INTERACTIVE AGENT APPARATUS, INTERACTIVE AGENT METHOD, AND INTERACTIVE AGENT PROGRAM

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive agent apparatus, an interactive agent method, and an interactive agent program that can identify a direction of a user's face at a high recognition rate. PSOLUTION: A first camera 1 takes a picture of a user. A computer 9 for image processing detects the distance between eyebrows of the user on the image taken by the first camera 1. A computer 10 for voice processing makes a speaker 7 perform speaking processing. A computer 9 for total control determines that the user faces the front when the distance between the eyebrows detected by the computer 9 for image processing according to the speaking processing. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO