an estimation unit configured to estimate whether to wait a next user's speech or to execute an output of an output speech by the voice interaction apparatus based on a user's speech input by an input unit; and the response control unit configured to, when the estimation unit could not estimate whether to wait for the user's next speech or to execute the output of the output speech by the voice interaction apparatus, respond by executing at least one of a filler output and a nodding action, the filler output being an output of a filler, i.e., a connecting utterance irrelevant to an interaction content, from the output unit, and the nodding action being an action of swinging a pseudo head part back and forth.

Abstract: An operation model construction system includes a data acquisition unit that acquires operating data and external environment data of a moving object, an associated data accumulation unit that accumulates associated data obtained by classifying the external environment data into plural items and associating the operating data with the respective items, and an operation model construction unit that constructs plural operation models to operate the moving object, based on the associated data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, including a collection unit that collects position data representing a position of a moving body and operating data representing an operating state of the moving body, during a movement of the moving body, a range setting unit that sets a range in which the moving body is likely to cause a collision, based on a movement distance and direction required until a braking of the moving body, when a control of the moving body is difficult, an extraction unit that extracts a moving body existing within the range or a moving body which is likely to enter into the range, and a transmitting unit that transmits information representing possibility of being collided, to the moving body extracted by the extraction unit.

Abstract: Provided is a moving body control apparatus including a collection unit that collects date and time data, position data, and first operating data of a moving body and a controller that controls the moving body based on a result of comparison between reference operating data corresponding to the date and time data and the position data, and the first operating data, wherein, when a difference between second operating data in case of an accident and third operating data in case of no accident meets a predetermined condition, the reference operating data is generated based on the third operating data.

Abstract: A voice interaction apparatus incudes voice recognition means for recognizing a voice of a user, response-sentence generation means for generating a response sentence to the voice of the user based on the recognized voice, filler generation means for generating a filler word to be inserted in a conversation, output means for outputting the generated response sentence and the generated filler word, and classification means for classifying the generated response sentence into one of predetermined speech patterns indicating predefined speech types. When the output means outputs, after the user utters a voice subsequent to the first response sentence, the filler word and outputs a second response sentence, the classification means classifies the first response sentence into one of the speech patterns, and the filler generation means generates the filler word based on the speech pattern into which the first response sentence has been classified.

Abstract: Provided is a voice interaction apparatus including an estimation unit configured to estimate whether to wait a next user's speech or to execute an output of an output speech by the voice interaction apparatus based on a user's speech input by an input unit; and the response control unit configured to, when the estimation unit could not estimate whether to wait for the user's next speech or to execute the output of the output speech by the voice interaction apparatus, respond by executing at least one of a filler output and a nodding action, the filler output being an output of a filler, i.e., a connecting utterance irrelevant to an interaction content, from the output unit, and the nodding action being an action of swinging a pseudo head part back and forth.

Abstract: A monitoring device includes an estimation unit, a detection unit, and a correction unit. The estimation unit estimates a degree of degradation of a moving object based on at least an amount of movement of the moving object. The detection unit detects an environment state of the moving object at a time when the moving object is moved, as operation parameter values including an amount of an operation at a time when an operation unit is operated and an operation time. The correction unit corrects the degree of degradation, which is estimated by the estimation unit, based on the operation parameter values detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: An operation model construction system includes a data acquisition unit that acquires operating data and external environment data of a moving object, an associated data accumulation unit that accumulates associated data obtained by classifying the external environment data into plural items and associating the operating data with the respective items, and an operation model construction unit that constructs plural operation models to operate the moving object, based on the associated data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, including a collection unit that collects position data representing a position of a moving body and operating data representing an operating state of the moving body, during a movement of the moving body, a range setting unit that sets a range in which the moving body is likely to cause a collision, based on a movement distance and direction required until a braking of the moving body, when a control of the moving body is difficult, an extraction unit that extracts a moving body existing within the range or a moving body which is likely to enter into the range, and a transmitting unit that transmits information representing possibility of being collided, to the moving body extracted by the extraction unit.

Abstract: Provided is a moving body control apparatus including a collection unit that collects date and time data, position data, and first operating data of a moving body and a controller that controls the moving body based on a result of comparison between reference operating data corresponding to the date and time data and the position data, and the first operating data, wherein, when a difference between second operating data in case of an accident and third operating data in case of no accident meets a predetermined condition, the reference operating data is generated based on the third operating data.