JP2003345800A - Communication system using daily language, transmission client secretary unit, reception client secretary unit, language application device, transmission client secretary method, reception client secretary method, language application method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system, a transmission client unit, and a reception client unit, etc. <P>SOLUTION: A transmission client secretary device receives the input of utterance contents by a transmission user, analyzes the states, meanings, a vocabulary grammar of the utterance contents permitted for the input by referring to a transmission semiotic base part for holding contents corresponding to the purpose of the transmission user, and transmits the analyzed states, meanings, vocabulary grammar, and phonological information of the utterance contents with the electronic signature of a transmission user to data specified for a state layer 102, a meaning layer 103, a vocabulary grammar layer 104, and an expression layer 105 respectively. The reception client secretary device receives the transmitted data, interprets the state, the meanings, and vocabulary grammar specified for the state layer 102, the meaning layer 103, and the vocabulary grammar layer 104 of the received data by referring to a reception semiotic base part for storing the contents corresponding to the purpose of a reception user, generates a natural language sentence, and outputs the generated daily language sentence. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a communication system, a transmitting client secretary device, a receiving client secretary device, a language application device, a transmitting client secretary method, a receiving client secretary method, a language application method, and the like. It relates to a program realized on a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The inventors have traditionally used natural languages, in particular,
We are conducting research on methods of operating computers using languages that ordinary users who are not familiar with computers use in daily conversations (also called "daily languages").
Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-334 discloses a basic technology for this purpose.
No. 64 proposes a language computer using a semiotic base.

[0003] A semiotic base is a structured structure of the meaning of everyday language, as disclosed in the application. This application discloses a technology that uses a semiotic base to interpret and understand a conversation sentenced by a general user and performs processing according to the contents of the conversational sentence.

[0004]

In the communication between various types of computers, various applications can be supported by using natural and everyday languages, and the computer environment has changed significantly over the years. There is a great demand to operate without problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to solving the above-mentioned demands, and comprises a communication system, a transmitting client secretary,
An object of the present invention is to provide a receiving client secretary device, a language application device, a transmitting client secretary method, a receiving client secretary method, a language application method, and a program for realizing these on a computer.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the following invention is disclosed in accordance with the principle of the present invention.

[0007] A communication system according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a transmitting client secretary device and a receiving client secretary device, and is configured as follows.

That is, the transmitting client secretary device comprises: an input receiving unit; a transmitting semiotic base unit;
An analysis unit and a transmission unit are provided.

Here, the input receiving unit receives the input of the utterance content of the transmitting user.

On the other hand, the transmitting-side semiotic base section
A situation base that holds a situation type that represents the situation in which the language is used and the corresponding situation features, a semantic base that holds the semantic features of the language and the corresponding semantic roles, and a lexical grammar feature of the language Vocabulary grammar base to keep,
It has a corpus base that holds linguistic texts representing examples of language exchanges along with semantic features, and an electronic dictionary that holds vocabulary information and semantic information of languages.

Further, the analysis unit analyzes the situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar of the uttered content whose input has been accepted, with reference to the transmitting-side semiotic base unit.

[0012] Then, the transmitting unit specifies the analyzed situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar in the situation layer, the meaning layer, and the vocabulary grammar layer, respectively, an identification code of the transmitting user, and
Send

On the other hand, the receiving-side client secretary device includes a receiving unit, a receiving semiotic base unit, an interpreting unit,
An output unit.

[0014] The receiving semiotic base unit includes a situation base that holds a situation type representing a situation in which a language is used and a situation feature corresponding to the situation type, a semantic feature of the language, and a corresponding semantic role. , A vocabulary grammar base that holds the vocabulary grammatical features of the language, a corpus base that holds linguistic texts that represent examples of language exchange along with semantic features, and a vocabulary and semantic information of the language And an electronic dictionary.

On the other hand, the receiving section receives data transmitted from the transmitting client secretary device.

Further, the interpreting unit refers to the receiving-side semiotic base unit, interprets the situation, meaning, and lexical grammar specified in the status layer, semantic layer, and lexical grammar layer of the received data, and Generate a language sentence.

The output unit outputs the generated everyday language sentence.

In the communication system according to the present invention, in the transmitting client secretary device, the transmitting section transmits the identification code of the transmitting user by attaching the electronic signature of the transmitting user to the data. can do.

Further, in the communication system of the present invention, in the transmission-side client secretary device, the transmission unit transmits data further specified to the expression layer as an expression of the uttered content received as input, and The output unit may be configured to output the expression specified in the expression layer of the received data together with the generated everyday language sentence.

Further, the communication system of the present invention includes a language application device in place of the receiving client secretary device, and can be configured as follows.

That is, the language application device:
It includes a receiving unit, an interpreting unit, one or more converting units, and one or more application units associated with each of the converting units.

Here, the receiving unit receives the data transmitted from the transmitting client secretary device.

On the other hand, the interpreter interprets the situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar specified in the situation layer, semantic layer, and vocabulary grammar layer of the received data, and converts the data into a daily language sentence expressing a command. After conversion, the result is interpreted.

Further, each of the conversion units converts the interpretation result into an executable command of the application unit associated with the conversion unit.

The application unit executes a process corresponding to the executable command converted by the conversion unit associated with the application unit.

The communication system of the present invention includes a language application device in place of the receiving client secretary device, and can be configured as follows.

That is, the language application device:
It includes a receiving unit, one or more interpreting units, one or more converting units associated with each of the interpreting units, and one or more application units associated with each of the converting units.

Here, the receiving unit receives the data transmitted from the transmitting client secretary device.

On the other hand, each of the interpreting units is configured to receive the status specified in the status layer, the semantic layer, the lexical grammar layer of the received data,
By interpreting the meaning and vocabulary grammar, the data is converted into a daily language sentence expressing a command, and this is used as an interpretation result.

Further, each of the conversion units converts the everyday language sentence of the interpretation result interpreted by the corresponding interpretation unit into
It is converted into an executable command of the application unit associated with the conversion unit.

The application unit executes a process corresponding to the executable command converted by the conversion unit associated with the application unit.

A transmitting-side client secretary according to another aspect of the present invention is the transmitting-side client secretary of the communication system.

A receiving-side client secretary according to another aspect of the present invention is the receiving-side client secretary of the communication system.

A language application device according to another aspect of the present invention is a language application device of the communication system.

A transmitting-side client secretary method according to another aspect of the present invention includes an input receiving step, an analyzing step, and a transmitting step, uses a transmitting-side semiotic base section, and the transmitting-side semiotic base section includes: , A situation base that holds a situation type representing a situation in which a language is used and a corresponding situation feature, a semantic base that holds a semantic feature of the language and a corresponding semantic role, and a lexical grammar feature of the language A vocabulary grammar base that holds linguistic texts, a corpus base that holds linguistic texts that represent examples of language exchanges along with semantic features, and an electronic dictionary that holds vocabulary and semantic information of languages, as follows: Constitute.

That is, in the input receiving step, the input of the utterance content of the transmitting user is received.

On the other hand, in the analysis step, the status, meaning, and vocabulary grammar of the uttered content whose input has been accepted are analyzed with reference to the transmitting semiotic base unit.

Further, in the transmitting step, the analyzed condition,
Data specifying the meaning and the vocabulary grammar in the situation layer, the meaning layer, and the vocabulary grammar layer, respectively, and the identification code of the transmitting user are transmitted.

A receiving client secretary method according to another aspect of the present invention comprises a receiving step, an interpreting step, an output step,
The receiving side semiotic base unit is used, and the receiving side semiotic base unit includes a situation base that holds a situation type representing a situation in which the language is used and a situation feature corresponding thereto, a semantic feature of the language, A semantic base that holds the corresponding semantic role, a lexical grammar base that holds the lexical grammatical features of the language, a corpus base that holds linguistic texts representing actual examples of language exchange along with semantic features, and lexical information of the language. And an electronic dictionary that holds semantic information, and is configured as follows.

That is, in the receiving step, data is received.

On the other hand, in the interpretation step, the situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar specified in the situation layer, the meaning layer, and the vocabulary grammar layer of the received data are interpreted with reference to the receiving-side semiotic base part, and natural Generate a language sentence.

Further, in the output step, the generated everyday language sentence is output.

A language application method according to another aspect of the present invention includes a receiving step, an interpretation step, a conversion step, and an application step, and is configured as follows.

That is, in the receiving step, data is received.

On the other hand, in the interpretation step, the status, meaning, and semantics specified in the status layer, semantic layer, and vocabulary grammar layer of the received data.
By interpreting the vocabulary grammar, the data is converted into a daily language sentence expressing a command, and this is used as an interpretation result.

Further, in the conversion step, the interpretation result is converted into an executable command.

Then, in the application process, a process corresponding to the converted executable command is executed.

A program according to another aspect of the present invention is configured to cause a computer to function as the above-mentioned client secretary on the transmitting side.

A program according to another aspect of the present invention is configured to cause a computer to function as the above-mentioned client secretary device on the receiving side.

A program according to another aspect of the present invention is configured to cause a computer to function as the language application device described above.

The program can be distributed and sold independently of a computer by recording the program on an information recording medium, and can be directly distributed and sold to a user via a computer communication network such as the Internet.

[0052]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The embodiments described below are for explanation, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, those skilled in the art can adopt embodiments in which each of these elements or all elements are replaced with equivalents, and these embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a communication protocol used in a communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to this figure.

As shown in this figure, the communication protocol 101
Are the context layer 102, the semantic layer 103, the lexical grammar layer 104,
It is composed of four layers of the expression layer 105. These correspond to semiotic-based structures.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a semiotic base structure. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to this figure.

The semiotic base 201 of the present embodiment
Has a situation base 202, a meaning base 203, a lexical grammar base 204, a corpus base 205, and an electronic dictionary 206.

Here, the situation base 202 holds a situation type indicating a situation in which a language is used and a situation feature corresponding to the situation type, and corresponds to the situation layer 102.

The semantic base 203 holds the semantic features of the language and the corresponding semantic roles.
Corresponding to

Further, the vocabulary grammar base 204 holds the vocabulary grammar features of the language, and corresponds to the vocabulary grammar layer 104.

The corpus base 205 holds linguistic texts representing actual examples of language exchange together with semantic features, and is related to the expression layer 105.

In addition, the electronic dictionary 206 holds vocabulary information and semantic information of the language.

Each part of the semiotic base 201 has three kinds of functions: an idea-constituting function, an interpersonal function, and a text forming function. For example, the situation base 202 holds three characteristics of a language activity area, a role relationship, and a communication style corresponding to these three types. Therefore, these three features can be transmitted by the status layer 102.

When the spoken language is handled, the lowermost expression layer 105 in the hierarchical structure of the communication protocol 101 transmits the phoneme itself.

On the other hand, in the case of communication using a written word, the information on the “phonology” of the expression layer 105 is hardly used, so that the expression layer 105 can be omitted. That is, transmission using three layers of the situation layer 102, the meaning layer 103, and the vocabulary grammar layer 104 can be performed.

The data according to the communication protocol 101 is typically provided with an electronic signature of the user who has spoken. Thus, the identity of the sender of the data can be determined.

The data transmitted based on the communication protocol 101 is interpreted according to the needs of the receiver. That is, there is no necessity that “the communicating parties perform the same interpretation”. With this communication protocol 101, a flexible communication method can be provided.

In the communication protocol 101, a natural language (a situation layer 102 corresponding to the analysis result using the semiotic base 201, a meaning layer 103, a vocabulary grammar layer 104, and, if necessary, an expression layer 105 corresponding to a phoneme). Is used as a communication medium, so there is no need to set a firmly unified communication standard between communication partners.

The distribution data according to the communication protocol 101 can be used as it is as a knowledge expression. As a result, even if unstructured information such as useful word-of-mouth information existing in everyday conversations is processed only in accordance with the communication protocol 101, "artificial intelligence is It can be called "available knowledge."

The communication protocol 101 is called a “language protocol” when it is mainly intended to be a “communication protocol in a natural language”, and is called a “linguistic knowledge expression” when it is mainly intended to be a “knowledge expression”.

The meaning represented by the linguistic knowledge expression can be restored as a semantic network depending on the situation. As in the case of communication, the meaning can be converted into a form suitable for the purpose of the handling side, or converted to the purpose. Interpretation can be made consistently.

If the digital signature is attached to the linguistic knowledge expression, how much the user who issued the digital signature can trust
Considering the above, the certainty of the knowledge can be determined by the user of the knowledge.

Hereinafter, a schematic configuration of a communication system using the communication protocol 101 will be described.

(Embodiment of Communication System) FIGS. 3 and 4
1 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a communication system using the communication protocol 101. FIG. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to these drawings.

Each of the communication systems 301 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 has a transmitting-side client secretary device 311. The transmitting-side client secretary device 311 receives an input of the utterance of the transmitting-side user, analyzes the input using the transmitting-side semiotic base, and transmits data corresponding to the uttered content using the above-described protocol. .

The data to be distributed is digitally signed by the transmitting user, so that the speaker can always be confirmed.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the transmitted data is received by the receiving client secretary device 331 and analyzed using a receiving semiotic base.
Present the transmitted information to the receiving user. That is, the distributed data is interpreted according to the use of the receiving user.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the transmitted data is received by the language application device 351 and analyzed, and the application executes a process corresponding to the transmitted information.

It should be noted here that, in the present embodiment, by using the semiotic base on the transmitting side,
The contents of the utterance of the transmitting user are operated and processed based on the conditions, meanings, vocabulary / grammar, and phonetic constraints of the symbolic system of language, and are distributed by the communication protocol 101. , The distribution data is linked to the symbols and actions below by using the receiving semiotic base.
This is a technique very similar to the communication that humans perform. That is, the communication protocol 10
By adopting 1, it becomes possible to cause a machine such as a computer to perform communication similar to that of a human.

Hereinafter, these components will be described in detail.

(Transmitting Secretary Client Device) FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a transmitting-side client secretary device 311. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the transmitting client secretary method executed by the transmitting client secretary device 311. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to this figure.

The transmitting client secretary device 311 includes an input receiving unit 501 and a transmitting semiotic base unit 50.
2, an analysis unit 503, and a transmission unit 504.

Here, the input receiving unit 501 receives the input of the utterance content of the transmitting user (step S60).
1).

On the other hand, the transmitting-side semiotic base unit 50
Reference numeral 2 denotes the above-described semiotic base, which holds contents according to the use of the transmitting user.

Further, the analyzing unit 503 analyzes the situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar of the uttered contents whose input has been accepted, with reference to the transmitting-side semiotic base unit 502 (step S602).

The transmitting unit 504 converts the analyzed situation, meaning, vocabulary grammar, and phonological information of the utterance content into data designated to the situation layer 102, the meaning layer 103, the vocabulary grammar layer 104, and the expression layer 105, respectively. The electronic signature of the transmitting user is attached and transmitted (step S603), and the process ends.

The operation of the transmitting client secretary 311 will now be described in further detail.

Since the contents of the utterance of the transmitting user are expressed in various ways, the transmitting client secretary 31
1 supplements or paraphrases the input of the utterance content into a typical linguistic expression due to restrictions on language use in the situation where the input is uttered.

Here, the “typical linguistic expression” refers to a vocabulary / grammar commonly used under the circumstance, and a word that can be understood by anyone under the circumstance. Is equivalent to

For example, in a situation of "in a restaurant", if "I am an eel" is uttered, "I order eels" is not "I belong to the eel race". Therefore, the transmitting-side client secretary device 311 performs complementation and paraphrasing to generate a “typical linguistic expression” as in the latter case.

The situation where the input has been issued is identified by using the transmitting semiotic base unit 502. This identified situation is called "situation type".

In the semiotic base, since the words used in the situation are stored for each situation type, the situation type can be identified from the words used in the utterance.

[0092] The complementary / paraphrased data is obtained for each layer of the communication protocol 101. Thus, typically, for each layer of the communication protocol 101, data before complementation / paraphrase, data after complementation / paraphrase is held. Of course, if it is unnecessary, the data before the supplement / paraphrase can be omitted.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of expression of distribution data in which such complementation and paraphrasing has been performed. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to this figure.

In the example shown in this figure, the input by the user is “Create an invitation for the Christmas party” and is tagged with XML according to the communication protocol 101.

On the other hand, the situation layer 102 is represented by a tag “situation”, “document creation” as a language activity area (field), “user client secretary” as a role relation (tenor), and a transmission style ( "Mode" is designated as "text".

Further, the meaning layer 103 and the vocabulary grammar layer 104
Are collectively expressed by the tag “meaning-vocabulary grammar”, and various information is specified.
This is information before paraphrasing is performed.

Further, the tag “complement / paraphrase information” includes a meaning layer 103 and a vocabulary grammar layer 104 after completion of complement / paraphrase.
Is stored.

[0098] In the example shown in this figure, since the input from the user is not a voice but is made using a keyboard, the information for the expression layer 105 is not expressed.

(Receiving Secretary Client Device) FIG.
It is a schematic diagram which shows the outline structure of the receiving-side client secretary apparatus 331 of this embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the receiving client secretary method executed by the receiving client secretary device 331. Less than,
Description will be given with reference to this figure.

The receiving client secretary device 331 includes a receiving unit 801 and a receiving semiotic base unit 802.
, An interpreting unit 803, and an output unit 804.

Here, the receiving-side semiotic base unit 8
Reference numeral 02 denotes the above-described semiotic base, in which information tailored to the user of the receiving client secretary device 331 is stored. Therefore, the receiving-side semiotic base unit 802 and the transmitting-side semiotic base unit 502 generally hold different information.

First, the receiving section 801 receives the data transmitted from the transmitting client secretary device 311 (step S901).

Further, the interpreting unit 803 refers to the receiving-side semiotic base unit 802 to determine the status, meaning, and vocabulary grammar specified in the status layer 102, the meaning layer 103, and the vocabulary grammar layer 104 of the received data. By interpreting, a natural language sentence is generated (step S902).

Then, the output unit 804 outputs the generated everyday language sentence (step S903), and ends this processing.

It is desirable that the output unit 804 outputs the expression specified in the expression layer 105 of the received data together with the generated everyday language sentence.

In this way, the data distributed from the transmitting side can be understood, interpreted, and processed according to the use of the receiving side.

(Language Application Device) FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a language application device 351. FIG. 11 shows the language application device 351.
5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of a language application method executed by the method shown in FIG. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to these drawings.

The language application device 351 includes a receiving unit 1001, one or more interpreting units 1002, one or more converting units 1003 associated with each of the interpreting units 1002, and a corresponding one of the converting units 1003. And one or more application units 1004 to be attached.

First, the receiving section 1001 receives the data transmitted from the transmitting client secretary device 311 (step S1101).

Next, the interpretation unit 1002 receives the status layer 102, the meaning layer 103, and the vocabulary grammar layer 104 of the received data.
Is interpreted, the data is converted into a daily language sentence expressing a command, and this is used as an interpretation result (step S1102).

Further, the conversion unit 1003 checks whether or not the interpretation result is for itself, and if so, converts it into an executable command of the application unit 1004 associated with the conversion unit 1003. (Step S1103).

The application unit 1004
A process corresponding to the executable command converted by the conversion unit 1003 associated with the application unit 1004 is executed (step S1104), and the process ends.

By using the communication protocol 101, instructions for various applications can be shared. That is, the communication protocol 101 can be used for communication between one application and another application.

Hereinafter, the language application device 351 will be described in more detail.

At the receiving client secretary device 331,
The distribution data is interpreted by using the receiving-side semiotic base unit 802. Although the same method can be adopted in the language application device 351, another method will be described below.

In this method, the semantic layer 103, the lexical grammar layer 1
Using the data of No.04, the idea-constitutive function (field)
Interpret text based on At this time, the meaning / grammar of the vocabulary of the input sentence is converted using the meaning / grammar of the vocabulary assigned to the application so that the meaning of the input sentence (speech content) is not lost.

In the language application, the type of processing to be executed is limited, and therefore, the meaning and grammar of the vocabulary assigned to the application are also limited. Therefore,
The paraphrase is converted into an expression using the meaning and grammar of such a limited vocabulary.

Conversion so that the meaning of the input sentence is not lost
Since paraphrase is performed, the set of meanings after conversion and paraphrase includes the set of meanings before conversion and paraphrase. On the other hand, the grammatical restrictions used by the language application when interpreting the text match the lexical and grammatical restrictions on processing that the application can handle.

Therefore, by this conversion and paraphrase, it is possible to convert the input text into a linguistic knowledge expression that can be supported by the application while keeping the meaning for the application equivalent. Full-scale natural language processing such as processing using a tick base is not required.

On the other hand, in the aspect of the inquiry from the language application to the user, if the linguistic knowledge expression compatible with the language application is distributed to the equivalent to the receiving client secretary device 331, the receiving client secretary device 331 can be used. , And converts the distribution data according to the use of the user.

For example, when the language application needs to set the date and time, the linguistic knowledge expression “Determine the date and time value” is transmitted to the receiving client secretary device 33.
1, the receiving client secretary device 331 can convert this to a more natural expression “when is the date and time?” And present it to the user.

(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the transmitting client secretary device and the receiving client secretary device are mounted on different computers, but they are mounted on the same computer. May be done.

In this case, the entire semiotic base can be shared by all users. In this case, the configuration is set so that the transmitting / receiving client secretary device for each user can acquire information specific to each user from the semiotic base.

Then, a “transmitting / receiving client secretary device” is assigned to each user. The “sending / receiving client secretary device” includes the transmitting client secretary device and the receiving client secretary device,
The same semiotic base (holding information shared with other users and information about the user) is used as the transmitting-side semiotic base and the receiving-side semiotic base.

Each user inputs an utterance to his / her own “sending / receiving client secretary device”. The “sending / receiving client secretary device” performs processing as a sending side, and performs language protocol / language. The distribution data based on the knowledge expression is sent to the “sending / receiving client secretary device” of another user.

The transmission of the distribution data does not necessarily need to be performed via hardware of a computer communication network. For example, when the “sending / receiving client secretary device” of each user is mounted on the same computer, the process of writing and reading the distribution data according to the language protocol to or from a shared memory or a shared disk is performed as described above. Transmission and reception in the form.

Further, an utterance is input to its own “sending / receiving client secretary device”, and the utterance is processed by its own “transmitting / receiving client secretary device” as a sending side, and language protocol distribution is performed. The data is stored in a memory or the like ("transmitted"). As a result, the distribution data is stored in the memory as knowledge based on the linguistic knowledge expression. Thereafter, the “transmitting / receiving client secretary device” may function as a receiving device, read out (“receive”) the distribution data in the memory, and perform further processing.

In this case, upon receiving an utterance input by the user, a new linguistic expression is generated from the utterance input sentence and the semiotic base, and a new linguistic expression is generated from the linguistic expression and the semiotic base. become.

By giving the utterance from the user to the “sending / receiving client secretary device”, a “newer linguistic expression” can be obtained, but the linguistic expression obtained as a result is The “sending / receiving client secretary device” can be further processed as “utterance from user”. Further, the result can be further processed by the “sending side / receiving side client secretary device”, and the processing can be repeated as in.

As described above, the “transmitting / receiving client secretary device” configured to repeatedly perform the analysis and interpretation processing based on an external input such as a user's utterance input is performed. The process is just a human "when refining a certain sentence, consider the sentence and think about a new sentence, consider a new sentence and think about a new sentence ..."
Is equivalent to an action like In this way, "introspection" can be performed based on the input of a certain utterance.

The trigger for starting this repetition is not limited to the input of the utterance from the user, but is the distribution data based on the language protocol transmitted from the other “sending / receiving client secretary device”. May be triggered by the receipt of data, or distribution data (information based on linguistic knowledge expression) prepared in advance in a memory or hard disk
May be triggered.

[0132]

As described above, according to the present invention,
To provide a communication system, a transmitting client secretary device, a receiving client secretary device, a language application device, a transmitting client secretary method, a receiving client secretary method, a language application method, and a program for realizing these on a computer. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a communication protocol.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a structure of a semiotic base.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a communication system.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a communication system.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a transmitting-side client secretary device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a transmitting client secretary method.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of expression of distribution data in which complementation / paraphrasing has been performed;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a receiving-side client secretary device 331.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a receiving client secretary method.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a language application device 351.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of a language application method.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 Communication Protocol 102 Situation layer 103 semantic layer 104 Vocabulary Grammar Layer 105 Expression Layer 201 Semi-Otic Base 202 Situation-based 203 semantic base 204 Vocabulary Grammar Base 205 Corpus Base 206 Electronic Dictionary 311 Sender client secretary device 331 Receiving Client Secretary Device 351 Language application device 501 input reception unit 502 Sending side semiotic base 503 Analysis unit 504 Transmitter 801 receiver 802 Receiving-side semiotic base 803 interpreter 804 output unit 1001 Receiver 1002 interpreter 1003 converter 1004 Application section

   ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page    (71) Applicant 501057633             Michio Kanno             4-12-15 Chigasaki Minami, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture             −401 (72) Inventor Michiaki Iwazume             1304-1 Shimo-Nikura, Wako-shi, Saitama             ー 102 (72) Inventor Ichiro Kobayashi             1-10-3 Narusedai, Machida-shi, Tokyo (72) Inventor Michio Kanno             4-12-15 Chigasaki South, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture             −401 F-term (reference) 5B091 AA15 CA12 CA14 CB21 CD03    (54) [Title of the Invention] Communication system using everyday language, transmitting client secretary device, receiving client secretary device,                     Language application device, sending client secretary method, receiving client secretary method, language                     Application method and program

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A communication system comprising: a transmitting client secretary device; and a receiving client secretary device. (A) The transmitting client secretary device includes: an input receiving unit; a transmitting semiotic base unit; , An analysis unit, and a transmission unit, wherein the input reception unit receives an input of the utterance content of the transmission-side user, and the transmission-side semiotic base unit includes: (p) a situation representing a situation in which a language is used (Q) a semantic base holding the semantic features of the language and the corresponding semantic roles, and (r) a vocabulary holding the lexical grammatical features of the language. A grammar base, (s) a corpus base for holding linguistic texts representing actual examples of language exchange along with semantic features, and The analysis unit, with reference to the transmission-side semiotic base unit, analyzes the status, meaning, and vocabulary grammar of the utterance content that has received the input, and the transmission unit includes: Transmitting the data specifying the analyzed situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar to the situation layer, the meaning layer, and the vocabulary grammar layer, respectively, and the identification code of the transmitting user; and (b) the receiving client secretary device , A receiving unit,
A receiving-side semiotic base unit, an interpreting unit, and an output unit; the receiving-side semiotic base unit includes: (v) a situation type representing a situation in which a language is used, and a situation feature corresponding to the situation type. (W) a semantic base that holds the semantic features of the language and the corresponding semantic roles, (x) a lexical grammar base that holds the lexical grammatical features of the language, and (y) a language exchange. And (z) an electronic dictionary that holds vocabulary information and semantic information of the language. The receiving unit includes: Upon receiving the transmitted data, the interpreting unit refers to the receiving-side semiotic base unit, and specifies the state specified in the status layer, the semantic layer, and the lexical grammar layer of the received data. , Meaning, to interpret the vocabulary grammar,
A natural language sentence is generated, and the output unit outputs the generated everyday language sentence. 2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein in the transmitting client secretary device, the transmitting unit identifies the transmitting user by attaching an electronic signature of the transmitting user to the data. The transmission of a code. 3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein, in the client-side secretary device on the transmitting side, the transmitting unit transmits data further specified to an expression layer as an expression of the content of the utterance whose input has been accepted. In the receiving client secretary apparatus, the output unit outputs an expression specified in an expression layer of the received data together with the generated everyday language sentence. 4. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: a language application device in place of the receiving client secretary device; and (c) the language application device includes a receiving unit and an interpreting unit. And one or more conversion units, and one or more application units associated with each of the conversion units, the reception unit receives data transmitted from the transmission-side client secretary device, The interpreter interprets the situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar specified in the situation layer, semantic layer, and vocabulary grammar layer of the received data, and converts the data into a daily language sentence expressing a command. Each of the conversion units converts the interpretation result into an executable command of an application unit associated with the conversion unit. Deployment unit, which is characterized in that for executing a process corresponding to the executable command converted by the conversion unit to be associated to the application unit. 5. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: a language application device in place of the client secretary device on the receiving side; and (c) the language application device includes: a receiving unit;
One or more interpretation units, one or more conversion units associated with each of the interpretation units, and one or more application units associated with each of the conversion units, the reception unit, Receiving the data transmitted from the transmitting client secretary device, each of the interpretation units interprets the status, meaning, and lexical grammar specified in the status layer, semantic layer, and lexical grammar layer of the received data. The data is converted into a daily language sentence expressing a command, and this is taken as an interpretation result.Each of the conversion units converts the daily language sentence of the interpretation result interpreted by the corresponding interpretation unit into the The application unit is converted into an executable command of the application unit associated with the conversion unit, and the application unit is executed by the conversion unit associated with the application unit. A process for executing a process corresponding to a possible command. 6. A transmitting-side client secretary device of the communication system according to claim 1. 7. The receiving-side client secretary device of the communication system according to claim 1. 8. A language application device for a communication system according to claim 4. 9. A client secretary method on the transmitting side comprising an input receiving step, an analyzing step, and a transmitting step, and using a transmitting side semiotic base part, wherein the transmitting side semiotic base part uses a language. Situation base that holds a situation type that represents a given situation and the corresponding situation features, a semantic base that holds the semantic features of the language and the corresponding semantic roles, and a vocabulary that holds the lexical grammar features of the language A grammar base, a corpus base that holds linguistic text representing actual examples of language exchange along with semantic features,
An electronic dictionary that holds vocabulary information and semantic information of the language, wherein the input receiving step receives an input of the utterance content of the transmitting user, and the analyzing step refers to the transmitting semiotic base unit. Then, the situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar of the uttered content whose input has been received are analyzed.In the transmitting step, the analyzed situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar are respectively converted into a situation layer, a meaning layer, and a vocabulary grammar layer. A method comprising transmitting designated data and an identification code of the transmitting user. 10. A receiving step, an interpreting step, an output step,
Wherein the receiving-side semiotic base unit uses a receiving-side semiotic base unit, wherein the receiving-side semiotic base unit holds a situation type indicating a situation in which a language is used and a corresponding situation feature. Situation base, semantic base that holds the semantic features of the language and the corresponding semantic role, lexical grammar base that holds the lexical grammar features of the language, and linguistic text that shows actual examples of language exchange with semantic features A corpus base, and an electronic dictionary that holds vocabulary information and semantic information of a language. In the receiving step, data is received. In the interpreting step, the receiving side semiotic base unit is referred to. , A status layer, a semantic layer of the received data,
A method comprising: interpreting a situation, meaning, and vocabulary grammar specified in a vocabulary grammar layer to generate a natural language sentence; and, in the output step, outputting the generated everyday language sentence. 11. A receiving step, an interpreting step, a converting step,
A language application method comprising: an application step, wherein the receiving step receives data, and the interpreting step specifies a status, a meaning specified in a status layer, a meaning layer, and a lexical grammar layer of the received data. Interpreting the vocabulary grammar, converting the data into a daily language sentence expressing a command, and using this as an interpretation result. In the conversion step, the interpretation result is converted into an executable command, and the application step And performing a process corresponding to the executable command. 12. A program for causing a computer to function as the transmitting-side client secretary device according to claim 6. 13. A program for causing a computer to function as the receiving-side client secretary device according to claim 7. 14. A program for causing a computer to function as the language application device according to claim 8.