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JP-7854595-B2 - Voice notification system, voice notification method, and program

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Inventors

  • 占部 裕樹
  • 黒山 和宏
  • 浅井 沙良

Assignees

  • パナソニックＩＰマネジメント株式会社

Dates

Publication Date
20260507
Application Date
20211221
Priority Date
20210804

Claims (10)

  1. A voice notification system that causes a voice device to notify a notification target by voice the information source device or information source service that is the source of the information notified by the voice device, A change detection unit that detects changes in notification content or notification method, The system includes a notification unit that, when a change in notification content or notification method is detected, notifies the user of information regarding the change in notification content or notification method via voice from a speaking device, The change in the content of the notification is an increase or decrease in the number of people subject to the notification. The aforementioned change in the notification method is an increase or decrease in the number of speaking devices or a change in the voice used for notification. The aforementioned notification unit, If an increase in the number of notifiable targets is detected, the speech device will notify the user of information regarding the increase in notifiable targets via voice. If a decrease in the number of items to be notified is detected, the speech device will provide voice notification regarding the decrease in the number of items to be notified. Or, The aforementioned notification unit, If an increase in speaking devices is detected, information regarding the increase in speaking devices will be notified by voice from at least one of the increased speaking devices. If a decrease in the number of speaking devices is detected, information regarding the decrease in speaking devices will be notified by voice from at least one of the remaining speaking devices. moreover, If an increase in the number of speech-generating devices is detected, the speech content from the existing speech-generating devices will be made different from the speech content from the newly added speech-generating devices. Voice notification system.
  2. The notification unit, after detecting a decrease in the number of targets for notification, will notify the user via voice from the speaking device if no increase in the number of targets for notification is detected for a predetermined period of time. The voice notification system according to claim 1 .
  3. The notification unit, after detecting a decrease in speaking devices, and if no increase in speaking devices is detected for a predetermined period of time, will cause at least one of the remaining speaking devices to notify the user via voice about the decrease in speaking devices. The voice notification system according to claim 1 or 2 .
  4. When the notification unit detects a change in the voice used for notification, it causes the speaking device to notify the user of information regarding the change in the voice used for notification using the changed voice. The voice notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .
  5. Changes to the voice used in notifications include changes to tone, language, pitch, speed, volume, intonation, or dialect. The voice notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 .
  6. The aforementioned voice notification system further includes a reception unit that accepts requests to activate changes to the notification content or the notification method. Information regarding changes to notification content or notification methods includes inquiries about activating those changes. The voice notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 .
  7. The voice notification system further includes a person detection unit that detects whether or not a person is present around the speaking device. The notification unit, when it detects a change in notification content or notification method, and when it detects the presence of a person in the vicinity of the speaking device, will cause the speaking device to notify the user of information regarding the change in notification content or notification method by voice. The voice notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 .
  8. The notification unit further, when it detects a change in notification content or notification method, will notify the user of information regarding the change in notification content or notification method in the form of text, images, or video from the display device. The voice notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 7 .
  9. A voice notification method that causes a voice device to notify a notification target, which is an information source device or information source service that is the source of information notified by a voice device, A change detection step that detects changes in notification content or notification method, The system includes a notification step in which, when a change in notification content or notification method is detected, information regarding the change in notification content or notification method is notified by voice from the speaking device, The change in the content of the notification is an increase or decrease in the number of people subject to the notification. The aforementioned change in the notification method is an increase or decrease in the number of speaking devices or a change in the voice used for notification. In the aforementioned notification step, If an increase in the number of notifiable targets is detected, the speech device will notify the user of information regarding the increase in notifiable targets via voice. If a decrease in the number of items to be notified is detected, the speech device will provide voice notification regarding the decrease in the number of items to be notified. Or, In the aforementioned notification step, If an increase in speaking devices is detected, information regarding the increase in speaking devices will be notified by voice from at least one of the increased speaking devices. If a decrease in the number of speaking devices is detected, information regarding the decrease in speaking devices will be notified by voice from at least one of the remaining speaking devices. moreover, If an increase in the number of speech-generating devices is detected, the speech content from the existing speech-generating devices will be made different from the speech content from the newly added speech-generating devices. Voice notification method.
  10. A program for causing a computer to execute the voice notification method described in claim 9 .

Description

This disclosure relates to a voice notification system, etc., that causes a voice notification from a voice device to provide information about a notification target, which is an information source device or information source service that is the source of information notified from a voice device. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for notifying users of information related to home appliances, etc., by voice from a speech-generating device. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2017-151718 Figure 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of a voice notification system according to an embodiment.Figure 2 shows an example of the functional configuration included in the voice notification system according to the embodiment.Figure 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the voice notification system according to the embodiment.Figure 4A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and the speaking device when an increase in the number of people to be notified is detected.Figure 4B shows an example of the content of the utterance when an increase in the number of people being notified is detected.Figure 5A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and speech device when a decrease in the number of people to be notified is detected.Figure 5B shows an example of what is said when a decrease in the number of items to be notified is detected.Figure 6A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and the speaking devices when an increase in the number of speaking devices is detected.Figure 6B shows an example of speech content when an increase in the number of speaking devices is detected.Figure 7A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and the speaking devices when an increase in the number of speaking devices is detected.Figure 7B shows an example of speech content when an increase in the number of speaking devices is detected.Figure 8A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and the speaking devices when a decrease in the number of speaking devices is detected.Figure 8B shows an example of speech content when a decrease in the number of speaking devices is detected.Figure 9A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and the speaking device when a change in voice is detected.Figure 9B shows an example of speech content when a change in voice is detected.Figure 10A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server, speech device, and smartphone when a change is detected.Figure 10B shows an example of utterance content that includes a request to activate a change when a change is detected.Figure 11A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and the speaking device when a change is detected.Figure 11B shows an example of the spoken and displayed content when a change is detected.Figure 12A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and speech device in response to human detection when a change is detected.Figure 12B is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the notification server and speaking device in response to human detection when a change is detected. The embodiments will be described in detail below, with reference to the drawings as appropriate. However, unnecessarily detailed explanations may be omitted. For example, detailed explanations of already well-known matters or redundant explanations of substantially identical configurations may be omitted. This is to avoid the following explanation becoming unnecessarily verbose and to facilitate understanding for those skilled in the art. The inventors provide the accompanying drawings and the following description so that those skilled in the art may fully understand this disclosure, and not to limit the subject matter described in the claims. (Embodiment) The embodiments will be described below using Figures 1 to 12B. Figure 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of a voice notification system 1 according to an embodiment. The voice notification system 1 is a system that notifies information about the target of notification by voice from a speaking device. The notification targets are the information source devices that are the source of the information notified by the speech device, or the information source services (specifically, services provided by servers, etc.) that are the source of the information notified by the speech device. Information source devices are, for example, home appliances owned by the user (air conditioners, washing machines, robot vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, rice cookers, microwave ovens, etc.), and device information related to these appliances (status of the appliance, operation hi