JP2017072875A - Information processing device, information processing method, data structure, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of being unable to perform an appropriate information using changed information, which has conventionally occurred because the information changed after or during the occurrence of a situation.SOLUTION: This information processing device is provided with: a situation information storage unit that can store one or more pieces of situation information, the information being information constituting a sentence, information indicating a situation having one or more terms that are nouns or noun phrases, and information in which one or more pieces of change information about the change of a term caused by the occurrence of a situation or the change of a term during the situation can be added to one or more terms; a specific information reception unit that receives specific information including information for specifying situation information; a determination unit that determines the situation information specified by the specific information; and an output unit that outputs change information about one of the terms owned by the situation information determined by the determination unit. By this information processing device, an appropriate process can be carried out by using the information changed after the occurrence of the situation or during the situation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that performs processing using information that changes after or during the occurrence of a situation.

  Conventionally, there is a dictionary that records the context of one situation and another (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2). By using such a dictionary, for example, an information processing apparatus that predicts what kind of situation will occur after a certain situation can be provided.

Shuya Abe, Kentaro Inui, Yuji Matsumoto. Acquiring Situation Relations Using Terms and Syntactic Patterns. Natural Language Processing, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 121-139, January 2010. Shibata, T. and Kurohashi, S .: Acquiring Strongly-related Events using Predicate-argument Co-occurring Statistics and Case Frames, In Proc. Of IJCNLP (2011).

  However, in the prior art, since information that changes after or during the occurrence of a situation is not managed, appropriate processing using the changed information cannot be performed.

  The information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is information constituting a sentence, information indicating a situation having one or more terms that are nouns, and changes in terms due to the occurrence of the situation with respect to one or more terms. Or, a situation information storage section that can store one or more situation information, which is information to which one or more change information relating to a change in a term in which the situation is occurring, can be stored, and specific information including information for identifying the situation information A specific information receiving unit that receives the information, a determination unit that determines the situation information specified by the specific information, and an output unit that outputs change information of one or more items included in the situation information determined by the determination unit Information processing apparatus.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, the information processing apparatus according to the second invention is different from the first invention in that the change information is perceptual information related to perception felt by the term, physical feature information related to the physical feature of the term, and third information relative to the term. This is an information processing apparatus that is any third-party perception information related to the perception felt by a person.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, the situation information includes two or more items, and the change information includes the item to which the change information is added and the other information. This is relation information indicating the relationship with the term, and the specific information is information for identifying the situation information and the term included in the situation information, and the determination unit determines the situation information and the term specified by the specific information. The output unit is an information processing device that outputs the relationship information given to the item in the situation information determined by the determination unit.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the invention, with respect to the third aspect of the invention, the relation information includes physical relation information indicating a physical relation between one term and another term, or one term. It is an information processing apparatus which is either non-physical relationship information indicating a non-physical relationship with another term or interaction information regarding an interaction between one term and another term.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the change information is qualitative information that is qualitative information or quantitative information that is quantitative information, relative to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the invention. The quantitative information is an information processing apparatus that is absolute amount information indicating an absolute amount or change amount information indicating a change amount.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the invention, the situation information storage unit stores two or more pieces of situation information with respect to any one of the first to fifth aspects, and the one situation information has Link information indicating a link from the term to other situation information can be stored in association with the term, and the specific information is information for identifying the situation information and the term included in the situation information. The situation information and the term specified by the specific information are determined, and the output unit is an information processing apparatus that outputs other situation information indicated by the link information corresponding to the term determined by the determination unit.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, in the information processing device of the seventh invention, the situation information has link type information indicating the type of link information in association with the link information, and the specific information is the situation information, And the information included in the event information and the link type information, and the determination unit determines and outputs the event information and the link information corresponding to the item and the link type information specified by the specific information. The unit is an information processing apparatus that outputs other situation information indicated by the link information determined by the determination unit.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the situation information is information to which one or more change information can be given, and the output unit is a determination unit. Is an information processing apparatus that outputs one or more pieces of change information given to the situation information determined.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, in the information processing device according to the ninth aspect of the invention, in contrast to the eighth aspect of the invention, the change information is third-party perception information relating to changes in the third-party perception caused by the occurrence of the situation in association with the situation information. An information processing apparatus.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  The information processing apparatus according to the tenth aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus to which the change information can be assigned a subject identifier that identifies the subject, as compared with the ninth aspect.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the eleventh aspect of the invention, the situation information has a variable or a function, and acquires information corresponding to the variable or the function, as compared with any one of the first to tenth aspects of the invention. An information processing unit that further includes a search unit, a situation information configuration unit that replaces the variable or function with the information acquired by the search unit and constitutes the situation information, and an output unit that outputs the situation information configured by the situation information configuration unit Device.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, with respect to any one of the first to eleventh aspects, the situation information includes link information to other situation information that is a situation related to the occurrence of the situation. The output unit is an information processing apparatus that outputs other situation information corresponding to the link information included in the situation information determined by the determination unit.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  The information processing apparatus according to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that further includes a processing unit that receives information output from the output unit and performs processing with respect to any one of the first to twelfth inventions. Device.

  With this configuration, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of the situation.

  In addition, the information processing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect of the invention relates to the thirteenth aspect of the invention, and can store one or more pieces of dialogue text information having change information and information constituting the dialogue text in association with each other. The information processing apparatus further includes an information storage unit, and the processing unit receives the change information output from the output unit, acquires information constituting the dialog text corresponding to the change information from the dialog text information storage unit, and outputs the information. .

  With this configuration, it is possible to realize a dialogue system that outputs an appropriate dialogue using information that changes after or during the occurrence of a situation.

  According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of a situation.

Block diagram of information processing apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 A flowchart for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 Flowchart explaining the information acquisition process A flowchart for explaining the process of acquiring the situation information Figure showing examples of incident information The figure which shows the example of the data structure which actualizes the situation information etc. Figure showing examples of incident information The figure which shows the example of the data structure which actualizes the situation information etc. Figure showing examples of incident information The figure which shows the example of the data structure which actualizes the situation information etc. Figure showing examples of incident information Figure showing the same owner management table Diagram showing the verb correspondence table Figure showing examples of incident information Block diagram of information processing apparatus 2 according to Embodiment 2 A flowchart for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus 2 Figure showing examples of incident information Figure showing the dialogue information management table Diagram showing the dialogue Overview of the computer system in the above embodiment Block diagram of the computer system

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

(Embodiment 1)
In the present embodiment, information indicating a situation having one or more terms is stored, and one or more status information that is information to which change information regarding a change in terms due to the occurrence of the situation can be given is stored in the one or more terms. An information processing apparatus that receives information, determines situation information corresponding to the received information, and outputs change information of one or more items included in the situation information will be described. The situation may be called an event. The situation information may be referred to as event information.

  Also, in the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that can manage the relationship between terms, the type of change information, and the like will be described. Note that the type of change information is usually identified by the type of link.

  In the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus in which a link from a term to other situation information may exist will be described. Note that the type of link may also be managed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that can add change information to the situation information will be described.

  In the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that can add change information of a term of a third party or the like due to the occurrence of a situation (a term that does not exist in the situation information) to the situation information will be described.

  Further, in the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that manages situation information in which variables exist will be described.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus in which a link between situation information may exist will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment.

  The information processing apparatus 1 includes a storage unit 11, a reception unit 12, an operation unit 13, and an output unit 14.

  The storage unit 11 includes a situation information storage unit 111.

  The reception unit 12 includes a specific information reception unit 121.

  The operation unit 13 includes a determination unit 131, a search unit 132, and a situation information configuration unit 133.

  The storage unit 11 can store various types of information. The various information is, for example, situation information described later.

  The situation information storage unit 111 can store one or more pieces of situation information. The situation information is information constituting a sentence. The information constituting the sentence may be the sentence itself. The information constituting the sentence may be, for example, a case frame or a semantic network that is a known technique. Further, the information constituting the sentence may partially include an identifier, a variable, or a function. That is, the situation information may have a variable. A character string can be assigned to a variable. The situation information may have a function. When the function is executed, it usually returns a string. However, the situation information is usually finally a sentence. A sentence is usually a complete sentence, but may be an incomplete sentence. The identifier usually corresponds to a character string. A variable is usually assigned a character string. Functions are usually executed as strings. The situation information includes, for example, “a person picks up a wallet”, “a person picks up 04026417-n”, “A V1 B to C”, “Owner (B) V2 A”, and the like. Here, “04026417-n” is an identifier, and information such as a corresponding character string can be acquired. “A”, “B”, “C”, “V1”, and “V2” are variables. “Owner (B)” is a function having B as an argument.

  The situation information is information indicating a situation having one or more terms. A term is usually a noun or noun phrase. The term may be anything such as a person, a thing, or a service. Moreover, change information may be given to any one or more items of the situation information. Moreover, 1 or 2 or more change information may be provided also to situation information. The change information given to the situation information is information that changes due to the occurrence of the situation information. Further, the situation information may include link information indicating a link to other situation information. This link is a link to other situation information that is a situation related to the occurrence of the situation. This link is, for example, a link indicating that after the situation information is generated, the situation information can be shifted to another situation information linked to the situation information. In other words, for example, the situation information may be given link information with respect to other situation information that is a situation related to a result of the occurrence of the situation indicated by the situation information. However, the link indicated by the link information may be a link indicating that the link source situation information and the link destination situation information may occur simultaneously. Further, the situation information may include link information indicating a link to one or more items that the situation information does not have. Moreover, it may have link type information indicating the type of link information in association with the link information.

  The change information is information related to a change in a target due to the occurrence of the situation indicated by the situation information or a change in the target during the occurrence of the situation indicated by the situation information. The target here is a term or situation information associated with change information.

  The change information includes, for example, perceptual information (eg, sad, fun, painful, etc.) related to the perception felt by a term (eg, a person), physical feature information (color, shape, temperature, position, smell, etc.) Touch, sound, etc.), third-party perception information regarding third-party perception. The perceptual information is sensory information (pain, itching, smell, etc.) related to one or more senses among the five senses, or emotion information (sad, fun, etc.) related to emotions such as emotions. The physical feature information is quantitative quantitative information, qualitative qualitative information, or the like.

  The change information may be, for example, relationship information indicating a relationship between a term to which change information is given and another term. The relationship information includes, for example, physical relationship information, non-physical relationship information, interaction information, and the like. The physical relationship information indicates a physical relationship between one term and another term, for example, contact information indicating that one term and another term are in contact, one term and another term. The positional relationship information indicating the positional relationship between Further, the non-physical relationship information indicates a non-physical relationship between one term and another term, and is, for example, ownership, higher / lower order. Furthermore, the interaction information is action information indicating that there is an action on another term of one term.

  The change information is, for example, qualitative information that is qualitative information or quantitative information that is quantitative information, and the quantitative information is absolute amount information that is an absolute amount or change amount information that indicates the amount of change. .

  The change information is, for example, third-party perception information related to a change in third-party perception due to the occurrence of a situation in association with the situation information. Third-party perception information includes, for example, third-party polarity information, situations, occurrences of events, occurrences of events, or polarity evaluations (good, bad, etc.) held by third parties with respect to items Third-party sentiment information (like, happy, etc.) that is a third party's feelings about the term that the situation has, a situation, the occurrence of the situation, or a third party's feeling about the term that the situation has Includes information (such as itching and itching).

  The change information may be assigned a subject identifier that identifies the subject. Here, the subject is usually the subject corresponding to the change information. The subject corresponding to the change information is, for example, the subject to which the change information belongs, the subject who has perceived perceptual information as the change information, and the like. The change information may be information indicating that there is no change. That is, the change information may be information indicating that the change amount is zero.

  The link destination is applied to the link information indicating the link between the situation information, the link information indicating the link between the situation information and the change information, and the link information indicating the link between the term and the change information. Probability information regarding the probability may be added. In addition, as described above, the link information indicating the link between the event information, the link information indicating the link between the event information and the change information, and the link information indicating the link between the item and the change information, Link type information indicating the type may be added. The link type information includes, for example, information indicating that the situation occurs simultaneously, information indicating that the situation occurs continuously in time, information indicating the cause and result, etc. Anything can be used as long as it can be identified.

  Needless to say, the data structure of the situation information, the change information, the link information, the realization means, etc. are not limited.

  The receiving unit 12 receives various types of information. The various types of information are specific information described later, for example.

  Here, reception means reception of information input from an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, reception of information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line, recording on an optical disk, magnetic disk, semiconductor memory, or the like. It is a concept including acceptance of information read from a medium, delivery from other processing units, information processing apparatuses, programs, and the like.

  The various information input means may be anything such as a keyboard, a mouse, a menu screen, or a touch panel. The receiving unit 12 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

  The specific information receiving unit 121 receives specific information. The specific information includes information for specifying the situation information. The specific information may be information for specifying the situation information and a term included in the situation information. The specific information is information for specifying the situation information, the item included in the situation information, and the link type information. The specific information is the situation information itself (information representing the situation itself), a sentence, a character string, a situation identifier for identifying the situation information, a character string (for example, one or more nouns) for searching the situation information, and the like. When the specific information is a sentence or a character string, for example, situation information corresponding to (for example, similar to) the sentence or the character string can be acquired.

  The operation unit 13 performs various processes. The various processes are processes performed by the determination unit 131, the search unit 132, and the situation information configuration unit 133, for example. The operation unit 13 may execute the function on the situation information having the function, obtain a character string, place the character string at the position of the function, and obtain the situation information including the character string. Moreover, the operation | movement part 13 may acquire the character string substituted to the said variable with respect to the situation information which has a variable, may substitute the said character string into a variable, and may acquire the situation information consisting of a character string. Furthermore, the action | operation part 13 may acquire the situation information expressed by the case frame and the semantic network etc. which are well-known techniques.

  The determination unit 131 determines the situation information specified by the specific information received by the reception unit 12. Further, the determination unit 131 may determine the situation information and the item specified by the specific information received by the reception unit 12. Moreover, the determination part 131 may determine the situation information specified by the specific information received by the reception part 12, the link information corresponding to the item, and the link type information. Further, the determination unit 131 may acquire the determined situation information from the situation information storage unit 111.

  For the situation information having one or more variables or one or more functions, the search unit 132 acquires information corresponding to the variables or functions. A variable or function usually corresponds to a term.

  Moreover, the search part 132 searches and acquires the information corresponding to the variable which situation information has, for example. The search unit 132 acquires a character string corresponding to the variable from a predetermined location. The predetermined location (search destination) is, for example, specific information, a predetermined database, link source situation information, a link source item, or the like.

  Moreover, the search part 132 performs the function which situation information has, for example, and acquires information. The type of function does not matter. Further, the execution of the function may be a search for information corresponding to the variable. In such a case, the variable is a concept including a function.

  The situation information configuration unit 133 configures the situation information by substituting the information acquired by the search unit 132 into a variable. In addition, the situation information configuration unit 133 configures the situation information by arranging the information acquired by the search unit 132 at the position of the function.

  The output unit 14 outputs the information acquired by the operation unit 13.

  The output unit 14 outputs change information of one or more terms included in the situation information determined by the determination unit 131. The output unit 14 may output a term and change information of the term.

  The output unit 14 may output the relationship information given to the item in the situation information determined by the determination unit 131.

  The output unit 14 may output other situation information indicated by the link information corresponding to the term determined by the determination unit 131.

  The output unit 14 may output other situation information indicated by the link information determined by the determination unit 131.

  The output unit 14 may output one or more pieces of change information given to the situation information determined by the determination unit 131.

  The output unit 14 may output the situation information configured by the situation information configuration unit 133.

  The output unit 14 may output other situation information corresponding to the link information included in the situation information determined by the determination unit 131.

  The output unit 14 may output information corresponding to the link information identified by the situation information, the item, and the link type information determined by the determination unit 131. The information corresponding to the link information is, for example, other situation information, change information, and the like.

  Here, output refers to display on a display, projection using a projector, printing with a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage in a recording medium, and output to other processing devices or other programs. It is a concept that includes delivery of processing results.

  The storage unit 11 and the situation information storage unit 111 are preferably non-volatile recording media, but can also be realized by volatile recording media.

  The process in which information is stored in the storage unit 11 or the like is not limited. For example, information may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like via a recording medium, information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like, Alternatively, information input via the input device may be stored in the storage unit 11 or the like.

  The operation unit 13, the determination unit 131, the search unit 132, and the situation information configuration unit 133 can be normally realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the operation unit 13 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The output unit 14 may be considered as including or not including an output device such as a display or a speaker. The output unit 14 can be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S201) The specific information receiving unit 121 determines whether specific information has been received. If specific information is received, the process goes to step S202. If specific information is not received, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S202) The operation unit 13 acquires information corresponding to the specific information received in Step S201. Such information acquisition processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S203) The output unit 14 outputs the information acquired in Step S202. The process returns to step S201.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Next, the information acquisition process of step S202 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S301) The determination unit 131 determines whether the received specific information is information that specifies only a situation identifier. If it is information specifying only the situation identifier, the process goes to step S302, and if it is not information specifying only the situation identifier, the process goes to step S306.

  (Step S302) The determination unit 131 acquires the situation information identified by the situation identifier corresponding to the specific information. In addition, the process which acquires situation information is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S303) The operation unit 13 acquires other event information linked to the event information acquired in Step S302. Specifically, the operation unit 13 first acquires the event information linked to the event information acquired in step S302 from the event information storage unit 111. When the acquired situation information includes a variable or / and a function, the operation unit 13 acquires and arranges a character string corresponding to the variable or / and the function. When the acquired situation information includes a variable or / and a function, the process of acquiring and arranging the character string corresponding to the variable or / and the function is the same as the process of the flowchart of FIG. Description is omitted.

  (Step S304) The operation unit 13 changes information linked to the situation information acquired in Step S302, or changes information linked to a term in the situation information acquired in Step S302, or acquired in Step S302. It is determined whether or not to obtain change information linked to an external item linked to the situation information. If it is to be acquired, the process goes to step S305. Whether change information or the like is acquired may be determined in advance, or may be received by the receiving unit 12.

  (Step S305) The operation unit 13 acquires one or more sets of the target and the change information. Return to upper process. The object is information corresponding to the change information, and is a term identifier or situation identifier for identifying the term or situation information or term. The term may be a term in the situation information or a term linked to the situation information.

  (Step S306) The determination unit 131 determines whether or not the received specific information is information for specifying a situation identifier and a term identifier. If it is information specifying a situation identifier and a term identifier, go to step S307, and if it is not information specifying a situation identifier and a term identifier, go to step S309.

  (Step S307) The operation unit 13 acquires from the situation information storage unit 111 the item identified by the event identifier and the item identifier corresponding to the specific information.

  (Step S308) The operation unit 13 acquires one or more pieces of change information linked to the term acquired in Step S307. Return to upper process.

  (Step S309) The determination unit 131 determines whether or not the received specific information is information specifying a situation identifier and link type information. If the information identifies the situation identifier and the link type information, the process proceeds to step S310. If the information does not identify the situation identifier and the link type information, the process proceeds to step S312.

  (Step S310) The operation unit 13 acquires the situation information identified by the situation identifier corresponding to the specific information and the link type information. In addition, the process which outputs situation information is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S311) The operation unit 13 acquires other situation information corresponding to the link type information corresponding to the specific information. Go to step S304. In addition, when a variable or / and function is included in the acquired other situation information, a character string corresponding to the variable or / and function is acquired and arranged. Such processing is the processing of the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S312) The determination unit 131 determines whether or not the received specific information is information specifying a situation identifier, a term identifier, and link type information. If the information identifies the situation identifier, the term identifier, and the link type information, the process goes to step S313. If the information does not identify the situation identifier, the term identifier, and the link type information, the process goes to step S315.

  (Step S313) The operation unit 13 acquires from the situation information storage unit 111 the item identified by the event identifier, the item identifier, and the link type information corresponding to the specific information.

  (Step S314) The operation unit 13 stores one or more change information linked to the term acquired in Step S313, and stores one or more change information linked by the link information corresponding to the link type information. Acquired from the unit 111. Return to upper process.

  (Step S315) The operation unit 13 acquires change information or the like according to other specific information from the situation information storage unit 111 or the like. Return to upper process.

  Next, the process of acquiring the situation information such as step S302 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S <b> 401) The determination unit 131 determines the situation information specified by the specific information received by the reception unit 12, and acquires the situation information from the situation information storage unit 111. Note that the situation information acquired here may have a variable or a function.

  (Step S402) The search unit 132 assigns 1 to the counter i.

  (Step S403) The search unit 132 determines whether or not the i-th variable exists in the situation information acquired in step S401. If the i-th variable exists, the process goes to step S404. If the i-th variable does not exist, the process goes to step S407.

  (Step S <b> 404) The search unit 132 acquires a character string corresponding to the i-th variable from a predetermined location. The predetermined place is, for example, received specific information.

  (Step S405) The situation information configuration unit 133 places the character string acquired in step S404 at the position of the i-th variable.

  (Step S406) The retrieving unit 132 increments the counter i by one. The process returns to step S403.

  (Step S407) The search unit 132 assigns 1 to the counter j.

  (Step S408) The searching unit 132 determines whether or not the j-th function exists in the situation information acquired in step S401. When the j-th function exists, the process goes to step S409, and when the j-th function does not exist, the process returns to the upper process.

  (Step S409) The search unit 132 executes the j-th function and acquires a character string.

  (Step S410) The situation information configuration unit 133 arranges the character string acquired in Step S409 at the position of the j-th function.

  (Step S411) The search unit 132 increments the counter j by 1. The process returns to step S408.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment will be described. Hereinafter, five specific examples will be described.

  Specific example 1 is an example in which other situation information is linked to a term included in the situation information. The specific example 2 is an example in which relation information indicating a relation between two or more terms included in the situation information is also managed. Specific example 3 is a case where probability information and link type information are included in the link, and change information is attached to the situation information. Specific example 4 is a case where the situation information has one or more variables and one or more functions. The specific example 5 is an example in which the link information between the situation information is associated with the probability information, and is an example in which the situation information generated before that is output based on the occurrence of the situation information.

(Specific example 1)
Assume that the situation information shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. More specifically, it is assumed that the situation information management table shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. FIG. 6 is an example of a data structure for realizing the situation information and the like of FIG.

  In FIG. 5A, the situation information 502 is linked to the item “car” of the situation information 501. Further, change information “abnormal state → normal state” is linked to the item “car” of the situation information 502. That is, according to FIG. 5A, after the situation “a person repairs the car”, the situation “the car is fixed” occurs for the term “car”. Further, according to FIG. 5A, as a result of “car is fixed”, the state of the term “car” changes from “abnormal state to normal state”. The change information “abnormal state → normal state” is information indicating a change from an abnormal state to a normal state.

  Further, in FIG. 5B, when the situation information 503 “a person picks up a wallet” occurs, the situation indicated by the situation information 504 “a person delivers a wallet” occurs. Further, the execution of the situation information 503 causes the term “person” of the situation information 503 to change as indicated by the change information 505 linked to the term “person”. That is, “person” gets emotions such as “surprise” and “joy”. The change information 505 is perceptual information such as “surprise, joy” and is qualitative information. Further, “surprise (0.7), joy (0.5)” of the change information 505 is quantitative information and is absolute amount information. Further, “surprise (+0.4), joy (+0.3)” of the change information 505 is quantitative information and is relative information. The absolute quantity information includes an absolute value. The absolute quantity information may be a signed numerical value or an absolute value. The relative information includes a relative value indicating an increase / decrease from the current state. Relative information may be referred to as change amount information. Furthermore, it is assumed that one of the three pieces of change information 505 is normally selected.

In addition, the situation information management table of FIG. 6 includes “ID”, “event information”, “link destination event identifier”, “event information link change information”, “first subject identifier”, “item”, “link destination event identifier”, “item link”. Two or more records having “change information” and “second subject identifier” are stored. “ID” is an identifier for identifying a record, and is a situation identifier for identifying situation information. The “link destination situation identifier” is a situation identifier of the link destination of the corresponding situation information, and is a kind of link information. “Situation information link change information” is one or more change information linked to the corresponding situation information. The “first subject identifier” indicates the subject for the corresponding change information. Note that “event information link change information” exists, and the corresponding “first subject identifier” does not have to exist. The “term link destination situation identifier” is a situation identifier of one or more situation information linked to the tip of the corresponding term. The “term link change information” is one or more change information linked to the tip of the corresponding term. The “second subject identifier” indicates the subject for the corresponding change information. Note that “item link change information” exists, and the corresponding “second subject identifier” does not have to exist. Further, the attribute value “−” in the situation information management table of FIG. 6 is “NULL”.
(1-1)

  In this situation, it is assumed that the specific information receiving unit 121 has received specific information “a person repairs a car”.

  Next, the determination unit 131 searches the situation information management table using the specific information, and acquires the situation identifier “1”.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires the item “car” corresponding to the event identifier “1” and the item link destination event identifier “2” paired with the item. Then, the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information “car is fixed” paired with the item link destination situation identifier “2”.

Next, the output unit 14 outputs “car” and “car is fixed”. In other words, if the situation of “a person repairs the car” occurs due to the situation information stored in the situation information storage unit 111, the situation will be “the car is fixed” for the target “car”. Will be output.
(1-2)

  Further, it is assumed that the specific information receiving unit 121 receives specific information “a person picks up a wallet”.

  Next, the determination unit 131 searches the situation information management table of FIG. 6 using the specific information, and acquires the situation identifier “3”.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires the link destination event identifier “4” corresponding to the event identifier “3” from the event information management table of FIG.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information “person delivers wallet” corresponding to the situation identifier “4”. In addition, the operation unit 13 acquires the item link change information “praise” and the second subject identifier “third party” paired with the item “person” corresponding to the situation identifier “4”.

  Further, the operation unit 13 acquires any of the item link change information paired with the item “person” corresponding to the situation identifier “3”. Here, the item link change information to be acquired does not matter. However, here, it is assumed that the operation unit 13 has acquired the item link change information “surprise, joy”.

  Next, the output unit 14 outputs the situation information “person delivers wallet”, the item link change information “praise”, and the second subject identifier “third party”. Further, the operation unit 13 outputs the item “person” and the item link change information “surprise, joy”.

In other words, if a situation where “a person picks up a wallet” occurs due to the situation information stored in the situation information storage unit 111, then it is output that a situation “a person will deliver a wallet” will occur. . Further, as a result, it is output that “third party” “praises”. In addition, if a situation occurs in which “a person picks up a wallet”, it is output that “person” arouses an emotion of “surprise, joy”.
(1-3)

  Further, it is assumed that the specific information receiving unit 121 receives the specific information “situation information: a person picks up a wallet, item: person”.

  Next, the determination unit 131 searches the situation information management table of FIG. 6 using the specific information, and acquires the situation identifier “3”.

  Further, the operation unit 13 acquires any of the item link change information paired with the item “person” corresponding to the situation identifier “3”.

  Next, the output unit 14 outputs the term “person” and the term link change information “surprise, joy”. In other words, if a situation where “a person picks up a wallet” occurs due to the situation information stored in the situation information storage unit 111, it is output that the “person” arouses the emotion “surprise, joy”. .

(Specific example 2)
Assume that the situation information shown in FIG. 7 is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. More specifically, it is assumed that the situation information management table shown in FIG. 8 is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. FIG. 8 is an example of a data structure for realizing the situation information and the like of FIG.

  In FIG. 7, situation information 702 and situation information 703 are linked to the situation information 701. Further, the relationship information “contact” and the relationship information “work” are linked between the term “person” and the term “other” in the situation information 701. Note that the relationship information is also a type of change information. Further, the relationship information “contact” and the relationship information “work” indicate a relationship between two items during the occurrence of the situation indicated by the situation information. The change information “pain → increased” is linked to the item “others” of the situation information 701. The change information “pain → increased” is linked to the item “others” of the situation information 702. Further, change information “discomfort → increased” is linked to the item “others” of the situation information 703.

  Further, the situation information management table of FIG. 8 includes “ID”, “event information”, “link destination event identifier”, “item”, “change information (related information)”, “link destination item”, “link direction”, and “link destination event identifier”. 2 ”or more records having“ item link change information ”are stored. “Change information (related information)” is related information. “Linked item” indicates another item corresponding to the relationship information. “Link direction” indicates the direction of the link between the terms and is either unidirectional or bidirectional. “One-way” indicates a link from “term” to “link destination term”.

  In this situation, it is assumed that the specific information receiving unit 121 has received specific information “a person pushes down another person”.

  Next, the determination unit 131 searches the situation information management table of FIG. 8 using the specific information, and acquires the situation identifier “5”.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires the term “person”, the relationship information “contact”, the linked item “other”, and the link direction “two-way” corresponding to the situation identifier “5”.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires the term “person”, the relationship information “work”, the link destination item “other”, and the link direction “one direction” corresponding to the situation identifier “5”.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires link destination situation identifiers “6” and “7” corresponding to the situation identifier “5”. Then, the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information “other person is injured” that is paired with the link destination situation identifier “6”. In addition, the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information “others feel uncomfortable” that is paired with the link destination situation identifier “7”.

  Further, the operation unit 13 acquires the item link change information “pain → increased” corresponding to the item “other” of the situation information “other person is injured”. Further, the operation unit 13 acquires item link change information “discomfort → increase” corresponding to the item “others” included in the situation information “others feel uncomfortable”.

  Next, the output unit 14 outputs various information acquired by the operation unit 13. That is, the output unit 14 outputs “person: contact: other person”, “person: working: other person”, “other person: pain → increase”, “other person is injured”, and “other person feels uncomfortable”. Further, the output unit 14 includes item link change information “pain → increased” in the “other person is injured” item “other person”, and item “linker change information” in the item “other person feels uncomfortable”. Outputs “discomfort → increase”.

  That is, if a situation where “a person pushes down another person” occurs due to the situation information stored in the situation information storage unit 111, “person: contact: other person”, “person: work: other person” during the situation. Is generated, and it is output that the situation becomes “others: pain → increased” during or after the occurrence of the situation. In addition, for the target “other person”, it is output that the situation “another person is injured” or “another person feels uncomfortable”. Furthermore, when the situation “another person is injured” occurs, it is output that the “other person” feels “pain → increased”. In addition, when a situation of “others feel uncomfortable” occurs, it is output that “others” feel “uncomfortable → increased”.

(Specific example 3)
Assume that the situation information shown in FIG. 9 is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. More specifically, it is assumed that the situation information management table shown in FIG. 10 is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. FIG. 10 is an example of a data structure for realizing the situation information and the like of FIG.

  In FIG. 9, situation information 902 and 903 are linked to the item “car” of the situation information 901. The link information to the situation information 902 is given probability information “0.9” and link type information “success”. The link information to the situation information 903 is given probability information “0.1” and link type information “failure”. Probability information is information indicating the probability of being selected when information on a link destination (in this case, situation information) is selected stochastically. In addition, change information “abnormal state (no change)” is linked to the item “car” of the situation information 901. The situation information 902 is linked to the change information “Rejoice” and the subject identifier “person” of the change information. Further, change information “abnormal state → normal state” is linked to the item “car” of the situation information 902. The situation information 903 is linked to the change information “sad” and the subject identifier “person” of the change information. In addition, change information “abnormal state (no change)” is linked to the item “car” of the situation information 903.

Further, the situation information management table of FIG. 10 includes “ID”, “event information”, “event information link change information”, “first subject identifier”, “item”, “link destination event identifier”, “link type information”, and “probability information”. Two or more records having “item link change information” and “second subject identifier” are stored.
(3-1)

  In this situation, it is assumed that the specific information receiving unit 121 has received specific information “a person starts repairing a car”.

  Next, the determination unit 131 searches the situation information management table of FIG. 10 using the specific information, and acquires the situation identifier “7”.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires items “person” and “car” corresponding to the situation identifier “7”. Then, the item linked event identifier corresponding to the item “car” is probabilistically acquired using the probability information. As a result, the operation unit 13 acquires, for example, the item link destination situation identifier “8”.

  Next, it is assumed that the operation unit 13 has acquired the situation information “car is fixed” corresponding to the item link destination situation identifier “8”. Then, the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information link change information “Rejoice” and the first subject identifier “People” paired with the situation identifier “8”. Further, the operation unit 13 acquires the term “car” and the term link change information “abnormal state → normal state” paired with the situation identifier “8”.

  Next, the output unit 14 outputs the term “car” and the situation information “car is fixed”. Further, the output unit 14 outputs the first subject identifier “person” and the change information “rejoice” in association with the situation information “car can be fixed”. Further, the output unit 14 outputs change information “abnormal state → normal state” in association with the item “car” of the situation information “car can be fixed”.

In other words, if a situation occurs in which "a person starts repairing a car" due to the situation information stored in the situation information storage unit 111, a situation in which "the car is repaired" for the target "car" thereafter. Is output. In addition, if a situation occurs in which “the car is fixed”, “people” become “happy”. Further, it is output that the term “car” changes from “abnormal state to normal state”.
(3-2)

  In this situation, it is assumed that the specific information receiving unit 121 receives the specific information “situation information: a person sends a car for repair, link type information: failure”.

  Next, the determination unit 131 searches the situation information management table of FIG. 10 using the specific information, and acquires the situation identifier “7”.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires items “person” and “car” corresponding to the situation identifier “7”. Then, the item link destination situation identifier “9” corresponding to the item “car” and the link type information “failure” is acquired.

  Next, the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information “car cannot be fixed” corresponding to the item linked destination situation identifier “9”. Then, the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information link change information “sad” and the first subject identifier “person” paired with the situation identifier “9”. In addition, the operation unit 13 acquires the term “car” and the term link change information “abnormal state (no change)” paired with the situation identifier “9”.

  Next, the output unit 14 outputs the term “car” and the situation information “car cannot be fixed”. Further, the output unit 14 outputs the first subject identifier “person” and the change information “sad” in association with the situation information “car cannot be fixed”. Further, the output unit 14 outputs change information “abnormal state (no change)” in association with the item “car” of the situation information “car cannot be fixed”.

  In other words, if a situation where “a person starts repairing a car” occurs due to the situation information stored in the situation information storage unit 111, the situation is that the car cannot be repaired with respect to the target “car”. Is output. In addition, if a situation occurs where “the car cannot be fixed”, it is output that “person” is “sad” and the term “car” is “abnormal state (no change)”. .

(Specific example 4)
Assume that the situation information shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. The situation information shown in FIG. 11A includes situation information 1101 including three variables “A, B, V1”, situation information including one function “Owner (B)”, and two variables “A, V2”. 1102. In addition, a subject identifier “Owner (B)” and change information “Rejoice” are linked to the situation information 1101. 11B includes situation information 1103 including two variables “A, V1”, and situation information 1104 including one function “Friend (A)” and one variable “V2”. is there. Needless to say, the specific data structure of the situation information in FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a target owner management table that is referred to by the function “Owner”. The target owner management table is a table for managing the correspondence between “target (B)” and “Owner”, and stores one or more records having “ID”, “target (B)”, and “Owner”. The target owner management table in FIG. 12 is stored in the storage unit 11. Further, the storage unit 11 may store, for example, a table referred to by the function “Friend”.

  Furthermore, FIG. 13 is a verb correspondence table. The verb correspondence table is a correspondence table between “V1” and “V2” of the situation information in FIG. The verb correspondence table stores one or more records having “ID”, “V1”, and “V2”.

  In this situation, it is assumed that the specific information receiving unit 121 has received specific information “Yamada cleans the laboratory”.

  Next, the determination unit 131 performs morphological analysis on the specific information, and determines that the specific information “Mr. Yamada cleans the laboratory” matches the situation information “A is B is V1” in FIG. 11.

  Next, the search unit 132 acquires the specific information item “Mr. Yamada” for the variable “A” of the situation information 1101. Further, the search unit 132 acquires the item “laboratory” of the specific information for the variable “B” of the situation information 1101. In addition, the search unit 132 acquires the item “clean” of the specific information for the variable “V1” of the situation information 1101.

  Further, the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information 1102 “Owner (B) is V2 to A” linked to the situation information 1101.

  Then, the search unit 132 executes the function “Owner (B)” of the situation information 1102. That is, the search unit 132 substitutes “laboratory” for B, and acquires Owner “professor” corresponding to the “laboratory” of the subject (B) from the subject owner management table of FIG. In addition, the search unit 132 acquires V2 “Thank you” corresponding to V1 “clean” from the verb correspondence table of FIG.

  Next, the situation information configuration unit 133 displays “Professor” at the position of “Owner (B)” of “Owner (B) is V2 to A”, “Yamada-kun” at the position of “A”, and “V2”. Substituting “Thank you for” and construct the situation information “Professor thank you Yamada”.

  In addition, the operation unit 13 acquires the subject identifier “Owner (B)” and the change information “Rejoice” linked to the situation information 1101.

  Then, the operation unit 13 replaces the subject identifier “Owner (B)” with “professor”. Then, the operation unit 13 obtains the subject identifier “professor” and the change information “rejoice”.

  Next, the output unit 14 outputs the situation information “Professor thank Mr. Yamada”, the subject identifier “Professor”, and the change information “Rejoice”.

  In other words, if the situation that “Yamada cleans the laboratory” occurs due to the situation information having variables or functions stored in the situation information storage unit 111, the situation information “Professor thank Mr. Yamada” The situation of “say” occurs and the term “professor” is “happy”.

(Specific example 5)
Assume that the situation information shown in FIG. 14 is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. In FIG. 14, situation information 1401 to 1404 is stored. In addition, the situation information 1404 is the situation information indicating a situation that occurs after the situation information 1401 to 1403 occurs. Furthermore, change information is linked to the item “person” of each piece of situation information 1401 to 1403. In FIG. 14, the probability information is added to the link from the change information to the situation information, but the probability information is added to the link from each of the situation information 1401 to 1403 to the situation information 1404. May be.

  In this situation, it is assumed that the specific information receiving unit 121 has received the specific information “person cry”.

  Next, the determination unit 131 uses the specific information to determine that the received specific information is the situation information 1404 from the situation information in FIG.

  Next, it is assumed that the operation unit 13 has followed the link stochastically using the three pieces of probability information corresponding to the three pieces of link information, and has selected the change information 1405. Then, it is assumed that the operation unit 13 acquires the situation information “person loses treasure” linked to the change information 1405.

  Next, the output unit 14 outputs the situation information “person loses treasure”, the item “person”, and the change information “sadness (person) → increase”.

  That is, according to the situation information stored in the situation information storage unit 111, it is output that the situation that occurs before the occurrence of the situation of “a person crying” is “the person loses the treasure”. Also, if a situation occurs in which “a person loses a treasure”, it is output that a person's sadness increases.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of a situation.

  If the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is used for natural language processing, for example, causation can be inferred from an input sentence or sentence set, or emotion analysis of characters appearing in the sentence can be performed. I can do it.

  Furthermore, the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. Note that the software that implements the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the following program. That is, in this program, a computer-accessible recording medium is information that constitutes a sentence, and is information that indicates a situation having one or more terms that are nouns or noun phrases. A situation information storage unit capable of storing one or more pieces of situation information, which is information to which one or more pieces of change information relating to a change of a term due to the occurrence of a situation or a change of a term during the occurrence of a situation may be provided, One of one or more of the specific information receiving unit that receives specific information including information for specifying information, the determination unit that determines the situation information specified by the specific information, and the situation information determined by the determination unit It is a program for functioning as an output part which outputs the change information of the term.

  In the above program, the situation information includes two or more terms, the change information is relation information indicating a relationship between the term to which the change information is assigned and another term, and the specific information is the situation information. Information for specifying the term included in the situation information, the determination unit determines the situation information and term specified by the specification information, and the output unit determines the situation determined by the determination unit It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function as the output of the related information given to the item in the information.

  In the above program, the situation information storage unit stores two or more pieces of situation information, and stores link information indicating a link from the relevant section to other situation information in association with a section included in the one situation information. The specific information is information for specifying the situation information and a term included in the situation information, and the determination unit determines the situation information and the term specified by the specific information, and the output The unit is preferably a program that causes a computer to function as outputting other situation information indicated by link information corresponding to the term determined by the determination unit.

  In the above program, the situation information includes link type information indicating a type of link information in association with the link information, and the specific information includes the situation information, a term included in the situation information, and link type information. It is information for specifying, the determining unit determines the situation information specified by the specifying information, the term and link information corresponding to the link type information, and the output unit is the link determined by the determining unit A program that causes a computer to function as an output of other situation information indicated by the information is preferable.

  In the above program, the situation information is information to which one or more change information can be added, and the output unit outputs one or more change information given to the situation information determined by the determination unit. It is preferable that the program functions a computer.

  In the above-described program, the computer has the situation information having a variable or function, and a search unit that acquires information corresponding to the variable or function, and the variable or the function is replaced with information acquired by the search unit, It is preferable that the program further functions as a situation information configuration unit that configures the situation information, and the output unit is a program that causes a computer to function as outputting the situation information configured by the situation information configuration unit.

  In the above program, the situation information is given link information to other situation information that is a situation related to the occurrence of the situation, and the output unit corresponds to the link information included in the situation information determined by the decision unit It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function as another event information to be output.

(Embodiment 2)
In the present embodiment, an example of an application that uses information output by the output unit 14 will be described. An example of the application here is a dialog device that performs a dialog.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram of the information processing apparatus 2 in the present embodiment. The information processing device 2 is a device that realizes an interactive device or the like.

  The information processing apparatus 2 includes a storage unit 21, a reception unit 12, an operation unit 23, and an output unit 14.

  The storage unit 21 includes a situation information storage unit 111 and a dialogue sentence information storage unit 211.

  The operation unit 23 includes a determination unit 131, a search unit 132, a situation information configuration unit 133, and a processing unit 231.

  The storage unit 21 can store various types of information. The various types of information are, for example, situation information and dialogue text information described later.

  The dialogue text information storage unit 211 can store one or more pieces of dialogue text information having change information and information constituting the dialogue text in association with each other. The dialogue sentence information may be information having the situation information and the information constituting the dialogue sentence in association with each other. The information constituting the dialogue sentence may be the dialogue sentence itself, or may be one or more variables, one or more functions, or a dialogue sentence including one or more variables and one or more functions.

  The operation unit 23 performs various processes. The various processes are processes performed by the determination unit 131, the search unit 132, the situation information configuration unit 133, the processing unit 231 and the like, for example.

  The processing unit 231 receives information output from the output unit 14 and performs processing. Any processing may be performed. For example, the processing unit 231 receives change information output from the output unit 14, acquires information constituting a dialog sentence corresponding to the change information from the dialog sentence information storage unit 211, and outputs the information. Note that the output unit 14 may perform output of information constituting the dialogue sentence. Further, the output of the information constituting the dialogue sentence is usually the output of the dialogue sentence. That is, when the information constituting the dialogue sentence includes one or more variables or / and one or more functions, the processing unit 231 has information (for example, a character string) corresponding to the one or more variables or / and one or more functions. And the information (for example, a character string) is placed at the position of one or more variables or / and one or more functions to obtain a dialogue sentence. Then, the processing unit 231 outputs the dialogue sentence.

  The storage unit 21, the situation information storage unit 111, and the dialogue sentence information storage unit 211 are preferably non-volatile recording media, but can also be realized by volatile recording media.

  The process in which information is stored in the storage unit 21 or the like is not limited. For example, information may be stored in the storage unit 21 or the like via a recording medium, information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the storage unit 21 or the like, Alternatively, the information input via the input device may be stored in the storage unit 21.

  The operation unit 23 and the processing unit 231 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the operation unit 23 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 2 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 16, the description of the same steps as those in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is omitted.

  (Step S1601) The processing unit 231 receives the change information or the situation information acquired in step S202, and acquires a dialogue sentence corresponding to the change information or the situation information from the dialogue sentence information storage unit 211.

  (Step S1602) The processing unit 231 outputs the dialogue sentence acquired in step S1601. The process returns to step S201.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 16, the process in which the processing unit 231 receives the change information or the situation information output in step S <b> 203 and acquires the dialogue sentence corresponding to the change information or the situation information from the dialogue sentence information storage unit 211. This is considered to be the same as the processing described in step S1601.

  Further, in the flowchart of FIG. 16, the process is terminated by power-off or a process termination interrupt.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing apparatus 2 in the present embodiment will be described.

  Now, the situation information shown in FIG. 17 is stored in the situation information storage unit 111. The situation information shown in FIG. 17 includes situation information 1701 to 1704 and change information 1705. The situation information 1701 to 1704 are linked by link information. The change information 1705 is change information linked from the item “person” of the situation information 1702. Further, “pain +” in the change information 1705 indicates that pain increases.

  Further, the dialog text information storage unit 211 stores a dialog text information management table shown in FIG. The dialog statement information management table manages one or more records having “ID”, “change information or situation information”, and “dialog statement”. That is, a “dialog” corresponding to “change information or situation information” passed from the output unit 14 is output.

  Now, the girl “human” is uttering “Wow” toward the information processing device 2 (also called a dialogue device). Then, the operation unit 23 of the information processing apparatus 2 recognizes the voice and obtains the character string “Wow”. Next, the operating unit 23 searches a dictionary (not shown) (existing in the storage unit 21) using the character string “Wow” as a key, and obtains “person cry”. Such processing such as voice recognition is a known technique.

  Next, the reception unit 12 receives the situation information “People Cry”. Next, the processing unit 231 tries to acquire the dialogue sentence corresponding to the situation information “person cry” from the dialogue sentence information management table, but cannot obtain it.

  The operation unit 23 is situation information linked to the situation information “person cry”, and situation information “person is injured” indicating a situation that may occur before the situation indicated by the situation information “person cry”. Is acquired from the situation information storage unit 111. Next, the processing unit 231 tries to acquire a dialogue sentence corresponding to the situation information “person is injured” from the dialogue sentence information management table, but cannot obtain it.

  Next, the operation unit 23 acquires change information “pain +” linked to the item “person” of the situation information “person is injured” from the situation information storage unit 111.

  Next, the processing unit 231 acquires a dialogue sentence “something hurts?” Corresponding to the change information “pain +” from the dialogue sentence information management table.

  Then, the processing unit 231 synthesizes a dialogue sentence “is it hurting somewhere?” And outputs it as a voice. It goes without saying that the processing unit 231 may output the dialogue sentence as a voice or display it. That is, the output form of the dialogue text of the processing unit 231 is not limited.

  Next, the girl “human” utters “I fell on the road” to the dialogue device. Then, the operation unit 23 of the information processing apparatus 2 recognizes the voice and obtains the character string “I fell on the road”. Next, the operation unit 23 searches a dictionary (not shown) (existing in the storage unit 21) using the character string “I fell on the road” as a key, and obtains “person falls”.

  Next, the reception unit 12 receives the situation information “person falls”. Next, the processing unit 231 tries to acquire a dialogue sentence corresponding to the situation information “person falls” from the dialogue sentence information management table, but cannot obtain it.

  Then, the operation unit 23 acquires the situation information “person is injured” linked to the situation information “person falls” from the situation information storage unit 111. Next, the processing unit 231 tries to acquire a dialogue sentence corresponding to the situation information “person is injured” from the dialogue sentence information management table, but cannot obtain it.

  Then, the operating unit 23 acquires the situation information “person goes to the hospital” linked to the situation information “person is injured” from the situation information storage unit 111. Here, for example, it is assumed that situation information and change information that have already been acquired in a series of conversations are not acquired as much as possible.

  Next, the processing unit 231 acquires a dialogue sentence “Let's go to the hospital?” Corresponding to the situation information “People go to the hospital” from the dialogue sentence information management table.

  Then, the processing unit 231 synthesizes a dialogue sentence “Let's go to the hospital?” And outputs the speech. It goes without saying that the processing unit 231 may output the dialogue sentence as a voice or display it.

  FIG. 19 shows the above dialogue between the girl and the dialogue device.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to realize an interactive device that outputs an appropriate conversation using information that changes after or during the occurrence of a situation.

  Moreover, according to this Embodiment, an appropriate process can be performed using the information which changes after or during the occurrence of a situation.

  Note that, according to the present embodiment, the way of following the link in the case of realizing the interactive device does not matter.

  Further, the interactive device shown in the present embodiment is an example of an application of an information processing device, and other applications may be realized.

  Furthermore, the software that implements the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the following program. That is, in this program, a computer-accessible recording medium is information that constitutes a sentence, and is information that indicates a situation having one or more terms that are nouns or noun phrases. A situation information storage unit capable of storing one or more pieces of situation information, which is information to which one or more pieces of change information relating to a change of a term due to the occurrence of a situation or a change of a term during the occurrence of a situation may be provided, One of one or more of the specific information receiving unit that receives specific information including information for specifying information, the determination unit that determines the situation information specified by the specific information, and the situation information determined by the determination unit It is a program for functioning as an output part which outputs the change information of the term.

  In the above program, the situation information is given link information to other situation information that is a situation related to the occurrence of the situation, and the output unit corresponds to the link information included in the situation information determined by the decision unit It is preferable that the program is a program that causes a computer to function as another event information to be output.

  The recording medium further includes a dialog text information storage unit that can store one or more dialog text information having change information and a dialog text in association with each other, and in the program, the processing unit outputs the processing unit. It is preferable that the program is a program that allows a computer to function as a program that accepts change information to be received, obtains and outputs a dialog sentence corresponding to the change information from the dialog sentence information storage unit.

  FIG. 20 shows the external appearance of a computer that executes the programs described in this specification to realize the information processing apparatuses and the like according to the various embodiments described above. The above-described embodiments can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed thereon. FIG. 20 is a general view of the computer system 300, and FIG. 21 is a block diagram of the system 300.

  In FIG. 20, a computer system 300 includes a computer 301 including a CD-ROM drive 3012, a keyboard 302, a mouse 303, and a monitor 304.

  In FIG. 21, a computer 301 is connected to a CD-ROM drive 3012, an MPU 3013, a bus 3014 connected to the CD-ROM drive 3012 and the MPU 3013, a ROM 3015 for storing programs such as a bootup program, and an MPU 3013. It includes a RAM 3016 for temporarily storing program instructions and providing a temporary storage space, an application program, a system program, and a hard disk 3017 for storing data. Although not shown here, the computer 301 may further include a network card that provides connection to a LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 300 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus 1 and the like of the above-described embodiment may be stored in the CD-ROM 3101, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 3012, and further transferred to the hard disk 3017. . Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 301 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 3017. The program is loaded into the RAM 3016 at the time of execution. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 3101 or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 301 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment. The program only needs to include an instruction portion that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 300 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  Further, the computer that executes the program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  In each of the above embodiments, it is needless to say that two or more communication means (terminal information transmission unit, terminal information reception unit, etc.) existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium. .

  In each of the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention has an effect that appropriate processing can be performed using information that changes after or during the occurrence of a situation, and is useful as, for example, an interactive apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Information processing apparatus 11, 21 Storage part 12 Reception part 13, 23 Operation part 14 Output part 111 Situation information storage part 121 Specific information reception part 131 Determination part 132 Search part 133 Situation information structure part 211 Dialogue sentence information storage part 231 Processing part

Claims (17)

Information constituting a sentence, information indicating a situation having one or more terms that are nouns or noun phrases, and for one or more terms, a change of a term due to the occurrence of a situation or a term in which a situation is occurring A situation information storage unit capable of storing one or more pieces of situation information, which is information to which one or more pieces of change information regarding the change can be given
A specific information receiving unit that receives specific information including information for specifying the situation information;
A determination unit for determining the situation information specified by the specific information;
An information processing apparatus comprising: an output unit that outputs change information of one or more items included in the situation information determined by the determination unit. The change information is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, which is one of perception information related to perception felt by a term, physical feature information related to physical characteristics of the term, and third-party perception information related to perception felt by a third party with respect to the term. The situation information
Contains two or more terms,
The change information is
Relationship information indicating the relationship between the term to which the change information is assigned and other terms,
The specific information is
Information for identifying the situation information and the items included in the situation information,
The determination unit
Determine the situation information and the item specified by the specific information,
The output unit is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information related to the item in the situation information determined by the determination unit is output. The relationship information is
Physical relationship information indicating the physical relationship between one term and another term, or non-physical relationship information indicating a non-physical relationship between one term and another term, or one term and another term The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information processing apparatus is any one of interaction information relating to an interaction between the information processing apparatus and the computer. The change information is
The quantitative information is qualitative information that is qualitative information or quantitative information that is quantitative information, and the quantitative information is absolute amount information that is an absolute amount or change amount information that indicates a change amount. Item 5. The information processing device according to any one of Items 4 to 6. The situation information storage unit
2 or more situation information is stored,
Link information indicating a link from the relevant item to other incident information can be stored in association with the item included in the incident information.
The specific information is
Information for identifying the situation information and the items included in the situation information,
The determination unit
Determine the situation information and the item specified by the specific information,
The output unit is
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which outputs other situation information indicated by link information corresponding to a term determined by the determination unit. The situation information has link type information indicating the type of link information in association with the link information,
The specific information is
Information to identify the situation information, the section included in the situation information and the link type information,
The determination unit
Determine the situation information and the item specified by the specific information and the link information corresponding to the link type information,
The output unit is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the other situation information indicated by the link information determined by the determination unit is output. The situation information is
It is information that can be given one or more change information,
The output unit is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus outputs one or more pieces of change information attached to the situation information determined by the determination unit. The change information is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, which is third-party perception information related to a change in perception of a third party due to the occurrence of a situation in association with the situation information. The change information is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a subject identifier for identifying the subject can be given. The situation information is
Have variables or functions,
A search unit for obtaining information corresponding to the variable or function;
Replacing the variable or the function with the information acquired by the search unit, further comprising a situation information configuration unit that configures the situation information,
The output unit is
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, which outputs the situation information configured by the situation information configuration unit. The situation information is
Link information to other situation information that is related to the occurrence of the situation,
The output unit is
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, which outputs other situation information corresponding to link information included in the situation information determined by the determination unit. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising a processing unit that receives and outputs information output from the output unit. A dialogue sentence information storage unit capable of storing one or more pieces of dialogue sentence information having change information and information constituting the dialogue sentence in association with each other;
The processor is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein change information output by the output unit is received, information constituting a dialog sentence corresponding to the change information is acquired from the dialog sentence information storage unit, and output. Information constituting a sentence, information indicating a situation having one or more terms that are nouns or noun phrases, and for one or more terms, a change of a term due to the occurrence of a situation or a term in which a situation is occurring A data structure of one or more situation information that is information to which one or more change information related to a change can be given,
A specific information receiving unit that receives specific information including information for specifying the situation information;
A determination unit for determining the situation information specified by the specific information;
A data structure of one or more pieces of situation information processed by an information processing apparatus comprising: an output unit that outputs change information of any one or more items of the piece of situation information determined by the decision unit. The recording medium is
Information constituting a sentence, information indicating a situation having one or more terms that are nouns or noun phrases, and for one or more terms, a change of a term due to the occurrence of a situation or a term in which a situation is occurring A situation information storage unit capable of storing one or more pieces of situation information, which is information to which one or more pieces of change information relating to the change can be given,
An information processing method realized by a specific information receiving unit, a determining unit, and an output unit,
A specific information receiving step in which the specific information receiving unit receives specific information including information for specifying the situation information;
A determination step in which the determination unit determines the situation information specified by the specific information;
An information processing method, comprising: an output step in which the output unit outputs change information of any one or more items included in the situation information determined in the determination step. Computer-accessible recording media
Information constituting a sentence, information indicating a situation having one or more terms that are nouns or noun phrases, and for one or more terms, a change of a term due to the occurrence of a situation or a term in which a situation is occurring A situation information storage unit capable of storing one or more pieces of situation information, which is information to which one or more pieces of change information relating to the change can be given,
Computer
A specific information receiving unit that receives specific information including information for specifying the situation information;
A determination unit for determining the situation information specified by the specific information;
The program for functioning as an output part which outputs the change information of any one or more terms which the situation information determined by the determination part has.