Method and computer program for managing barge-in in man-machine interface systems

摘要

The method involves detecting an oral instruction from an external agent during a sound production activity period of a voice based man-machine interaction system. Syntactic and semantic contents of terms included in the instruction, are analyzed. The activity is interrupted if time extending from the beginning of the instruction exceeds a preset time limit (P1) or if the duration of the instruction exceeds a preset time limit (P2). An independent claim is also included for a computer program to manage a sound production activity of a voice based man-machine interaction system, when it is executed in a computer.