EP0898237A2
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Storage medium, robot, information processing device and electronic pet system
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1998-08-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-08-20
Abstract
Abstract An electronic pet (22) having reality by various machines is implemented. An IC card (21) stores a matter to be renewed in accordance with an action when an electronic pet (22) takes the action on the basis of an internal status parameter which contains the feeling of the electronic pet (22) and represents the internal status thereof, and it is detachably mounted in a device functioning as the body (22) of the electronic pet. A virtual pet device functions as the body (22) of the electronic pet and performs processing to display the electronic pet, and it has a slot in which the IC card (21) is detachably mounted. A pet type robot (23) functions as the body of the electronic pet (22), and it has a slot in which the IC card (21) is detachably mounted.
Inventors
- 👤 Naohiro Yokoo
- 👤 Yasuhiko Kato
- 👤 Masakazu Hattori
- 👤 Masahiro Fujita
- 👤 Hiroaki Sony Computer Science Lab. Inc. Kitano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 03:16
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06N; G06N3/00; G06N3/004; G06N3/008; G06Q; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; A63F13/005; A63F13/12; A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/30; A63F13/80; A63F13/825; A63F13/90; A63F13/95; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06N3/006; A63F2300/00; A63F2300/10; A63F2300/1081; A63F2300/20; A63F2300/204; A63F2300/206; A63F2300/60; A63F2300/63; A63F2300/65; A63F2300/80; A63F2300/8058; A63F2300/807; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952; Y10S707/99953; Y10S707/99955
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 69
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A storage medium characterized in that said storage medium (21) stores a
matter to be renewed in accordance with an action when a living-body
object which is
an object of a living body takes the action on the basis of an internal status parameter
representing the internal status of said living-body object, which contains the feeling of
said living-body object, and is detachably mounted in a body machine (22, 23) serving
as the body (2) of said living-body object.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
30 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body machine is
a robot (23) or an information processing device (22) for performing processing to
display said living-body object.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein said internal
status parameter is also renewed in accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The storage medium as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims,
wherein said internal status parameter is also renewed in accordance with time lapse.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
The storage medium as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims,
wherein character/action tendency information for defining the character or action
tendency of said living-body object is also stored, and said living-body
object takes an
action on the basis of the character/action tendency information and the internal status
parameter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein the character/action
tendency information has renewal amount information on an renewal amount when the
internal status parameter is renewed in accordance with the action of the living-body
object.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein the character/action
tendency information has condition information on a condition which the internal status
parameter should satisfy when said living-body object takes a prescribed action.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein said living-body
object takes a prescribed action when the internal status parameter satisfies the condition
information corresponding to the prescribed action.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
83 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein the character/action
tendency information has renewal amount information on a renewal amount when the
internal status parameter is renewed in accordance with the action of said living-body
object, and when said living-body object takes the action because the internal status
parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to the prescribed action, the
internal status parameter is renewed on the basis of the renewal information
corresponding to the action which is taken by said living-body object.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein when said internal
status parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to plural actions, said
living-body object selects one of the plural actions and takes the selected action.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein in the case where the
internal status parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to plural
actions, when two or more of the plural actions can be taken at the same time, said
living-body object takes two or more of the actions at the same time.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein the character/action
information tendency information is renewed in accordance with an input from the
external.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
60 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein the character/action
tendency information has condition information on a condition which the internal status
parameter should satisfy to make said living-body object take a prescribed action, and
information of the condition information which is associated with an action as a trick is
renewed in accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
51 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein the character/action
tendency information has condition information which the internal status parameter
should satisfy to make said living-body object take a prescribed action, and the
condition information corresponding to a new action is added in accordance with an
input from the external.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein the character/action
tendency information used to make said living-body object take an action is renewed in
accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein plural
character/action tendency information pieces are stored, and an information piece used
to make said living-body object take an action is selected from the plural
character/action tendency information pieces in accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
The storage medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein plural
character/action tendency information pieces are stored, and an interpolation is
performed on the basis of the plural character/action tendency information to generate
character/action tendency information used at each time.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The storage medium as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims,
wherein said storage medium comprises an integrated circuit card (21) or a magnetic
disk.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
83 words
A robot functioning as the body of a living-body object which is an
object of a living body, characterized in that in said robot (23) is detachably mounted a
storage medium (21) which stores a matter to be renewed in accordance with an action
when a living-body object which is an object of a living body takes the action on the
basis of an internal status parameter representing the internal status of said living-body
object, which contains the feeling of said living-body object.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
22 words
The robot as claimed in claim 19, wherein the internal status parameter is
renewed in accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
The robot as claimed in claim 19 or 20, wherein the internal status
parameter is renewed in accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
47 words
The robot as claimed in claim 19, wherein said storage medium (21)
stores character/action tendency information for defining the character or action
tendency of said living-body object, and said living-body object takes an action on the
basis of the character/action tendency information and the internal status parameter.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
36 words
The robot as claimed in claim 22, wherein the character/action tendency
information has renewal amount information on a renewal amount when the internal
status parameter is renewed in accordance with the action of said living-body
object.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
34 words
The robot as claimed in claim 22, wherein the character/action tendency
information has condition information on a condition which the internal status
parameter should satisfy to make said living-body object take a prescribed action.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
29 words
The robot as claimed in claim 24, wherein said living-body object takes a
prescribed action when the internal status parameter satisfies the condition information
corresponding to the prescribed action.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
81 words
The robot as claimed in claim 25, wherein the character/action tendency
information has renewal amount information on a renewal amount when the internal
status parameter is renewed in accordance with the action of said living-body
action,
and the internal status parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to a
prescribed action and thus said living-body object takes the action, the internal status
parameter is renewed on the basis of the renewal amount information corresponding to
the action which said living-body object takes.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
35 words
The robot as claimed n claim 25, wherein when the internal status
parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to plural actions, said
living-body object selects one of the plural actions and takes the selected action.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
50 words
The robot as claimed in claim 25, wherein in the case where the internal
status parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to the plural actions,
when two or more of the plural actions can be simultaneously performed, said living-body
object takes the two or more actions at the same time.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
22 words
The robot as claimed in claim 22, wherein the character/action tendency
information is renewed in accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
53 words
The robot as claimed in claim 29, wherein the character/action tendency
information has condition information on a condition which the internal status
parameter satisfies to make the living-body object take a prescribed action, and
information on actions as tricks in the condition information is renewed in accordance
with an input from the external.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
52 words
The robot as claimed in claim 29, wherein the character/action tendency
information has condition information on a condition which the internal status
parameter should satisfy to make the living-body take a prescribed action, and the
condition information corresponding to a new action is added in accordance with an
input from the external.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
29 words
The robot as claimed in claim 22, wherein the character/action tendency
information used to make the living-body object take an action is renewed in accordance
with the time lapse.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
40 words
The robot as claimed in claim 32, wherein said storage medium stores
plural character/action tendency information, and information to make said living-body
object take an action is selected from the plural character/action tendency information in
accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
38 words
The robot as claimed in claim 32, wherein said storage medium stores
plural character/action tendency information, and character/action tendency information
used at each time is generated by performing interpolation on the basis of the plural
character/action tendency information.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
25 words
The robot as claimed in anyone of claims 19 to 34, wherein said storage
medium comprises an integrated circuit card (21) or a magnetic disk.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
96 words
An information processing device which functions as the body of a
living-body (1) object which is an object of a living body, and performs processing to
display said living-body object, characterized in that in said information processing
device is detachably mounted a storage medium (21) which stores a matter to be
renewed in accordance with an action when a living-body object which is an object of a
living body takes the action on the basis of an internal status parameter representing the
internal status of said living-body object, which contains the feeling of said living-body
object.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
24 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 36, wherein the
internal status parameter is renewed in accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
21 words
The information processing as claimed in claim 36, wherein the internal
status parameter is renewed in accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
49 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 36, wherein said
storage medium (21) stores character/action tendency information for defining the
character or action tendency of said living-body object, and said living-body
object
takes an action on the basis of the character/action tendency information and the
internal status parameter.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 39, wherein the
character/action tendency information has renewal amount information on a renewal
amount when the internal status parameter is renewed in accordance with the action of
said living-body object.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
36 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 39, wherein the
character/action tendency information has condition information on a condition which
the internal status parameter should satisfy to make said living-body
object take a
prescribed action.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
31 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 41, wherein said
living-body object takes a prescribed action when the internal status parameter satisfies
the condition information corresponding to the prescribed action.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
83 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 42, wherein the
character/action tendency information has renewal amount information on a renewal
amount when the internal status parameter is renewed in accordance with the action of
said living-body action, and the internal status parameter satisfies the condition
information corresponding to a prescribed action and thus said living-body
object takes
the action, the internal status parameter is renewed on the basis of the renewal amount
information corresponding to the action which said living-body object takes.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
37 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 42, wherein when
the internal status parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to plural
actions, said living-body object selects one of the plural actions and takes the selected
action.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
52 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 42, wherein in the
case where the internal status parameter satisfies the condition information
corresponding to the plural actions, when two or more of the plural actions can be
simultaneously performed, said living-body object takes the two or more actions at the
same time.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
24 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 39, wherein the
character/action tendency information is renewed in accordance with an input from the
external.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
55 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 46, wherein the
character/action tendency information has condition information on a condition which
the internal status parameter satisfies to make the living-body object take a prescribed
action, and information on actions as tricks in the condition information is renewed in
accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
54 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 46, wherein the
character/action tendency information has condition information on a condition which
the internal status parameter should satisfy to make the living-body
take a prescribed
action, and the condition information corresponding to a new action is added in
accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
31 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 39, wherein the
character/action tendency information used to make the living-body object take an
action is renewed in accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
43 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 49, wherein said
storage medium (21) stores plural character/action tendency information, and
information to make said living-body object take an action is selected from the plural
character/action tendency information in accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
41 words
The information processing device as claimed in claim 49, wherein said
storage medium (21) stores plural character/action tendency information, and
character/action tendency information used at each time is generated by performing
interpolation on the basis of the plural character/action tendency information.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
26 words
The information processing device as claimed in anyone of claims 36 to
51, wherein said storage medium comprises an IC card (21) or a magnetic disk.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
123 words
An electronic pet system, characterized by comprising: a storage medium (21) for storing a matter to be renewed in accordance with an
action when an electronic pet takes the action on the basis of an internal status
parameter which represents the internal status thereof and contains the feeling of the
electronic pet, said storage medium being detachably mounted in a device functioning
as the body of the electronic pet; a robot (23) which functions as the body of the electronic pet, and in which said
storage medium is detachably mounted; and an information processing device (22) which functions as the body of the
electronic pet, and performs processing to display the electronic pet and in which said
storage medium (21) is detachably mounted.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 53, wherein the internal
status parameter is renewed in accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 53, wherein the internal
status parameter is also renewed in accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
49 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 53, wherein said storage
medium (21) stores character/action tendency information for defining the character or
action tendency of said living-body object, and said living-body object takes an action
on the basis of the character/action tendency information and the internal status
parameter.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
31 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 56, wherein the
character/action tendency information has renewal amount information on a renewal
amount in accordance with the action of said living-body object.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
34 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 56, wherein said
character/action tendency information has condition information on a condition which
the internal status parameter satisfies t make said living-body object take an action.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
31 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 58, wherein said living-body
object takes a prescribed action when the internal status parameter satisfies the
condition information corresponding to the prescribed action.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
84 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 59, wherein the
character/action tendency information has renewal amount information on a renewal
amount when the internal status parameter is renewed in accordance with the action of
said living-body object, and when the internal status parameter satisfies the condition
information corresponding to a prescribed action and thus said living-body
object takes
the action, the internal status parameter is renewed on the basis of the renewal amount
information corresponding to the action which said living-body object takes.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
37 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 59, wherein when the
internal status parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to plural
actions, said living-body object selects one of the plural actions, and takes the selected
action.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
51 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 59, wherein in the case
where the internal status parameter satisfies the condition information corresponding to
plural actions, if two or more of the plural actions can be simultaneously performed,
said living-body object takes the two ore more actions at the same time.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 56, wherein the
character/action tendency information is renewed in accordance with an input from the
external.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
56 words
The electronic pet system as claim in claim 63, wherein the
character/action tendency information has condition information on a condition which
the internal status parameter should satisfy to make said living-body
object take a
prescribed action, and information on actions as tricks in the condition information is
renewed in accordance with an input from the external.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
36 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 63, wherein the
character/action tendency information has condition information on a condition which
the internal status parameter should satisfy to make said living-body
object take a
prescribed action.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
31 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 56, wherein the
character/action tendency information used to make said living-body
object take an
action is renewed in accordance with the time lapse.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
48 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 66, wherein said storage
medium (21) stores plural character/action tendency information pieces, and an
information piece used to make said living-body object take an action is selected from
the plural character/action tendency information pieces in accordance with the time
lapse.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
37 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in claim 66, wherein said storage
medium (21) stores plural character/action tendency information, and character/action
tendency information at each time is generated by performing interpolation on the plural
character/action tendency information.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electronic pet system as claimed in anyone of claims 53 to 68,
wherein said storage medium comprises an IC card (21) or a magnetic disk.
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