Place name expressing dictionary generating method and its apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating a dictionary of target phrases used in a process of recognition of character strings as a reference for matching a result of character classification, comprising:
- an input interface for receiving as its input a first address phrase included in a list of address phrase expressions;
a memory for storing a dictionary of address phrase variants, including rules for generating variants of address phrase expressions; and
a processing device for generating variants of address phrases which generates a second address phrase which is different in expression from said first address phrase to store said second address phrase in a storage device holding said dictionary of target phrases, based on said input first address phrase, and said knowledge of rules about variants included in said dictionary of address phrase variants, wherein said address phrase variants are address phrases referring to a same address but expressed using different character strings.
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Abstract
A method and a machine for generating a dictionary of address phrase expressions. One embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus for generating a dictionary of target phrases that includes an input interface for receiving as its input a first address phrase included in a list of address phrase expressions, a memory for storing a dictionary of address phrase variants, including rules for generating variants of address phrase expressions, and a processing device for generating variants of address phrases which generates a second address phrase which is different in expression from the first address phrase to output the second address phrase to a storage device holding the dictionary of target phrases, based on the input first address phrase, and the knowledge of rules about variants included in the dictionary of address phrase variants.
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1. An apparatus for generating a dictionary of target phrases used in a process of recognition of character strings as a reference for matching a result of character classification, comprising:
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an input interface for receiving as its input a first address phrase included in a list of address phrase expressions;
a memory for storing a dictionary of address phrase variants, including rules for generating variants of address phrase expressions; and
a processing device for generating variants of address phrases which generates a second address phrase which is different in expression from said first address phrase to store said second address phrase in a storage device holding said dictionary of target phrases, based on said input first address phrase, and said knowledge of rules about variants included in said dictionary of address phrase variants, wherein said address phrase variants are address phrases referring to a same address but expressed using different character strings. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13)
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2. An apparatus for generating a dictionary of target phrases used in a process of recognition of character strings as a reference for matching a result of character classification, comprising:
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a storage device for storing a dictionary of address phrase expressions including a list of address phrase expressions including a first address phrase;
a memory for storing a dictionary of address phrase variants, including rules for generating variants of address phrase expressions; and
a processing device for generating variants of address phrase which generates a second address phrase which is different in expression from said first address phrase to store said second address phrase in a storage device holding said dictionary of target phrases, based on said input first address phrase, and said knowledge of rules about variants included in said dictionary of address phrase variants, wherein said address Phrase variants are address phrases referring to a same address but expressed using different character strings.
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9. A method of generating a dictionary of target phrases in a dictionary generating apparatus having an input interface, a processing device and a memory for storing a dictionary of address phrase variants, including rules for variants of address phrase expressions, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by said input interface, a first address phrase included in a list of address phrase expressions;
generating by said processing device, a second address phrase based on said first address;
phrase, and said rules for generating variants included in said dictionary of address phrase expressions; and
storing said second address phrase in said dictionary of target phrases, wherein said dictionary of target phrases is a dictionary used in a Process of recognition of character strings as a reference for matching a result of character classification, and said address phrase variants are address Phrases referring to a same address but expressed using different character strings. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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10. A method of generating a dictionary of target phrases in a dictionary generating apparatus having a storage device for storing a dictionary of address phrase variants including a list of address phrase expressions including a first address phrase, a memory for storing a dictionary of address phrase variants including rules for generating variants of address phrase expressions, and a processing device, comprising the steps of:
- inputting a first address phrase from a dictionary of address phrase expressions including a list of address phrase expressions for holding said first address phrase, and rules for generating variants from said dictionary of address phrase variants to generate, in said processing device, a second address phrase which is different in expression from said first address phrase to store said second address phrase thus generated in said dictionary of target phrases, wherein said dictionary of target phrases is a dictionary used in a process;
of recognition of character strings as a reference for matching a result of character classification, and said address phrase variants are address phrases referring to a same address but expressed using different character strings. - View Dependent Claims (11)
- inputting a first address phrase from a dictionary of address phrase expressions including a list of address phrase expressions for holding said first address phrase, and rules for generating variants from said dictionary of address phrase variants to generate, in said processing device, a second address phrase which is different in expression from said first address phrase to store said second address phrase thus generated in said dictionary of target phrases, wherein said dictionary of target phrases is a dictionary used in a process;
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