JP2002245203A - Data-collecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data-collecting device for efficiently collecting a large size of data. SOLUTION: Participants participate in a game, in a game server 1 on the network 2 via a game client 3. A dialogue control unit 12 in the game server 1 controls the dialogue of characters in the game and starts a data input control unit 13, when a specific character conducts dialogues. The control unit 13 is driven by scripts and collects data from the participants. A player parameter control unit 11 provides various 'belonging' to the participant, when the data is input by a 'sage' and provides 'own money' to the participant, when the data is input by an 'informant'. The control unit 12 starts a data input request unit 14 at random, when the character contacts the participant and selects one of the data whose items are not all filled of already collected data for developing the scripts for filling the rest items of the data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a large-scale data collection device, and more particularly, to a data collection device for collecting data that needs to be fixed to a certain extent for a specific application. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to collection of data that does not need to be exhaustive, for example, collection of a little good shop introduction data and additional word data in a situation where vocabulary is prepared to some extent. It is also applicable to data that needs to be continuously updated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When large-scale data is required, its acquisition has always been a problem. In the case of non-standard data, for example, there is a solution such as searching on the WWW to obtain the data, but in the case of standard data, a data description suitable for the obtaining side is required. Normally, this data is created manually, but it is necessary to secure the personnel on the acquisition side, and there is a problem in terms of large-scale data and collection efficiency.

In order to solve this problem, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
Japanese Patent Publication No. 113997 describes a dictionary data collection device for automatically collecting dictionary data. This dictionary data collection device does not use a machine translation device or a dictionary for translation, but uses an input original sentence, input existing vocabulary data,
From any of the input original sentence and the vocabulary data, it is possible to quickly collect words having a predetermined relationship with the original, such as translated words and abbreviations.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a data collection device for efficiently collecting large-scale data from another approach. With that purpose.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data collection device for collecting data, comprising a data input interface, a data input control unit, and a data storage unit. As an input interface, a multi-player game operated on a network is used, and as data to be collected, data provided by a game participant who is a participant of the game is used, and the data input control unit includes: It is characterized in that input of data provided by a game participant is controlled in accordance with a predetermined format and stored in the data storage unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the game apparatus further comprises a data input requesting unit for requesting the game participant to input data, wherein the data input control unit is provided by the game participant. Even if the data to be input does not satisfy all of the format, the input of the data is completed, and the data input requesting unit requests another game participant to fill the rest of the format with respect to the data that does not satisfy all of the format. It is characterized by requesting data input.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the data input requesting unit and the data input control unit prompt a participant to input data using a character in the game as an agent. It is.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the game apparatus further comprises a player parameter control unit for controlling a player parameter of the game, wherein the player parameter control unit When a player provides data, the player parameter of the game participant is changed so as to be advantageous to the progress of the game.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the data to be collected is a questionnaire.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the first to fourth aspects of the invention, the data to be collected is store information.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the data to be collected is word data and attribute information such as a part of speech and a thesaurus related to the word. It was done.

The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 7, further comprising a fake data candidate discriminating section for certifying and discriminating data that does not need to be stored as a fake data candidate, wherein the fake data candidate discriminating section comprises: For data stored in the data storage unit within a certain period of time, search for a large amount of document data published on the network, and if the number of found words targeted is less than a certain number, The word is recognized as a fake word candidate and is excluded from the data storage unit.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the eighth aspect, a fake data candidate storage unit for storing data that does not need to be stored as a fake data candidate, and data for performing maintenance of the data stored in the data storage unit And a maintenance unit, wherein the fake data candidate determination unit stores data recognized as a fake word candidate in the fake data candidate storage unit,
The data maintenance unit presents a fake data candidate stored in the fake data candidate storage unit to a maintainer,
The data that the maintenance person has determined to be true is re-registered in the data storage unit.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS When a large amount of data can be collected through a network, the data has a value. In order to collect high-quality data, that is, data that is described in advance according to a specified format and does not need to be analyzed, the data collection device according to the present invention requires some operation cost, but a game server is introduced. For data collectors, even if they pay the cost of operating a game server, if they can get high-quality data and sell it, they will be well attracted.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a data collection device according to the present invention. A data collection device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a data input interface for inputting data, a data input control unit 13 for controlling input data, and a data storage for storing data input by the data input interface. A portion 15 is provided. A multi-player game operated on a network is used as a data input interface, and provided data provided by a game participant via a client 3 is used as data to be collected. The data input control unit 13 controls input of data provided by a game participant in accordance with a predetermined format, and stores the data in the data storage unit 15.

A data collection device according to another embodiment of the present invention is further configured to further include a data input request unit 14 for requesting a game participant to input data.
The data input control unit 13 completes the data input even if the data provided by the game participant does not satisfy all of the formats. The data input request unit 14 requests another game participant to input data that does not satisfy all of the format so as to satisfy the rest of the format. Further, the data input request unit 14 and the data input control unit 13 may prompt the participants to input data using the characters in the game as agents.

A data collection device according to another embodiment of the present invention is configured to further include a player parameter control section 11 for controlling player parameters of a game. When the game participant provides the data, the player parameter control unit 11 changes the player parameters so as to be advantageous for the progress of the game.

In a data collection device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the data to be collected may be a questionnaire, store information, or attribute information such as word data and part of speech or thesaurus related to the word. .

A data collection device according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a fake data candidate discriminator (hereinafter, referred to as a fake data discriminator) 16 for identifying and discriminating data that does not need to be stored as a fake data candidate. Is further configured. The fake data discrimination unit 16 searches a large amount of document data 4 published on the network for the data stored in the data storage unit 15 within a certain period, and the number of found target words is constant. If the number is less than or equal to the number, the word is recognized as a fake word candidate and is excluded from the data storage unit 15. Further, a fake data candidate storage unit (hereinafter, referred to as a fake data storage unit) 18 for storing data that does not need to be stored as a fake data candidate, and a data maintenance unit for maintaining data stored in the data storage unit 15 17 may be further provided. The fake data determination unit 16
The data recognized as the fake word candidate is stored in the fake data storage unit 18, and the data maintenance unit 17 stores the data in the fake data storage unit 1.
8 is presented to the maintenance person, and the data determined to be true by the maintenance person is re-registered in the data storage unit 15.

Hereinafter, examples including the above embodiments will be described. In FIG. 1, 1 is a game server device (hereinafter simply referred to as “game server”), 2 is a network, 3 is a game client, 4 is a document on WWW, 15 is a data storage unit, 16 is a fake data determination unit, 17 Denotes a data maintenance unit, and 18 denotes a fake data storage unit.

On the game server 1 connected to the network 2, it is assumed that a game is being executed. The game participants participate in the game through the game client 3. The conversation control unit 12 in the game server 1 controls the conversation between the characters in the game. The parts described here are the same as those in a normal network game, and the details are omitted.

The game server 1 includes a player parameter control unit 11 and a conversation control unit 12.
Is provided with a data input control unit 13 and a data input request unit 14. The data input control unit 13 may output a paper image with an input form directly on a game screen, for example, in addition to performing data input through a conversation. . The conversation control unit 12 activates the data input control unit 13 when a conversation with a specific game character is performed. The data input control unit 13 is driven by a script and collects data from game participants.

FIGS. 2 to 4 are diagrams showing examples of scripts of characters "sage" and "information store" in the game as examples of scripts. FIG. 2 shows an example of a script of "sages". 3 shows an example of the script of the “information store”, FIG.
Shows other examples of the script of the "information store". FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the player parameters.

As an example of the script of the "sage" shown in FIG. 2, when an utterance content such as "What kind of words do you teach?" Perform the procedure. In utterance number 1, "It is ...
When one of the choices of the utterance content such as "thing name, human name, action, other, and secret" is selected, the next utterance number is 2, 3, respectively. , 4, 5, and END (end here). Thereafter, the following procedure is performed similarly.

As an example of the script of the "information store" shown in FIG. 3, when an utterance content of utterance number 0 such as "What kind of store can you tell me?" Perform the procedure of No. 1. In the utterance number 1, when one of the options, such as Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Yokohama, is selected for the utterance content “Where is the place?”, The procedure of the next utterance number 2 is performed. In the utterance number 2, when one of the options, such as a food shop, a bargain shop, and a bookstore, is selected for the utterance content such as "What kind of store?"
Perform steps 4 and 5. Thereafter, the following procedure is performed similarly.

Another example of the script of the "information store" shown in FIG. 4 is to improve the utterance contents of utterance number 0 such as "Would you like to cook better?"
If one of the options is not selected,
The procedure for the next utterance numbers 1, 10, and 20, respectively, is performed.
In the utterance number 1, when one of the options such as Japanese food, Western food, Chinese food, and others is selected for the utterance content such as “What is the food you often cook?”, The procedure of the next utterance number 2 is performed. In the utterance number 2, if one of the utterance contents such as “Do you care about your health?” I do. Thereafter, the following procedure is performed similarly.

Examples of the player parameters shown in FIG. 5 include name, character image number, money in hand, house coordinates,
For parameter names such as belongings, gottaro, 2011, 301500, (733, 17),
The value of the leather bag (common) is set. For belongings, in addition, self-defense spray (uncommon), strong light (uncommon), transparent cloak (rare)
Is set.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a script for random encounter. As an example of the script for random encounter, the utterance number 0 “By the way XX
Do you know the word When one of the options of “unknown” or “known” is selected for the utterance content such as “END”, the procedure of END (end here) and utterance number 2 of the script in FIG. 2 are performed, respectively.

When data input is performed by the "sage", the player parameter control section 11 gives the game participants various "things". When data input is performed by the "information store", a "money" is given to the game participant. The conversation control unit 12 also randomly selects the data input request unit 1 when a game character contacts a game participant.
4 is started, one piece of data in which all items are not filled out of the already collected data is selected, and a script for filling up the remaining items related to the data is generated. FIG. 6 shows an example of a script for this purpose.

Of the data stored in the data storage unit 15, word data is checked by the fake data determination unit 16. The fake data determination unit 16 searches for word data to be determined from the document 4 on the WWW through the network 2, and if the search results in, for example, five or more word data hits, considers the word data to be correct word data. . Otherwise, the word data is deleted from the data storage unit 15 and stored in the fake data storage unit 18.

The maintainer of the entire word data sometimes activates the data maintenance unit 17 to judge the success or failure of the word stored in the fake data storage unit 18. Store at 15. If not, it is deleted from the fake data storage unit 18.

[0032]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a large amount of data in a predetermined format through a network.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prompt the data input without causing the game participant to feel a burden. As a result, more data can be obtained. It becomes possible.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, a data input request is received from a game participant in the form of a request from a character in the game, and the data input request is introduced. Becomes natural, and as a result, more data can be obtained.

According to the invention of claim 4, claims 1 to 3 are provided.
In any one of the inventions, the merits of the data input action during the game become clear, the motivation of the game participants to input data is increased, and as a result, more data can be obtained. .

According to the invention of claim 5, claims 1 to 4 are provided.
In any one of the inventions described above, it is further possible to carry out, in particular, an unspecified number of consciousness surveys.

According to the invention of claim 6, claims 1 to 4 are provided.
In any one of the inventions, it is possible to collect word-of-mouth information and the like that are particularly close to the area.

According to the invention of claim 7, claims 1 to 4 are provided.
In the invention of any one of the above, further, it is possible to continuously collect new word information, especially in Japanese having a high cognitive ability.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to further eliminate an erroneous word input by a game participant, thereby improving the quality of data.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the eighth aspect, a word (for example, a new word or a technical term) that is erroneously determined as a fake word by the fake data candidate discriminating section.
Can be saved manually, and the amount of data can be increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a game server device that is a data collection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a script of “sage”.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a script of “information store”.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the script of “information store”.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of player parameters.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a random encounter script.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game server, 2 ... Network, 3 ... Game client, 4 ... WWW document, 11 ... Player parameter control part, 12 ... Conversation control part, 13 ... Data input control part, 14 ... Data input request part, 15 ... Data storage unit, 1
6: fake data determination unit, 17: data maintenance unit, 1
8 ... fake data storage unit.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A data collection device for collecting data, comprising a data input interface, a data input control unit, and a data storage unit, wherein the data input interface is a multifunction device operated on a network. Using a multi-player game, using data provided from a game participant who is a participant of the game as data to be collected, the data input control unit inputs data provided by the game participant. A data collection device, wherein the data collection device controls so as to follow a predetermined format and stores the data in the data storage unit. 2. A data input request unit for requesting the game participant to input data, wherein the data input control unit determines that data provided by the game participant does not satisfy all of the formats. The data input request unit requests the other game participant to input data so as to satisfy the rest of the format for data that does not satisfy all of the format. 2. The data collection device according to 1. 3. The data collection device according to claim 2, wherein the data input request unit and the data input control unit prompt a participant to input data using a character in the game as an agent. 4. The game apparatus further comprises a player parameter control unit for controlling player parameters of the game, wherein the player parameter control unit is advantageous in progressing the game when the game participant provides data. 4. The data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the player parameter of the game participant is changed as described above. 5. The data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the data to be collected is a questionnaire. 6. The data collection device according to claim 1, wherein the data to be collected is store information. 7. The data collection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data to be collected is word data and attribute information such as a part of speech and a thesaurus related to the word. 8. A fake data candidate discriminating unit for discriminating and discriminating data that does not need to be stored as a fake data candidate, wherein the fake data candidate discriminating unit is stored in the data storage unit within a predetermined period. A large amount of document data published on a network is searched for data, and when the number of found words is equal to or less than a certain number, the word is identified as a fake word candidate, The data collection device according to claim 7, wherein the data collection device is excluded from the storage unit. 9. A fake data candidate storage unit for storing data that does not need to be stored as a fake data candidate, and a data maintenance unit for maintaining data stored in the data storage unit. The determination unit is
The data recognized as a fake word candidate is stored in the fake data candidate storage unit, and the data maintenance unit presents the fake data candidate stored in the fake data candidate storage unit to a maintenance person, and the maintenance person is true. 9. The data collection device according to claim 8, wherein the data determined to be present is re-registered in the data storage unit.