Method and device for the analysis of a message given by interaction means to a man/machine dialog system
First Claim
1. A method of analyzing a message containing events and continuous data elements emanating from an operator and transmitted through a dialog system via input interaction means, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) assessing a degree of conformity of a message transmitted to said dialog system with respect to a predefined form of dialog including performing a syntactic analysis of said operator'"'"'s message containing said events and continuous data elements wherein said events and continuous data elements of said operator'"'"'s message comprise said operator'"'"'s speech, physical gestures, and expressions and wherein said syntactic analysis includes a first syntactic analysis of said operator'"'"'s speech and a second syntactic analysis of said operator'"'"'s physical gestures and expressions;
(b) assessing a total meaning of said operator'"'"'s message based on a first meaning from said first syntactic analysis and a second meaning from said second syntactic analysis; and
(c) determining an action to be undertaken by said dialog system in accordance with said operator'"'"'s message.
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Abstract
A method for the analysis of a message given by an interaction device to a system of man-machine dialog includes three consecutive steps, a first step of syntactic analysis, a second step of semantic analysis and a third step of execution analysis. The syntactic analysis assesses the conformity of a message given by the interaction device with a predefined form of dialog, the semantic analysis assesses the meaning of the request made by the operator engaging in dialog with the machine, and the execution analysis determines the performance of an action to be undertaken coming from the step of semantic analysis. The invention finds particular application in systems of man-machine dialog having many kinds of interaction such as speech, gesture, and expressions.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of analyzing a message containing events and continuous data elements emanating from an operator and transmitted through a dialog system via input interaction means, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) assessing a degree of conformity of a message transmitted to said dialog system with respect to a predefined form of dialog including performing a syntactic analysis of said operator'"'"'s message containing said events and continuous data elements wherein said events and continuous data elements of said operator'"'"'s message comprise said operator'"'"'s speech, physical gestures, and expressions and wherein said syntactic analysis includes a first syntactic analysis of said operator'"'"'s speech and a second syntactic analysis of said operator'"'"'s physical gestures and expressions; (b) assessing a total meaning of said operator'"'"'s message based on a first meaning from said first syntactic analysis and a second meaning from said second syntactic analysis; and (c) determining an action to be undertaken by said dialog system in accordance with said operator'"'"'s message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A dialog system for engaging in a dialog with an operator by interpreting said operator'"'"'s speech, physical gestures and expressions and acting in accordance therewith, said dialog system comprising:
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input interaction means by which said operator'"'"'s speech, physical gestures and expressions are transmitted to said dialog system; syntactic analysis means, connected to said input interaction means for assessing a desire of conformity of a message transmitted to said dialog system with respect to a predefined form of dialog; semantic analysis means, connected to said syntactic analysis means, for assessing a total meaning of said operator'"'"'s speech, physical gestures and expressions based on a first meaning from said operator'"'"'s speech and a second meaning from said operator'"'"'s physical gestures and expression; execution analysis means, connected to said semantic analysis means, for determining an action to be undertaken by said dialog system in accordance with said operator'"'"'s speech, physical gestures, and expressions; execution processing means, connected to said execution analysis means, for executing said action determined by said execution analysis means; and output interaction means, connected to said execution processing means, for outputting a result of said action to said operator wherein a number of said syntactic analysis means is equal to a number of said input interaction means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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