US 11,681,496 B2
Communication support device, communication support method, and computer-readable storage medium including program
Endri Rama, Kyoto (JP); Kazuo Yamamoto, Nara (JP); Tomohiro Yabuuchi, Kyoto (JP); and Naoto Iwamoto, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/338,039.
Claims priority of application No. JP2020-101744 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0390333 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 2201/07 (2022.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication support device comprising:
an imaging unit that captures an image of a surrounding environment of a user to acquire a captured image;
a counterpart detector that detects a predetermined counterpart in the captured image;
a distance measuring unit that measures a distance between the counterpart and the imaging unit based on the captured image;
a expression determination unit that determines a facial expression of the counterpart based on the captured image;
a motion determination unit that determines a motion of the counterpart based on the captured image; and
a voice output unit,
wherein the voice output unit
notifies the user of identification information for identifying the counterpart by a voice when the distance measured by the distance measuring unit is an interaction distance of a first threshold or less, and
notifies the user of the identification information and at least one of facial expression information related to the facial expression determined by the expression determination unit and motion information related to the motion determined by the motion determination unit by a voice when the distance measured by the distance measuring unit is longer than the first threshold.