CONFERENCE SYSTEM, CONFERENCE METHOD AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: AISAKA MASAHIRO, MIZUNO MASATOMO, MORIO MASATAKA, KAWANO TAKESHI, YAMARIKU YOSHIYUKI, YONEZAWA AKIRA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 04.12.2014
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To liven up a conference by using an avatar.SOLUTION: A conference system in which a plurality of users at a plurality of points make a meeting by using displays, comprises a display control unit in which an avatar where a plurality of users are represented virtually is displayed on the displays, a behavior detection unit for detecting the behavior of at least one user out of the plurality of users, an aggressiveness detection unit for determining an index indicating the positive behavior to the conference of at least one user, and a behavior reflection unit for reflecting the behavior of the user detected by the behavior detection unit to the avatar, depending on the aggressiveness determined by the aggressiveness detection unit. 【課題】アバターを利用して会議を盛り上げる。【解決手段】会議システムであって、複数の地点にいる複数のユーザが、ディスプレイを用いて会議を行う会議システムにおいて、複数のユーザが仮想的に表現されるアバターを、ディスプレイに表示させる表示制御部と、複数のユーザのうち、少なくとも一人のユーザの行動を検出する行動検出部と、少なくとも一人のユーザの会議への積極的な態度を示す指標である積極度を判定する積極度判定部と、積極度判定部により判定された積極度に応じて、行動検出部が検出したユーザの行動をアバターに反映させる行動反映部とを備える。【選択図】図７