ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,701, issued on May 12, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Dialogue service device and dialogue system control method" was invented by Masaru Tasaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Eiji Sonezaki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tatsuya Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialogue service device includes a dialogue system control unit configured to recognize an occupant's voice and control a dialogue system that interacts with the occupant in order to provide a service, and an activation unit that activates the dialogue system. The dialogue system includes a first dialogue system having a first voice recognition e...