Host: Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics
This paper proposes Information Recommendation Module for providing humans with useful information under TV Watching Environment. The HuRoC(Human Robot Communication supporting system), which is proposed for supporting human-robot communication in a living room, estimates the user's interests from his/her TV watching logs and utterances under TV watching situation, and recommends relevant information gathered from the Web. The proposed module uses a profile written in bookmark format as input, and determines the timing and way of presenting information to be recommended based on the importance of the information and user's situation. The devices used for information recommendation are implemented as RT modules, so that the alternative presentation devices can be added easily into the system. The system aims to realize advanced human-robot relationship by supporting humans' information acquisition without explicit instruction to the robot or using PC.
