S1201-2-4 Development of an Enhanced Interaction Support System Based on a Model Estimating Conversational Activity

Abstract

We have developed an embodied virtual communication system called EVCOS for human interaction analysis by synthesis. In this paper, focusing on the speech-overlap in enhanced interaction, the characteristics are analyzed in the virtual face-to-face communication using EVCOS, and a model estimating conversational activity on the basis of the analysis is proposed. In addition, an enhanced interaction support system is developed by applying the proposed model to an interactive wall as a virtual audience.