Development of a High Performance Auditory Function Robot in Interaction with Human-ApriAlpha with Omni-directional Auditory Function-

Accession number;05A0961266
Title;Development of a High Performance Auditory Function Robot in Interaction with Human-ApriAlpha with Omni-directional Auditory Function-
Author; MATSUHIRA NOBUTO (Toshiba Kenkyukaihatsuse) OGAWA HIDEKI (Toshiba Kenkyukaihatsuse) SUZUKI KAORU (Toshiba Kenkyukaihatsuse) HIROKAWA JUNKO (Toshiba Kenkyukaihatsuse) KOGA TOSHIYUKI (Toshiba Kenkyukaihatsuse)
Journal Title;Nippon Kikai Gakkai Robotikusu, Mekatoronikusu Koenkai Koen Ronbunshu (CD-ROM)
Journal Code:L0318B
ISSN:
VOL.2005;NO.;PAGE.ALL-N-015(2005)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.6, TBL.1, REF.4
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;A home robot should be able to be used in living environment with people, so we have developed a high performance auditory function for a home robot to communicate with its user, and carry out orders from him/her. It is incorporated into a new robot based on the robotic information home appliance, "ApriAlpha". This robot is equipped with 6 microphones and a new designed multimedia front-end processing board in order to support verbal orders from plural users. The omni-directional auditory function enables the robot to detect the directions of voices, and recognize each of contents to carry out them. (author abst.)