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Spoken language understanding apparatus, method, and program

  • US 10,360,903 B2
  • Filed: 02/15/2017
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A spoken language understanding apparatus comprising processing circuitry coupled to a memory, the processing circuitry configured to:

  • store first situation information about a situation assumed in advance, a first semantic representation representing a meaning of a sentence assumed as an input from a user, intention information representing an intention to be estimated, and a first value representing a degree of application of the first semantic representation to the first situation information and the intention information in association with each other;

    acquire a natural sentence;

    acquire second situation information about a situation when acquiring the natural sentence;

    analyze the natural sentence and generate a second semantic representation representing a meaning of the natural sentence; and

    obtain an estimated value based on the first value associated with the first situation information and the first semantic representation, the estimated value corresponding to the second situation information and the second semantic representation.

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