Voice dialogue system, method, and program

1. A voice dialogue system executing an operation by a voice dialogue with a user, by recognizing a user's input voice and outputting a voice response corresponding the user's input voice, comprising:

a history storage unit storing an operation name of an operation executed by the voice dialogue system and an operation history corresponding to a number of execution times of the executed operation;

a voice storage unit storing voice data corresponding to the operation name;

an input unit, comprising at least one of a button unit or a gaze detection unit, inputting a voice skip signal that is intended, by the user, to skip a user's voice input;

a detection unit detecting the voice skip signal inputted by said input unit;

an acquisition unit acquiring the operation name of the operation having a high priority, based on a weighted largest number of execution times from said history storage unit, when said detection unit detects the voice skip signal; and

a generation unit reading the voice data corresponding to the acquired operation name from said voice storage unit, and generating a voice signal corresponding to the read voice data.

2. The voice dialogue system according to claim 1 , wherein said input unit inputting the voice skip signal at a time when the voice dialog system outputs the voice response corresponding the user's input voice.

3. The voice dialogue system according to claim 1 , further comprising,

an output unit converting the voice signal into a voice, and outputting the voice.

4. The voice dialogue system according to claim 3 , further comprising,

a cancel determination unit determining whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before output of the voice is finished; and

an execution unit executing the operation corresponding to the operation name when the voice skip signal is not cancelled.

5. The voice dialogue system according to claim 4 ,

wherein said button unit generates the voice skip signal in a depressed state, and does not generate the voice skip signal in a non-depressed state.

6. The voice dialogue system according to claim 4 , wherein

said cancel determination unit determines whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before the output of the voice is finished based on a continuous detection of the voice skip signal by said detection unit.

7. The voice dialogue system according to claim 6 , further comprising,

a measuring unit measuring a duration of the voice skip signal from a time beginning when said detection unit starts to detect the voice skip signal,

wherein said cancel determination unit determines whether the voice skip signal is continued at a time when the output of the voice is finished based on the duration.

8. A voice dialogue system executing an operation by a voice dialogue with a user, by recognizing a user's input voice and outputting a voice response corresponding the user's input voice, comprising:

a history storage unit storing an operation name of an operation executed by the voice dialogue system and an operation history corresponding to a number of execution times of the executed operation;

a voice storage unit storing voice data corresponding to the operation name;

an input unit, comprising at least one of a button unit or a gaze detection unit, inputting a voice skip signal that is intended, by the user, to skip a user's voice input;

a detection unit detecting the voice skip signal inputted by said input unit;

an acquisition unit acquiring the operation name of the operation having a high priority based on a weighted largest number of execution times from said history storage unit, when said detection unit detects the voice skip signal;

a generation unit reading the voice data corresponding to the acquired operation name from said voice storage unit, and generating a voice signal corresponding to the read voice data;

an output unit converting the voice signal into a voice, and outputting the voice;

an execution unit executing the operation corresponding to the operation name when the voice skip signal is not cancelled;

a measuring unit measuring a duration of the voice skip signal from a time beginning when said detection unit starts to detect the voice skip signal;

a cancel determination unit determining:

whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before output of the voice is finished based on a continuous detection of the voice skip signal by said detection unit; or

whether the voice skip signal is continued at a time when the output of the voice is finished based on the duration;

wherein said acquisition unit acquires the number of execution times of the operation from said history storage unit and calculates a total number of execution times that is a sum of the number of execution times when the detection unit detects the voice skip signal, said acquisition unit further includes a number-of-times determination unit determining whether the total number of execution times is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold, and

wherein said execution unit executes the operation corresponding to the operation name if a determination of said number-of-times determination unit is true.

9. A voice dialogue system executing an operation by a voice dialogue with a user, by recognizing a user's input voice and outputting a voice response corresponding the user's input voice, comprising:

a history storage unit storing an operation name of an operation executed by the voice dialogue system and an operation history corresponding to a number of execution times of the executed operation;

a voice storage unit storing voice data corresponding to the operation name;

an input unit, comprising at least one of a button unit or a gaze detection unit, inputting a voice skip signal that is intended, by the user, to skip a user's voice input;

a detection unit detecting the voice skip signal inputted by said input unit;

an acquisition unit acquiring the operation name of the operation having a high priority, that is determined based on a weighted largest number of execution times, from said history storage unit, when said detection unit detects the voice skip signal;

a generation unit reading the voice data corresponding to the acquired operation name from said voice storage unit, and generating a voice signal corresponding to the read voice data;

an output unit converting the voice signal into a voice, and outputting the voice;

a cancel determination unit determining whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before output of the voice is finished;

an execution unit executing the operation corresponding to the operation name when the voice skip signal is not cancelled; and

a management unit that transitions the dialogue state to a state corresponding to the voice data on a voice output from the output unit at a time when said detection unit finishes detecting the voice skip signal; wherein

said voice storage unit stores the voice data which is made to correspond with a dialogue state.

10. A voice dialogue method for executing an operation by a voice dialogue with a user, comprising:

storing an operation name of an operation executed by the voice dialogue system and an operation history corresponding to a number of execution times of the executed operation, by a history storage unit;

storing voice data corresponding to the operation name by a voice storage unit;

detecting a voice skip signal indicating a skipping of a user's voice input by a detection unit;

inputting a voice skip signal that is intended, by the user, to skip a user's voice input, by an input unit, wherein the input unit comprises at least one of a button unit or gaze detection unit;

recognizing a user's input voice, by a recognition unit, and outputting a voice response corresponding the user's input voice, by an output unit;

acquiring the operation name of the operation having a high priority, that is determined based on a weighted largest of execution times, from the history storage unit, when the detection unit detects the voice skip signal, by an acquisition unit; and

reading the voice data corresponding to the acquired operation name from said voice storage unit, and generating a voice signal corresponding to the read voice data, by a generation unit.

11. The voice dialogue method according to claim 10 , further comprising,

converting the voice signal into a voice, and outputting the voice by an output unit.

12. The voice dialogue method according to claim 11 , further comprising,

determining whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before output of the voice is finished, by a cancel determination unit; and

executing the operation corresponding to the operation name when the voice skip signal is not cancelled, by an execution unit.

13. The voice dialogue method according to claim 12 ,

wherein said button unit generates the voice skip signal in a depressed state, and does not generate the voice skip signal in a non-depressed state.

14. The voice dialogue method according to claim 12 , wherein

said step of determining whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before the output of the voice is finished is based on a continuous detection of the voice skip signal, by the cancel determination unit.

15. The voice dialogue method according to claim 14 , further comprising,

measuring a duration of the voice skip signal from a time beginning when said detection unit starts to detect the voice skip signal, by a measuring unit,

wherein the cancel determination unit determines whether the voice skip signal is continued at a time when the output of the voice is finished based on the duration.

16. A voice dialogue method for executing an operation by a voice dialogue with a user, comprising:

storing an operation name of an operation executed by the voice dialogue system and an operation history corresponding to a number of execution times of the executed operation, by a history storage unit;

storing voice data corresponding to the operation name by a voice storage unit;

detecting a voice skip signal indicating a skipping of a user's voice input by a detection unit;

acquiring the operation name of the operation having a high priority, that is based on a weighted largest number of execution times, from the history storage unit, when the detection unit detects the voice skip signal, by an acquisition unit;

reading the voice data corresponding to the acquired operation name from said voice storage unit, and generating a voice signal corresponding to the read voice data, by a generation unit;

converting the voice signal into a voice, and outputting the voice by an output unit;

determining whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before output of the voice is finished, by a cancel determination unit, based on a continuous detection of the voice skip signal;

executing the operation corresponding to the operation name when the voice skip signal is not cancelled, by an execution unit,

measuring a duration of the voice skip signal from a time beginning when said detection unit starts to detect the voice skip signal, by a measuring unit, when it is determined, by the cancel determination unit, that the voice skip signal is continued at a time when the output of the voice is finished based on the duration;

the number of execution times of the operation from said history storage unit and calculating a total number of execution times that is a sum of the number of execution times when the detection unit detects the voice skip signal, by the acquisition unit; and

determining whether the total number of execution times is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold by a number-of-times determination unit, and

executing the operation corresponding to the operation name if said number-of-determination unit determines that the total number of execution times is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold, by said execution unit.

17. A voice dialogue method for executing an operation by a voice dialogue with a user, comprising:

storing an operation name of an operation executed by the voice dialogue system and an operation history corresponding to a number of execution times of the executed operation, by a history storage unit;

storing voice data, which is made to correspond to a dialogue state, corresponding to the operation name, by a voice storage unit;

detecting a voice skip signal indicating a skipping of a user's voice input by a detection unit;

acquiring the operation name of the operation having a high priority, that is determined based on a largest execution times from the history storage unit, when the detection unit detects the voice skip signal, by an acquisition unit;

reading the voice data corresponding to the acquired operation name from said voice storage unit, and generating a voice signal corresponding to the read voice data, by a generation unit;

converting the voice signal into a voice, and outputting the voice by an output unit;

determining whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before output of the voice is finished, by a cancel determination unit;

executing the operation corresponding to the operation name when the voice skip signal is not cancelled, by an execution unit; and

transitioning a dialogue state to a state corresponding to the voice data on a voice output from the output unit at the time when said detection unit finishes detecting the voice skip signal.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that in response to execution, cause a computing system to perform operations, comprising:

storing an operation name of the operation executed by a voice dialogue system and an operation history corresponding to a number of execution times of the executed operation;

storing voice data corresponding to the operation name;

detecting a voice skip signal indicating a skipping of a user's voice input;

acquiring the operation name of the operation having a high priority defined by a weighted largest number of execution time based on the stored operation history, when the voice skip signal is detected; and

reading the voice data corresponding to the acquired operation name based on the stored voice data, and generates a voice signal corresponding to the read voice data.

19. The voice dialogue program according to claim 18 , further comprising,

converting the voice signal into a voice, and outputting the voice;

determining whether the voice skip signal is cancelled before output of the voice is finished; and

executing the operation corresponding to the operation name when the voice skip signal is not cancelled.