Function execution instruction system, function execution instruction method, and function execution instruction program

• US 9,361,063 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2013
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsujino, Kosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): ABEBE, DANIEL DEMELASH
• Application Number:
  US14/395,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20150142448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: 704/275
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/19 Grammatical context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word sequence rules
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

To appropriately execute a function based on a plurality of words, a function-execution instruction server of a function-execution instruction system includes: a function-execution instruction unit that issues an instruction of the execution of one or more tasks; a word input unit that inputs information containing a plurality of words that are arranged in order; and an executed-function determination unit that determines a task the execution of which is instructed on the basis of the order of words input.

Claims

1. A function-execution instruction system comprising:

circuitry configured to;

store, for each of one or more functions, an association with corresponding predetermined words;

store scores of the predetermined words associated with the one or more functions;

receive input information containing a plurality of words that are arranged in an order;

assign a weight to each of the plurality of words according to the order of the plurality of words in the input information;

identify, for each word of the plurality of words, a score according to the scores of the predetermined words;

determine a plurality of weighted scores for the plurality of words, each weighted score for the each word of the plurality of words being determined by multiplying the score and the weight of the each word of the plurality of words;

calculate a final score for the each of the one or more functions by summing up the plurality of weighted scores for the plurality of words;

determine a function among the one or more functions to be executed, based on the final score and the associations; and

issue an instruction to execute the determined function.

2. The function-execution instruction system according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to extract the predetermined words from the plurality of words and, based on the associations and the order of the words extracted when being input, to determine a function the execution of which is instructed among the one or more functions.

3. The function-execution instruction system according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined words are verbs.

4. The function-execution instruction system according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive a voice, to perform voice recognition on the voice thus received, and to input a result of the voice recognition thus performed.

5. The function-execution instruction system according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to assign the weight to each of the plurality of words according to a number of words in the plurality of words of the input information.

6. A function-execution instruction method comprising:

storing, by circuitry of a function-execution instruction system, for each of one or more functions, an association with corresponding predetermined words;

storing, by the circuitry, scores of the predetermined words associated with the one or more functions;

receiving, by the circuitry, input information containing a plurality of words that are arranged in an order;

assigning, by the circuitry, a weight to each of the plurality of words according to the order of the plurality of words in the input information;

identifying, by the circuitry, for each word of the plurality of words, a score according to the scores of the predetermined words;

determining, by the circuitry, a plurality of weighted scores for the plurality of words, each weighted score for the each word of the plurality of words being determined by multiplying the score and the weight of the each word of the plurality of words;

calculating, by the circuitry, a final score for the each of the one or more functions by summing up the plurality of weighted scores for the plurality of words;

determining, by the circuitry, a function among the one or more functions to be executed, based on the final score and the associations; and

issuing, by the circuitry, an instruction to execute the determined function.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions including a function-execution instruction program that, when executed by a function-execution instruction system including circuitry, causes the circuitry to:

store, for each of one or more functions, an association with corresponding predetermined words;

store scores of the predetermined words associated with the one or more functions;

receive input information containing a plurality of words that are arranged in an order;

assign a weight to each of the plurality of words according to the order of the plurality of words in the input information;

identify, for each word of the plurality of words, a score according to the scores of the predetermined words;

determine a plurality of weighted scores for the plurality of words, each weighted score for the each word of the plurality of words being determined by multiplying the score and the weight of the each word of the plurality of words;

calculate a final score for the each of the one or more functions by summing up the plurality of weighted scores for the plurality of words;

determine a function among the one or more functions to be executed, based on the final score and the associations; and

issue an instruction to execute the determined function.