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Granted Patent B2
US 10,866,781 · App. 16/126,291 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Information processor

Inventor: Chihiro Inaba (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,866,781
App. No.
16/126,291
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processor includes a keyword acquisition section configured to acquire a keyword; a first acquisition section configured to acquire information on a description of the acquired keyword from a database; a summary creating section configured to summarize the description to create a summary; an extracting section configured to extract, from the description, at least one element that is not contained in the summary; an output section configured to output the at least one element that is not contained in the summary to a user, and to output the summary to the user after outputting the at least one element that is not contained in the summary to the user; and a profile creating section configured to create a user profile of the user in accordance with an input indicative of an interest of the user.

Claims (24)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor programmed to:

acquire a keyword;

acquire information on a description of the acquired keyword, from a database;

summarize the description to create a summary;

extract, from the description, at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary;

output the at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary to a user, and to output the summary to the user after outputting the at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary to the user; and

create a user profile of the user in accordance with at least one of an input indicative of an interest of the user received while the at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary is being output to the user, or an input indicative of the interest of the user received after the summary is output.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to acquire the keyword related to a current position of the user.

3. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor programmed to:

acquire a keyword;

acquire information on a description of the acquired keyword, from a database;

summarize the description to create a summary;

extract, from the description, at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary;

output the at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary to a user, and to output the summary to the user after outputting the at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary to the user; and

create a user profile of the user in accordance with an input indicative of an interest of the user,

wherein the user is at least one occupant of a vehicle;

the processor is further programmed to acquire a number of the at least one occupant of the vehicle; and

a condition, under which the processor starts outputting the at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary, varies depending on the number of the at least one occupant acquired by the processor.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:

the processor is programmed to acquire a conversation frequency of the at least one occupant of the vehicle, and

in a case where the acquired number of the at least one occupant is two or more, the processor starts outputting the at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary after the acquired conversation frequency becomes lower than a specified frequency.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein in a case where the acquired number of the at least one occupant is one, the processor starts outputting the at least one piece of information that is not contained in the summary after the keyword is acquired.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2018
From: INABA, CHIHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047042/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-234552 · Dec 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190171408A1 · Jun 6, 2019