JP2000321966A - Education agent system and its constituting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and its constituting method to realize an education agent that a user can get guidance and advices concerning how to live throughout lifetime on a terminal equipment portable all the time. SOLUTION: A terminal equipment is provided with information input means 111-114, a means 12 to collect and store input data all the time and understand user's situation and intention, a means 13 to collect and store the date as history data information for every user separately, a means 14 to collect a social knowledge database, a means to refer.compare the user history information storage means 13 and the social knowledge database collection means 14, a means to retain basic principles of user's life, an agent judgment means 17 to judge guidance and advices to the user based on the prescribed data, and an output means to display the judged result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an educational agent (virtual) that allows a user to receive guidance and advice on a way of life, etc. over a lifetime on a terminal device that is always portable
And a configuration method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, personal activity records, health data, and the like are recorded in notebooks, memo pads, action diaries, health notebooks, and the like in various fields of each person's own life. Was common.

[0003]

Therefore, in the past, systematically and continuously taking notes on these records, the footprints of life, etc., and when, what,
I couldn't respond immediately to what I did, nor could these records provide guidance for my future life.

[0004] Under such a background, an object of the present invention is to use a terminal device such as a personal computer that a user can carry at all times to input events, items, living information, and the like that they need, and It is an object of the present invention to provide an educational agent system which can receive guidance and advice in the future in light of the philosophy which has been planted and a method of configuring the same.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a center provided with personal data of each person, a terminal device, and a network connecting them are provided. An information input means for inputting various data relating to the user, and data input from the information input means are constantly collected and accumulated, and the status of the user is obtained from the data.
Means for understanding the intention, user history information storage means for collecting and storing the data as history data information for each user, means for collecting a social knowledge database, the user history information storage means and the society Means for referencing / comparing the basic knowledge database collection means, means for storing the basic principles of the life of the user, agent determination means for determining guidance and advice to the user based on the aforementioned data, An educational agent system comprising output means for displaying a judgment result is proposed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the educational agent system according to the first aspect, the information input means includes a living information collecting means for collecting and inputting living information data of the user, and a self-intention. The present invention proposes a method for configuring an educational agent system, comprising: key input means for inputting, voice input means for inputting a voice intentionally uttered by a user, and character recognition means for recognizing and inputting characters. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the educational agent system according to the first or second aspect, the user history information storage means has means for compressing / selecting the log information of the user as time elapses. We propose a configuration method of an educational agent system characterized by the following.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the educational agent system according to the first or second aspect, the output means has a means for compactly collecting past histories. We propose a configuration method.

According to the present invention, an event, an item, life information, etc., which is deemed necessary by the user, is input using a personal computer which can be carried by each individual at all times, and a personal computer which is previously implanted in the educational agent is used. It is an educational agent that provides an educational agent that can receive future guidance advice in light of the philosophy of the user. At that time, there is such an event, and it is possible to immediately respond to the fact that such a life has occurred and such a conversation has occurred. Further, for example, in the case of "Please describe an individual's event (history) on one A4 sheet", such output is possible, and in the case of "Please describe on 10 A4 sheets", such output is possible. It is.

The point is that the user compensates for the physiological degeneration (blur) of the brain, always carries the same as a pet, and always talks to the agent, so that the user can always strive to approach the original purpose and ideal. Can be treated as something.

[0011] In addition, for the life of a person, the person died,
If each individual's data can be disclosed, this will be used as a shared property of society and will be useful for the education of young people in the future. From this, it is possible to learn that if you do this, you will fail your life, and if you do so, you will succeed.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the system configuration of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a center, 2 denotes a terminal device, and 3 denotes a network.

The center 1 has personal data of each person in an individual file (not shown). The terminal device 2 is installed on the user side or can be carried by each person at all times. The network 3 connects the center 1 and the terminal device 2, and may be a public line network or the Internet as long as information can be exchanged between the center 1 and the terminal device 2. Although two terminal devices 2 are shown here, it goes without saying that three or more terminal devices can be connected.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration of the educational agent realized on the terminal device 2.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 111 denotes a living information collecting means, which collects and inputs living information of a user, that is, so-called silent data. More specifically, the sensor detects the physical / physiological state of the user with a sensor and inputs the same to a personal computer (PC). Collect data such as numbers. This is obtained as history data of daily activities (awake time, sleeping time, desk work, sports time, conversation time, etc.).

Reference numeral 112 denotes a key input means, for example, a keyboard.
It is for inputting the expression of one's intention and feelings such as well done.

Reference numeral 113 denotes a voice input unit, which is a part of a voice interaction function for inputting a voice intended by a user. Reference numeral 114 denotes a character recognition unit, for example, an OCR, which recognizes and inputs characters.

Numeral 12 is a means for understanding the situation and intention of the user, which constantly collects and accumulates the data input from the means 111 to 114 described above, and understands the situation and intention of the user from the data.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a user history information storage unit, which sequentially collects and stores data input in each situation from the user as history data information for each user in a file.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a means for collecting a social knowledge database, and reference numeral 15 denotes a reference / comparison means for referring to and comparing the contents of the user history information storage means 13 and the social knowledge database collection means 14. Numeral 16 is a means for preserving the basic principles of life of the user. Reference numeral 17 denotes an agent determining means for determining guidance and advice to the user based on the data described above. Reference numeral 18 denotes an output unit, which outputs (displays) a result of the determination by the agent determining unit by voice or characters.
I do.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

First, a user, for example, A accesses the center 1 from its own terminal device 2 via the network 3. The center 1 authenticates the user A by using a code for identifying the user A, such as a user name and a password (not shown). If the user is confirmed, the user accesses the file and transfers the agent data. Storing such important data in an individual file in the center 1 has an advantage that an accident caused by storing the important data only in the terminal device 2 can be prevented.
Further, the user can access via the network 3 anywhere in the world.

In addition, the basic idea of the user is implanted in the storage unit 16 of the education agent, specifically, the basic principle of life of the user. Education agents always give guidance and advice based on this fundamental idea (basic principle). Examples of fundamental ideas include "social morals, their ideals and philosophy, family precepts, future hope, wanting to be a professional in such a profession."

Next, the user A inputs various information to the terminal device 2.

The first input example is a living information collecting means 111
It collects and inputs user's life information, so-called silent data. Specifically, a sensor that senses the physical / physiological state of the user with a sensor and inputs the same to a personal computer (PC), for example, a wristwatch-like device, is used, and the blood pressure, pulse rate, heart rate And other data. This can be used for daily activities (while awake, sleeping, desk work, sports, conversation, etc.)
As historical data.

The second input example is performed by the key input means 112. For example, an emotional expression such as happy, painful, well done, etc. is input today.

The third input example is performed by the voice input means 113, in which a voice intended by the user is input. That is, the PC has a voice dialogue function, and the user A
Has a voice recognizing means (not shown) for the question by voice.

The fourth input example is performed by the character recognizing means 114, which recognizes and inputs characters.

The data input from any of the first to fourth input means is constantly collected and stored, and the intention of the user A is grasped by the means 12 for understanding the situation and intention of the user from the data. , Based on past data. For example, a voice response or a text response.

As an answer example, a level judgment is made from these emotional data such as fun and painful. in this case,
“Based on past data” means that the user A has the user history information storage unit 13 that sequentially collects and stores data input in each situation from the user A as history data information for each user in a file. Is based on Each data entered in each situation is
By collecting and accumulating for one week, one month, one year to ten years,..., It is possible to reproduce what kind of life the user A has walked.

The user A uses the educational agent as his / her own guardian to carry out a conversation about what happened today, such a case this month, such a case next year, and the like.

On the other hand, in order to do such a thing in response to user A's various inquiries, the educational agent refers to the data of another person so far. Respond good etc. These other person's data and social general-level data are collected and accumulated by the social knowledge database collecting means 14.
In other words, the educational agent collects from the data of those people that the user A wants to be like this with reference to the experience and career of the previous ancestor, and accumulates it as reference data in the educational agent. .

The agent judging means 18 uses the reference comparing means 15 for referencing and comparing the user history information storing means 13 and the social knowledge database collecting means 14 and the means 16 for storing the basic principle of the life of the user. Person A refers to past living information, physiological information, etc.
How much effort is needed to realize that ideal? , What to do? Give advice such as.

These answers are made by voice response, character response, etc. by the output means 18 for displaying the result of the agent determination.

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, all the log (elapsed history) information of the user A is obtained and the judgment is made based on the information, so that it is possible to perform the most appropriate education, guidance, and advice for that person. Therefore, such a terminal device becomes a virtual body of each individual and also serves as a guide of life.

By the way, taking various types of log information throughout the life of the person is problematic in terms of memory capacity and the like.
Obviously, the weight (importance) of data up to the age of 20 for a 0-year-old person differs, so that the data may be relatively compressed and selected with the lapse of time.

FIG. 3 shows another configuration of the educational agent. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a log information compressing / selecting means, which compresses and selects the log information of the user with the passage of time. Reference numeral 22 denotes a means for compactly collecting past histories.

In this embodiment, means 2 for compressing and selecting log information and means 2 for compactly collecting past histories
By providing 2, it is possible to automatically compress various data according to the time up to that time, and to compress large event information, aggregated words, and the like.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When asked about what month and what year the user was doing, the education agent responded to the question by saying, Can be immediately answered. Further, for example, in the case of "Please describe an individual's event (history) on one A4 sheet", such output is possible, and in the case of "Please describe on 10 A4 sheets", such output is possible. It is.

The point is that the user compensates for the physiological degeneration (blur) of the brain, and always carries it as well as the pet and talks to the agent so that the user can always strive to approach the original purpose and ideal. Can be treated as something.

In addition, for the life of a person, the person died,
If each individual's data can be disclosed, this will be used as a shared property of society and will be useful for the education of young people in the future. Thus, this has the effect of failing life and learning success in doing so.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an educational agent of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is another configuration diagram of the educational agent of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: center, 2: terminal device, 3: network, 11
1: Living information collecting means, 112: Key input means, 11
3: voice input means, 114: character recognition means, 12: user situation / intention understanding means, 13: user history information storage means, 14: social knowledge database collection means, 15:
Reference / comparison means, 16: means for storing the basic principles of the life of the user, 17: agent judgment means, 18: output means,
21: means for compressing and selecting log information; 22: means for compactly collecting past histories.

Continuing on the front page (72) Setsuyuki Hongo, 3-19-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Hiroaki Yatsushiro 3-192-2, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan F-term in Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (reference) 2C028 BD03 CB13 9A001 BB03 BB04 CC07 DD11 EE04 JJ01 JJ74 KK09

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A center comprising personal data of each person, a terminal device, and a network connecting them, wherein the terminal device is provided with information input means for inputting various data relating to the user, and input from the information input means. Means for constantly collecting and accumulating data to be collected and understanding the situation and intention of the user from the data; a user history information accumulating means for collecting and accumulating the data as history data information for each user; Means for collecting a knowledge database; reference / comparison means for referencing / comparing the user history information accumulating means and the social knowledge database collecting means; means for storing a user's basic principles of life; An educational agent comprising: agent determining means for determining guidance and advice to a user based on the information; and output means for displaying the determination result. Gent system. 2. The educational agent system according to claim 1, wherein the information input means collects and inputs a user's life information data, a key information input means for inputting a user's own intention, A method for configuring an education agent system, comprising: voice input means for inputting voice intentionally uttered by a user; and character recognition means for recognizing and inputting characters. 3. The educational agent system according to claim 1, wherein said user history information storage means comprises:
A method for configuring an educational agent system, comprising means for compressing and selecting user log information over time. 4. The educational agent system according to claim 1, wherein said output means has means for collecting past histories compactly.