Method and apparatus for information processing, and medium for provision of information

• US 6,510,412 B1
• Filed: 04/19/2000
• Issued: 01/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sasai, Takashi, Hattori, Masakazu, Kato, Yasuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorvil, Richemond
• Application Number:
  US09/463,927
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270, 704/275, 704/231, 704/257, 704/205, 704/207, 704/272, 704/255
• US Class Current: 704/257
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0225 User interface arrangements, e.g. keyboard, display; Interfaces to other computer systems

Abstract

An interfacing unit 30 recognizes the input speech of a user to output recognized results to a concept extraction unit 31. The concept extraction unit 31 extracts the conceptual elements from the recognized results supplied from the interfacing unit 30. An intention interpretation unit 32 interprets the user'"'"'s intention in association with the conceptual elements extracted from the concept extraction unit 31. An information management unit 33 supervises the information in association with the user'"'"'s intention interpreted by the information management unit 33.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

input means for inputting information;

extraction means for extracting conceptual elements from the information input by said input means;

interpreting means for interpreting a user'"'"'s input intention for said information in association with the conceptual elements extracted by said extracting means; and

executing means for executing pre-set processing on said information in association with said input intention as interpreted by said interpreting means.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein

said executing means performs one of storing said information, retrieving other information relevant to said information, and deleting the information in association with said input intention.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 wherein said execution means sets a compression ratio for compressing said information in association with a frequency with which the information is referred to.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 further comprising:

presenting means for presenting results of execution by said execution means wherein said presenting means sets output parameters of the presented results of execution in association with said conceptual elements.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 wherein, when presenting plural information as a result of said results of execution, said presenting means sets an order of presentation in association with a frequency with which the information is referred to.

6. The information processing device according to claim 4 wherein said output parameter is one of a shape and a size of a display font corresponding to the results of execution.

7. The information processing device according to claim 4 wherein said output parameter is one of a pitch frequency and a pronouncing speed of speech corresponding to the results of execution.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein said information is speech and said information processing device further comprises recognition means for recognizing speech input by said input means.

9. The information processing device according claim 8 further comprising:

recording means for recording sound when said speech is being recognized by said recognition means, wherein said recognition means associates the conceptual elements extracted by said extraction means with said speech recorded by said recording means.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein said input means includes selection means for the user to select and input the conceptual elements extracted by said extraction means.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1 wherein said input means includes selection means for selecting and inputting the input intention interpreted by said interpreting means.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1 further comprising:

buffer means for storing respective processing results in said input means, extraction means and the interpreting means; and

presenting means for presenting the respective processing results stored in said buffer means to the user.

13. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

inputting information;

extracting conceptual elements from the information input in said inputting step;

interpreting a user'"'"'s input intention in association with the conceptual elements extracted in said extracting step; and

executing pre-set processing on said information in association with the input intention construed in said interpreting step.

14. An information furnishing medium for furnishing a computer-readable program adapted for causing an information processing device to execute processing which comprises:

an input step for inputting information;

an extracting step for extracting conceptual elements from the information input in said input step;

an interpreting step for interpreting a user'"'"'s input intention in association with the conceptual elements extracted in said extracting step; and

an executing step for executing pre-set processing on said information in association with the input intention construed in said interpreting step.