IP Library Granted Patent US 12,551,152
Granted Patent B2
US 12,551,152 · App. 17/926,611 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Mood forecasting method, mood forecasting apparatus and program

Inventors: Shuhei Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Toda (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Kurashima (Tokyo, JP); Tomu Tominaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
A61B5/165A61B5/7267G06N3/0455G06N3/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,551,152
App. No.
17/926,611
Filed
Nov 20, 2022
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3715
USPC
434/PCA.026
Abstract

The present invention can forecast a future-mood and to present the forecasting and a behavior that is the basis of the forecasting by causing a computer to execute: a first-training procedure for training a first-neural network in accordance with behavior time-series data and mood time-series data in each time interval, the first-neural network using behavior time-series data and mood time-series data in a first-time interval as input to output a forecasted-value of behavior time-series data in a time interval following the first-time interval; and a second-training procedure for training a second-neural network in accordance with behavior time-series and mood time-series data per time interval, the second-neural network using the behavior time-series data in the following time interval and the mood time-series data in the first-time interval as input to output a forecasted-value of mood time-series data in the following time interval.

Claims (15)

1 . A mood forecasting method executed by a computer,

the method comprising:

training a first neural network in accordance with behavior time-series data and mood time-series data per time interval where a certain period is divided into a plurality of periods, the first neural network using behavior time-series data and mood time-series data in a first time interval as input to output a forecasted value of behavior time-series data in a time interval following the first time interval; and

training a second neural network in accordance with behavior time-series data and mood time-series data per time interval where the certain period is divided into a plurality of periods, the second neural network using the behavior time-series data in the following time interval and the mood time-series data in the first time interval as input to output a forecasted value of mood time-series data in the following time interval.

2 . The mood forecasting method according to claim 1 executed by a computer, the method further comprising:

inputting behavior time-series data and mood time-series data in a second time interval to the trained first neural network, and calculating a forecasted value of behavior time-series data in a time interval following the second time interval; and

inputting, to the trained second neural network, the forecasted value of the behavior time-series data in the time interval following the second time interval that has been calculated in the first forecasting procedure and the mood time-series data in the second time interval, and calculating a forecasted value of mood time-series data in the time interval following the second time interval.

3 . A mood forecasting apparatus comprising:

a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

train a first neural network in accordance with behavior time-series data and mood time-series data per time interval where a certain period is divided into a plurality of periods, the first neural network using behavior time-series data and mood time-series data in a first time interval as input to output a forecasted value of behavior time-series data in a time interval following the first time interval; and

train a second neural network in accordance with behavior time-series and mood time-series data per time interval where the certain period is divided into a plurality of periods, the second neural network using the behavior time-series data in the following time interval and the mood time-series data in the first time interval as input to output a forecasted value of mood time-series data in the following time interval.

4 . The mood forecasting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

input behavior time-series data and mood time-series data in a second time interval to the trained first neural network to calculate a forecasted value of behavior time-series data in a time interval following the second time interval; and

input, to the trained second neural network, the forecasted value of the behavior time-series data in the time interval following the second time interval that has been calculated by the first forecasting unit and the mood time-series data in the second time interval to calculate a forecasted value of mood time-series data in the time interval following the second time interval.

5 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon to operate as the mood forecasting apparatus according to claim 3 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 22, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073184/0647 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2022
From: YAMAMOTO, SHUHEI; TODA, HIROYUKI; KURASHIMA, TAKESHI; TOMINAGA, TOMU
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061834/0146 →
Continuity (1)
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