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An autonomous device behaving adaptively to a user includes a sensing unit; a recognition unit for recognizing user's command, a current user-related status, and a current user-unrelated status based on the sensed signals; a pseudo-personality-forming unit for establishing a pseudo-personality based

An autonomous device behaving adaptively to a user includes a sensing unit; a recognition unit for recognizing user's command, a current user-related status, and a current user-unrelated status based on the sensed signals; a pseudo-personality-forming unit for establishing a pseudo-personality based on the result of the preceding recognition; a pseudo-emotion-forming unit for establishing pseudo-emotions based on the result of the preceding recognition and the pseudo-personality; an autonomous behavior-establishing unit for selecting autonomous behavior based on the result of the preceding recognition, the pseudo-personality, and the pseudo-emotions; a new behavior pattern generation unit for generating new patterns of autonomous behavior, linked to the autonomous behavior-establishing unit; a commanded behavior-establishing unit for constituting commanded behavior in accordance with the user's command; a behavior control unit for controlling behavior by combining the autonomous behavior and the commanded behavior; and an output device outputting the controlled behavior. The device comes to be viewed as a "pet" or a "friend" in a relatively short time.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An autonomic device behaving adaptively to a user, comprising:a sensing unit which senses signals of a user's command and predetermined user-related signals relevant to accomplishment of the command but not part of the command;a recognition unit which recognizes the use

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An autonomic device behaving adaptively to a user, comprising:a sensing unit which senses signals of a user's command and predetermined user-related signals relevant to accomplishment of the command but not part of the command;a recognition unit which recognizes the user's command and a current user-related status based on the sensed signals of the command and the sensed predetermined signals;a first memory which stores the recognized command and the recognized user-related status;a pseudo-personality-forming unit which establishes each element of predetermined pseudo-personality elements based on the user-related status accumulated for a predetermined period of time in the first memory to form pseudo-personality, said pseudo-personality-forming unit having a memory storing a predetermined relationship between the predetermined pseudo-personality elements and the user-related status;a second memory which stores the formed pseudo-personality;a pseudo-emotion-forming unit which establishes each element of predetermined pseudo-emotion elements based on the user-related status stored in the first memory and the pseudo-personality stored in the second memory to form pseudo-emotions, said pseudo-emotion-forming unit having a memory storing a predetermined relationship between the predetermined pseudo-emotion elements, the user-related status, and the pseudo-personality;an autonomic behavior-establishing unit which selects a pattern of autonomic behavior based on the user-related status, the pseudo-personality, and the pseudo-emotions, said autonomic behavior-forming unit having a memory storing a predetermined relationship between patterns of autonomic behavior, the user-related status, the pseudo-personality, and the pseudo-emotions, each pattern constituted by plural predetermined elements;a new behavior pattern generation unit which generates new patterns of autonomous behavior by selecting and combining patterns' elements randomly or under predetermined rules, said new behavior pattern generation unit having a database storing a pool of elements of patterns of autonomous behavior, said generated new patterns transmitted to the memory of the autonomous behavior-establishing unit, wherein the new patterns override the previous patterns under predetermined conditions;a commanded behavior-establishing unit which constitutes a pattern of commanded behavior in accordance with the recognized user's command;a behavior control unit which controls behavior by combining the selected pattern of autonomic behavior and the constituted pattern of commanded behavior based on a predetermined priority order; andan output device which outputs the controlled behavior.