WO2021152712A1

WO2021152712A1 - Document creation assistance device, document creation assistance method, and document creation program

Info

Publication number: WO2021152712A1
Application number: PCT/JP2020/003054
Authority: WO
Inventors: びわ三浦; 崇志三上; 白坂　一
Original assignee: 株式会社ＡＩＳａｍｕｒａｉ
Priority date: 2020-01-28
Filing date: 2020-01-28
Publication date: 2021-08-05
Also published as: JP7161255B2; JPWO2021152712A1

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to appropriately create a document relating to a user's invention using a document relating to an existing invention.　This document creation assistance device is provided with: a paraphrase generation unit which outputs a paraphrased sentence obtained by paraphrasing an input sentence on the basis of a learning model generated by learning the correspondence between a first sentence, which corresponds to an input, and a second sentence, which is a paraphrase of the first sentence and corresponds to an output; a reception unit which receives user invention information that is information relating to a user's invention; a similarity degree calculation unit which obtains the degree of similarity between an invention included in a prior document, which is a document relating to an existing invention, and the user's invention; a similar document output unit which outputs information relating to a similar document that is one of a plurality of prior documents and that includes an invention having at least a prescribed degree of similarity to the user's invention; and a creation unit which creates a document relating to the user's invention on the basis of the user invention information and a paraphrased sentence obtained by inputting a sentence included in the similar document into the paraphrase generation unit.

Description

[Name of invention determined by ISA based on Rule 37.2.] Document creation support device, document creation support method, and document creation program

The present invention relates to a document creation support device, a document creation support method, a document creation support program, and a document creation support system, and particularly supports the creation of an invention by a user by assisting the user in creating a document relating to the invention. Document creation support device, etc.

In recent years, a system that automatically generates a patent specification has been proposed as a document related to an invention by a user. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system for creating a patent specification, which has the highest consistency of constituent requirements and automatically creates a patent specification based on the latest prior application.

JP-A-2007-257668

Here, for the invention before filing, a prior art search for determining whether or not the substantive requirements for registration such as novelty and inventive step are satisfied, and a clearance search for determining the presence or absence of infringement, etc. It is desirable to do. The inventors provide a service (intellectual property creation support service) for conducting such a prior art literature search and a clearance search without the trouble of a user. Specifically, the prior art search is performed based on the information regarding the invention by the user transmitted from the terminal of the user, and the determination result of patentability is provided.

It would be very convenient for the user if the user could create a document about the invention while utilizing the above services. Although it is conceivable to use the technique described in Patent Document 1, the system described in Patent Document 1 has a high degree of agreement (similarity) with the constituent requirements of the claims input by the user. The prior application having the above is extracted, and a part thereof is replaced with the claims input by the user based on the extracted specification of the prior application. That is, the wording of the specification of the prior application based on the wording was diverted, which was not preferable.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a document creation support device or the like for appropriately creating a document relating to an invention by a user using a document relating to an existing invention.

The document creation support device that supports the creation of a document relating to the invention according to one embodiment of the present invention learns the correspondence relationship in which the first sentence is input and the second sentence, which is a paraphrase of the first sentence, is output. A paraphrase generation unit that outputs a paraphrase sentence that paraphrases one input sentence based on the learning model generated in Information on a similarity calculation unit that obtains the similarity between an invention included in a prior document and an invention by a user, and a similar document that is a prior document including an invention having a similarity equal to or higher than a predetermined value among a plurality of prior documents. A similar document output unit that outputs

In the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the paraphrase generation unit sets the result sentence as a result of folding back and translating one sentence included in the preceding document as the first sentence, and sets one sentence included in the preceding document as the first sentence. As the second sentence, a learning model may be generated by learning a plurality of preceding documents.

In the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, a correction unit that corrects the paraphrase sentence output by the paraphrase generation unit is provided based on the correspondence between the terms included in the similar document and the terms included in the user invention information. Further, the creating unit may create a document relating to the invention by the user based on the paraphrase sentence corrected by the amending unit and the user invention information.

In the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, when there are a plurality of prior documents including the invention having a similarity degree of a predetermined value or more, the creating unit uses the plurality of prior documents as similar documents and sets them as a plurality of similar documents. A document relating to the invention by the user may be created based on the user invention information.

In the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the creating unit is a document relating to the invention by the user among the plurality of similar documents according to the degree of similarity between the invention included in the plurality of similar documents and the invention by the user. You may set the degree that contributes to the creation of.

In the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the similar document output unit outputs display information for displaying information on a plurality of similar documents on a user terminal that can be operated by the user, and the reception unit has a plurality of reception units. Among similar documents in the above, the user further accepts the selection of the similar document to be used for creating the document relating to the invention by the user, and the creating unit relates to the invention by the user based on the similar document selected by the user and the user invention information. You may create a document.

In the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the document relating to the invention is a document used for a patent application, the document relating to an existing invention is a patent document, and the reception unit receives at least as user invention information. Information about the claims in the document used in the patent application may be accepted.

The document creation support method for supporting the creation of a document relating to the invention according to one embodiment of the present invention is a correspondence relationship in which a computer inputs a first sentence and outputs a second sentence which is a paraphrase of the first sentence. A paraphrase generation step that outputs a paraphrase sentence that paraphrases one input sentence based on the learning model generated by learning A similarity calculation step for obtaining the similarity between an invention included in a prior document which is a document and an invention by a user, and a similarity which is a prior document including an invention having a similarity of a predetermined value or more among a plurality of prior documents. A creation step of creating a document related to an invention by a user based on a similar document output step for outputting information about a document, a paraphrase sentence obtained by inputting a sentence included in the similar document in a paraphrase generation step, and user invention information. And execute.

A document creation support program that supports the creation of a document relating to an invention according to an embodiment of the present invention has a correspondence relationship in which a first sentence is input to a computer and a second sentence, which is a paraphrase of the first sentence, is output. A paraphrase generation function that outputs a paraphrase sentence that paraphrases one input sentence based on a learning model generated by learning A similarity calculation function for obtaining the similarity between an invention included in a prior document, which is a document, and an invention by a user, and a similarity which is a prior document including an invention having a similarity of a predetermined value or more among a plurality of prior documents. A similar document output function that outputs information about a document, a paraphrase sentence obtained by inputting a sentence contained in a similar document into a paraphrase generation function, and a creation function that creates a document related to an invention by a user based on user invention information. To realize.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a document creation support device or the like that appropriately creates a document related to an invention by a user by using a document related to an existing invention.

It is a schematic diagram of the document creation support system configuration which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. This is an example of the hardware configuration of the server (document creation support device) according to the embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of a functional block diagram of the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of a functional block diagram of a paraphrase generation unit in the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the outline of the document preparation process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flow chart of the search process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. This is an example of a functional block diagram of the document creation support device according to the embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of a display screen of a user terminal in the document creation support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of a display screen of a user terminal in the document creation support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of the hardware configuration of the server (document creation support device) according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to various drawings.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a document creation support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the document creation support system 500 includes a document creation support device 100, user terminals 400 (400A to 400D), and a preceding document database (DB) 200, which are connected to each other via a network 300. include. The number of user terminals 400A to 400D and the preceding document database 200 is not limited to the one shown in the figure.

The document creation support device 100 is a device (information processing device) for connecting to user terminals 400A to 400D via a network 300 and providing a document creation support service to the user terminals 400A to 400D. The document creation support device 100 is, for example, a so-called server device or computer (for example, a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, etc.). In one embodiment of the present invention, the document creation support device 100 is not limited to these, and the server device is not limited to a physical server, but is a virtual server or a program that realizes a server function. Note that you can point to it.

The user terminals 400A to 400D are user terminals of users who use the document creation support service provided by the document creation support system 500. In the figure, the user terminals 400A to 400D indicate a notebook computer, a desktop personal computer, and a smartphone, but the user terminals 400A to 400D use the document creation support service by the document creation support system 500 via the network 300. Any type can be used as long as it is possible. Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish between them, the user terminals 400A to 400D are collectively referred to as the user terminal 400. The user terminal 400 is, for example, a mobile phone (feature phone), a handheld computer device (for example, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), etc.), a wearable terminal (for example, a glasses-type device, a clock-type device, a head-mounted display (HMD: Head-)). Mounted Display, etc.), other types of computers, or communication platforms may be included.

The user terminal 400 receives an input operation from the user and transmits information about the invention by the user to the document creation support device 100 via the network 300. Here, the "information about the invention by the user" is information about the invention created by the user, and may be, for example, information such as a sentence describing the content of the invention, an idea memo, a keyword (word), a drawing, or the like. .. Further, the text describing the content of the invention may be a text described in the form of claims, a text describing the subject of the invention, the purpose of the invention, or the like. Hereinafter, "information on the invention by the user" will be referred to as "user invention information".

The document creation support device 100 creates a document related to the invention by the user based on the user invention information transmitted from the user terminal 400 and the prior document stored in the prior document database 200. Here, the "document relating to the invention" is a document prepared in a predetermined format that describes the content of the invention, and is, for example, a document relating to a patent application (specification, claims, abstract, etc.), It may be a paper, an idea sheet, a book, an invention application document used in a company, an educational institution, or the like. Therefore, the "document relating to the invention by the user" refers to the document relating to the invention created by the user. The "preceding document" is an existing document relating to the above invention, and is data that can be transmitted / received via the network 300.

The preceding document database 200 is a database that stores the above preceding documents. When the document relating to the invention is, for example, a document relating to a patent application, a published patent gazette or a patent gazette can be used as the prior document. In this case, the prior document database 200 may be, for example, a database of the Japan Patent Office. The database of patent offices may include one or more offices, for example, by including the databases of five offices of the United States, Europe, Japan, China, and South Korea, it covers about 90% of the world's patents. be able to. The database is not limited to the above-mentioned one, and may be information existing on the Internet.

The network 300 may include a wireless network or a wired network. Specifically, the network 300 includes wireless LAN (wireless LAN: WLAN), wide area network (WAN), ISDNs (integrated service digital networks), wireless LANs, LTE (long term evolution), LTE-Advanced, and so on. 4th generation (4G), 5th generation (5G), CDMA (code division multiple access) and the like. The network 300 is not limited to these examples, and the network 300 is not limited to these examples, for example, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)), an optical line, an ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber LINE) line, and a satellite. It may be a communication network or the like. Further, the network 300 may be a combination of these.

Note that FIG. 1 shows a mode in which the document creation support device 100, the preceding document database 200, and the user terminal 400 are connected via the network 300, but the document creation support system 500 is separate from the network 300. A locally secure network may be constructed in part or in whole, thereby transmitting and receiving data between each device and terminal.

<Hardware configuration>
First, the hardware configuration of the document creation support device 100 and the user terminal 400 will be described with reference to FIG. In one embodiment of the present invention, the basic hardware configurations of the document creation support device 100 and the user terminal 400 are the same as the information processing device, and therefore, the information processing device 100 will be described in FIG. The information processing device 100 includes a processor 101, a memory 102, a storage 103, an input / output interface (I / F) 104, and a communication I / F 105. And realize the method. For example, the function or method of the present disclosure is realized by the processor 101 executing an instruction included in a program read in the memory 102.

The processor 101 executes a function and / or a method realized by a code or an instruction included in a program stored in the storage 103. The processor 101 includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), an MPU (MicroProcessingUnit), a GPU (GraphicsProcessingUnit), a microprocessor (microprocessor), a processor core (processorcore), a multiprocessor, and an ASIC (Application-). Specific Integrated Circuit), FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), etc. are included, and each implementation is performed by a logic circuit (hardware) or a dedicated circuit formed in an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)), etc. Each process disclosed in the form may be realized. Further, these circuits may be realized by one or a plurality of integrated circuits, and a plurality of processes shown in each embodiment may be realized by one integrated circuit. Further, the LSI may be referred to as a VLSI, a super LSI, an ultra LSI, or the like depending on the degree of integration.

The memory 102 temporarily stores the program loaded from the storage 103 and provides a work area to the processor 101. Various data created while the processor 101 is executing the program are also temporarily stored in the memory 102. The memory 102 includes, for example, a RAM (RandomAccessMemory), a ROM (ReadOnlyMemory), and the like.

The storage 103 stores the program. The storage 103 includes, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), a flash memory, and the like.

The communication I / F 105 is implemented as hardware such as a network adapter, communication software, and a combination thereof, and transmits and receives various data via the network 300. The communication may be executed by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be executed. The communication I / F 105 executes communication with another information processing device such as a user terminal via the network 300. The communication I / F 105 transmits various data to another information processing device according to an instruction from the processor 101. Further, the communication I / F 105 receives various data transmitted from other information processing devices and transmits the various data to the processor 101.

The input / output I / F 104 includes an input device for inputting various operations to the information processing device 100 and an output device for outputting the processing result processed by the information processing device 100. The input / output I / F 104 may be integrated with the input device and the output device, or may be separated into the input device and the output device. The input device is realized by any one of all kinds of devices capable of receiving an input from a user and transmitting information related to the input to the processor 101, or a combination thereof. The input device includes, for example, a hardware key such as a touch panel, a touch display, and a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, a camera (operation input via an image), and a microphone (operation input by voice). The output device outputs the processing result processed by the processor 101. The output device includes, for example, a touch panel, a speaker, and the like.

<Functional configuration>
<First Embodiment>
Next, the functional configuration of the document creation support device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that each functional unit shown in FIG. 3 is not essential, and other functional units may be provided. Further, the function or processing of each functional unit may be realized by machine learning or AI (Artificial Intelligence) to the extent feasible.

The document creation support device 100 is a device that supports the creation of a document relating to an invention, and includes at least a reception unit 110, a similarity calculation unit 120, a similar document output unit 130, a storage unit 140, a paraphrase generation unit 150, and a creation unit 160. Be prepared. Hereinafter, documents relating to a patent application (specification, claims, abstract, etc.) will be described as examples of documents relating to an invention, but as described above, documents relating to an invention are not limited thereto. do not have.

The reception unit 110 receives user invention information. The user invention information is input by the user terminal 400 and transmitted to the document creation support device 100 via the network 300. The user invention information may be a sentence describing the invention created by the user, for example, a sentence described in the form of claims.

The similarity calculation unit 120 obtains the similarity between the invention (prior invention) included in the prior document, which is a document relating to the existing invention, and the invention by the user. In the case of the present embodiment, the prior document may be a patent document such as a patent publication and a patent publication that has been applied for, and the prior document database 200 may be a database of the Japan Patent Office. Whether or not the inventions are similar can be determined by, for example, recognizing the meaning (implication) of the invention by the user and searching for a prior invention having similar implications. The similarity calculation unit 120 divides the text included in the user invention information transmitted from the user terminal 400 into predetermined constituent units, and determines the degree of agreement with the text included in the patent document for each segmented constituent unit. , Calculated as similarity. The structural unit may be a sentence, a predicate, or a word having a certain length. The similarity calculation unit 120 uses a corpus dictionary of words stored in advance in the storage unit 140 to display a sentence transmitted from the user terminal 400 and a sentence included in the patent document for the word included in the constituent unit. The subordinate concept or the superordinate concept may be determined between them, and the similarity may be calculated. For example, if the word contained in the sentence included in the user invention information is the same as the word contained in the patent document, or if it is a subordinate concept, the patent document is similar to the sentence transmitted from the user terminal 400. The degree may be calculated high. The method of calculating the similarity is not limited to the above-mentioned method, and an existing clustering method can be used.

The similar document output unit 130 outputs information on a similar document which is a prior document including an invention having a similarity degree of a predetermined value or more among a plurality of prior documents. The predetermined value regarding the similarity may be preset by the user, or may be set according to the number of similar documents to be output. Further, the similar document output unit 130 transmits information about the similar document to the user terminal 400 in order to display the information about the similar document on the user terminal 400.

The paraphrase generation unit 150 paraphrases one input sentence based on a learning model generated by learning a correspondence relationship in which the first sentence is input and the second sentence, which is a paraphrased sentence of the first sentence, is output. Output paraphrase sentences. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a detailed functional block diagram of the paraphrase generation unit 150. As shown in the figure, the paraphrase generation unit 150 includes a second language conversion unit 152, a first language conversion unit 153, and a learning unit 151. The second language conversion unit 152 is a converter (translator) that converts an input sentence of the first language (for example, Japanese) into a sentence of the second language (for example, English). The first language conversion unit 153 is a converter (translator) that converts the input second language sentence into the first language. As the second language conversion unit 152 and the first language conversion unit 153, an existing translation system may be used. The second language is not limited to English, but may be German, French, Russian, or the like.

The paraphrase generation unit 150 learns a plurality of preceding documents by using the result sentence as a result of translating one sentence included in the preceding document as the first sentence and the one sentence included in the preceding document as the second sentence. To generate a learning model. That is, in the paraphrase generation unit 150, the preceding document 10 in the first language included in the preceding document database 200 is input to the second language conversion unit 152, and the second language preceding document 11 converted into the second language is output. NS. The second language preceding document 11 is input to the first language conversion unit 153, and the first language conversion document 30 is output. The learning unit 151 generates a learning model that learns the correspondence relationship in which the first language conversion document 30 is input and the preceding document information 10 is output. The paraphrase generation unit 150 performs the learning process according to the above for the prior art document included in the prior art database 200, and generates a paraphrase sentence in which the expression is changed without changing the meaning and content (sentence meaning) of one sentence.

The number of language conversion units is not limited to two, and may be multiple. For example, the first language may be converted to the second language, the second language to the third language, and the third language to the first language. Further, when a sentence having a different meaning is generated as a result of the conversion, it is not necessary to train the converted document. Further, when almost the same sentence is generated as a result of the conversion, it is not necessary to train the converted document. Alternatively, by learning as a negative example, when sentences with different meanings are generated or almost the same sentences are generated, it is possible not to output them as paraphrase sentences.

Return to Fig. 3 and continue the explanation. The paraphrase generation unit 150 inputs a sentence included in the similar document output by the similar document output unit 130, and generates a paraphrase sentence in which the sentence is paraphrased by using the learning model generated by the learning process described above. The creation unit 160 creates a document relating to the invention by the user based on the paraphrase sentence and the user invention information. Specifically, the preparation unit 160 replaces the items corresponding to the user invention information (here, the scope of claims, the subject of the invention) with those of the user invention information among the documents relating to the patent application as similar documents. However, a new document is created using similar documents for other items (here, technical field, background technology, form for carrying out the invention, etc.). At this time, the sentence of the similar document becomes a new sentence paraphrased by the paraphrase generation unit 150.

Using FIG. 5, the document created by the preparation unit 160 will be described by taking the document related to the patent application as an example. The user invention information 40 input in the user terminal 400 includes the subject of the invention and a sentence described in the form of claims. The similarity calculation unit 120 and the similar document output unit 130 of the document creation support device 100 refer to the prior document database 200 and extract patent documents similar to the invention by the user as the similar document 50. The creation unit 160 creates a new document 20 based on the similar document 50 and the user invention information 40. As shown in the figure, in the new document 20, the user invention information 40 is used to describe the title of the invention, the problem to be solved by the invention, the means for solving the problem, and the scope of claims. Then, as a mode for carrying out the invention, a sentence in which the sentence of the similar document 50 is paraphrased is used.

<Document creation process>
Next, the document creation process by the document creation support device 100 will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

First, the learning unit 151 learns the correspondence relationship in which the first sentence is input and the second sentence, which is a sentence obtained by paraphrasing the first sentence, is output, and a learning model is generated (step S11). The reception unit 110 receives information about the invention by the user (step S12). The similarity calculation unit 120 obtains the similarity between the invention included in the prior document, which is a document relating to the existing invention, and the invention by the user (step S13). The similar document output unit 130 outputs information on a similar document that is a prior document including an invention having a similarity degree of a predetermined value or more among a plurality of prior documents (step S14). The creation unit 160 creates a document regarding the invention by the user based on the paraphrase sentence obtained by inputting the sentence included in the similar document into the paraphrase generation unit and the information about the invention by the user (step S15).

As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, among the documents relating to the existing invention, the text of the document including the invention similar to the invention by the user is paraphrased, and therefore the document relating to the invention by the user is used. Can be created appropriately. In addition, for paraphrasing sentences, a learning model that learns the correspondence between the sentence resulting from the folded translation of the preceding document and the input sentence included in the preceding document is used, so create a natural sentence. Can be done.

<Second Embodiment>
FIG. 7 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the document creation support device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Of the document creation support device 100 according to the second embodiment, the same functional parts as those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The document creation support device 100 according to the second embodiment further includes a correction unit 170. The correction unit 170 corrects the paraphrase sentence output by the paraphrase generation unit 150 based on the correspondence between the terms included in the similar document and the terms included in the user invention information. For example, the correction unit 170 refers to a predetermined dictionary and replaces the terms corresponding to the terms included in the user invention information among the terms included in the similar document with the terms included in the user invention information. The dictionary may be a general-purpose dictionary (ontology or thesaurus in which the meanings of general words and hierarchical relationships of concepts are defined) that are generated in advance as general knowledge, or may be defined by the user. , May be stored in the storage unit 140. The creation unit 160 creates a document relating to the invention by the user based on the paraphrase sentence corrected by the correction unit 170 and the user invention information.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the sentence in which the sentence included in the similar document is paraphrased is further corrected by the term included in the user invention information, so that the invention by the user is described more accurately. It becomes possible.

<Modification example>
When there are a plurality of prior documents including inventions having a degree of similarity equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the creating unit 160 extracts all the plurality of prior documents as similar documents, and based on the plurality of similar documents and invention information, the user. You may create information about the invention according to. This will be described with reference to FIG. For example, when three similar documents are extracted, the creation unit 160 sets the contents of the new document 20 in the form for carrying out the invention as the first similar document, the second similar document, and the third similar document. They may be used as the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment, respectively. As for the sentences of each similar document, the sentences paraphrased by the paraphrase generation unit 150 are generated.

As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a document relating to a patent application is created using a plurality of similar documents including an invention similar to the invention by the user, so that the content of the patent application is enhanced. be able to. Further, it becomes possible to enhance the patentability of the invention by the user.

Further, the similar document output unit 130 may output display information for displaying information on a plurality of similar documents on the user terminal 400. FIG. 9 shows an example of a display screen of information related to a plurality of similar documents on the user terminal 400. The similar document display screen 60 includes a constituent requirement display area 62 included in the user invention information, a prior art and similarity display area 61, and a determination result display area 64 for determining the patentability of the invention by the user. In the example of the figure, the prior art and the similarity display area 61 include similar documents 61A to 61C. The user can select a similar document to be used for creating the user invention document from the prior art and similarity display area 61. The prior art and the similarity display area 61 may be configured so that the prior art can be viewed according to the user's selection.

The reception unit 110 further accepts from the user the selection of a similar document to be used for creating a document relating to the invention by the user among a plurality of similar documents. The creation unit 160 creates a user invention document based on a similar document selected by the user and the user invention information.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information about the similar document is provided to the user, and the user can select the similar document to be used for creating the document related to the patent application. Therefore, it is possible to provide a system with higher usability.

Further, FIG. 10 shows an example of a display screen on the user terminal 400 that accepts input of user invention information. In the example of the figure, the input reception screen 70 includes the title input area 71 of the invention, the claim input area 72, the similar document (cited document) selection area 73, the effect input area 74 of the invention, and the drawing input area 75. Since similar documents are extracted in response to the input of the user invention information, the user invention information may already be entered in the claim input area 72. The user can instruct the creation of the user-created document by correcting the missing information or the information already input on the input reception screen 70.

The document creation support device 100 according to the present embodiment may include a determination unit (not shown) for determining the possibility of acquiring the right. The determination unit (not shown) can search for a similar invention similar to the invention by the user, and execute, for example, a process of determining the possibility of acquiring a right depending on the presence or absence of the similar invention. Similar to the invention, for example, a keyword is extracted from the words included in the invention, and a synonym, etc. for the keyword is searched from a database (not shown) that stores synonyms, synonyms, or derivative words (synonyms, etc.). It can be judged whether or not the meanings and contents of sentences composed of synonyms are similar. The determination unit (not shown) determines that if the similarity calculated by the similarity calculation unit 120 is small, the possibility of acquiring the right is high, and if the degree of similarity is large, the possibility of acquiring the right is low. You may. The judgment unit (not shown) is, for example, "S rank (extremely high possibility)", "A rank (high possibility)", and "B rank (possible)" according to the high or low possibility of acquiring the right. Judgment by rank may be made, such as "with sex)" and "C rank (less likely)". Further, the determination is not limited to the display from S rank to C rank. The determination may be, for example, displayed from ⊚ to × in descending order of probability.

In addition, the judgment unit (not shown) can judge the possibility of acquisition of rights based on the examination results of acquisition of rights that have been examined in the past by the patent offices of each country. The examination result of acquisition of rights is the invention related to the application, the cited reference, and the examination result (whether or not it was rejected based on the cited document) in comparison between the two. The judgment unit (not shown) calculates the similarity between the invention of the application and the text of the cited reference, learns the comparison between the calculated similarity and the examination result, and determines the possibility of acquiring the right. You may. The judgment unit (not shown) can use the judgments made by the JPO in the past as the judgment criteria by learning the comparison between the calculated similarity and the past examination results. The determination accuracy can be improved. The storage unit 140 may be configured to store the examination result in advance. The examination result can be obtained, for example, from the examination information published by the patent offices of each country. The determination unit (not shown) may determine the possibility of acquiring the right based on the examination result.

Further, the judgment unit (not shown) may machine-learn the past examination results and judge the possibility of acquiring the right. For example, the judgment unit (not shown) performs machine learning (supervised learning) using the input and output as a data set, inputting the invention related to the application and the cited document as an output, and using the examination result as an output. By modeling the generated data set, the possibility of acquiring rights can be determined. The dataset can be modeled as a different model depending on, for example, the country, applicable law (including revision of the law), field of invention, and the like. The determination unit (not shown) can improve the determination accuracy of the possibility of acquiring the right by using the learning result learned in each modeling. In addition, the Judgment Department (not shown) will acquire the right in response to the change in the examination tendency at the JPO by machine learning the new examination result. It is possible to judge the possibility. As machine learning, a supervised learning technique or an unsupervised learning technique may be used. As the learning technique of machine learning, for example, a neural network (including deep learning), a support vector machine, clustering (for example, a task, a first embodiment, etc.), a Bayesian network, or the like may be used.

Although the present invention has been described based on various drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these modifications and modifications are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each component, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically inconsistent, and a plurality of components, steps, etc. can be combined or divided into one. Is. In addition, the configurations shown in the above embodiments may be combined as appropriate. For example, each component described as being included in the document creation support device 100 may be physically distributed by a plurality of computers, or may be realized as a single computer.

For example, in the above, the documents related to the invention have been described. However, the document creation support device 100 can be applied not only to inventions but also to intellectual property in general. The intellectual property refers to a design, a trademark, a device, etc. in addition to the invention, and the "document related to the intellectual property" may be a document showing the contents of the invention, the design, the trademark, the device, etc. For example, when the intellectual property is a "trademark" or a "design", it may be an application document or a description thereof.

The program of each embodiment of the present disclosure may be provided in a state of being stored in a storage medium readable by a computer. The storage medium can store the program in a "non-temporary tangible medium". Programs include, for example, software programs and computer programs.

When appropriate, the storage medium may be one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits (ICs) (eg, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application-specific ICs (ASICs), etc.), hard disks. Disk drive (HDD), hybrid hard drive (HHD), optical disk, optical disk drive (ODD), optical magnetic disk, optical magnetic drive, floppy diskette, floppy disk drive (FDD), magnetic tape, solid drive It can include (SSD), RAM drives, secure digital cards or drives, any other suitable storage medium, or any suitable combination of two or more of these. The storage medium may be volatile, non-volatile, or a combination of volatile and non-volatile, where appropriate.

Further, the program of the present disclosure may be provided to the information processing device via an arbitrary transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program.

In addition, each embodiment of the present disclosure can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

The program of the present disclosure is implemented using, for example, a script language such as JavaScript (registered trademark) or Python, C language, Go language, Swift, Kotlin, Java (registered trademark), or the like.

100 Document creation support device 101 Processor 102 Memory 103 Storage 110 Reception unit 120 Similarity calculation unit 130 Similar document output unit 140 Storage unit 150 Paraphrase generation unit 151 Learning unit 152 Second language conversion unit 153 First language conversion unit 160 Creation unit 170 Correction unit 200 Preceding document database 300 Network 400 User terminal 500 Document creation support system 60 Similar document display screen 61 Similarity display area 62 Configuration requirement display area 64 Judgment result display area 70 Input reception screen 71 Name input area 72 Claim input area 73 Selection area 74 Effect input area 75 Drawing input area

Claims

A document creation support device that supports the creation of documents related to inventions.
Input the first sentence and output the paraphrased sentence that paraphrases the input one sentence based on the learning model generated by learning the correspondence relationship that outputs the second sentence that is the sentence that paraphrases the first sentence. In other words, the generator and
A reception unit that accepts user invention information, which is information about inventions by users,
A similarity calculation unit for obtaining the similarity between the invention included in the prior document, which is an existing document relating to the invention, and the invention by the user.
A similar document output unit that outputs information about a similar document that is a preceding document including an invention having a similarity degree equal to or higher than a predetermined value among the plurality of preceding documents.
A creation unit that creates a document related to the invention by the user based on the paraphrase sentence obtained by inputting a sentence included in the similar document into the paraphrase generation unit and the user invention information.
A document creation support device equipped with.
The paraphrase generation unit uses the result sentence as a result of folding back and translating one sentence included in the preceding document as the first sentence, and one sentence included in the preceding document as the second sentence. To generate the learning model by training the preceding document,
The document creation support device according to claim 1.
A correction unit for correcting the paraphrase sentence output by the paraphrase generation unit is further provided based on the correspondence between the terms included in the similar document and the terms included in the user invention information.
The creating unit creates a document relating to the invention by the user based on the paraphrased text corrected by the amending unit and the user invention information.
The document creation support device according to claim 1 or 2.
When there are a plurality of prior documents including inventions having a degree of similarity equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the creating unit uses the plurality of prior documents as the similar documents, and based on the plurality of similar documents and the user invention information. Create a document about the invention by the user,
The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the document creation support device is characterized by the above.
The preparation unit determines the degree to which the user contributes to the creation of the document relating to the invention among the plurality of similar documents, depending on the degree of similarity between the invention included in the plurality of similar documents and the invention by the user. Set,
The document creation support device according to claim 4, wherein the document creation support device is characterized by the above.
The similar document output unit outputs display information for displaying information on a plurality of the similar documents on a user terminal that can be operated by the user.
The reception unit further accepts from the user the selection of a similar document to be used by the user for creating a document relating to the invention from among the plurality of similar documents.
The creation unit creates a document related to the invention by the user based on the similar document selected from the user and the user invention information.
The document creation support device according to claim 4, wherein the document creation support device is characterized by the above.
The document relating to the invention is a document used for a patent application.
The existing documents relating to the invention are patent documents.
The receiving unit receives at least information about the claims in the document used in the patent application as the user invention information.
The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that.
It is a document creation support method that supports the creation of documents related to inventions.
The computer
Input the first sentence and output the paraphrased sentence that paraphrases the input one sentence based on the learning model generated by learning the correspondence relationship that outputs the second sentence that is the sentence that paraphrases the first sentence. In other words, the generation step and
A reception step for accepting user invention information, which is information about inventions by the user,
A similarity calculation step for obtaining the similarity between the invention included in the prior document, which is an existing document relating to the invention, and the invention by the user.
A similar document output step for outputting information on a similar document, which is a preceding document including an invention having a similarity equal to or higher than a predetermined value among the plurality of preceding documents.
A creation step of creating a document related to the invention by the user based on the paraphrase sentence obtained by inputting the sentence included in the similar document in the paraphrase generation step and the user invention information.
Document creation support method to execute.
A document creation support program that supports the creation of documents related to inventions.
On the computer
Input the first sentence and output the paraphrased sentence that paraphrases the input one sentence based on the learning model generated by learning the correspondence relationship that outputs the second sentence that is the sentence that paraphrases the first sentence. Paraphrase generation function and
A reception function that accepts user invention information, which is information about inventions by the user,
A similarity calculation function for obtaining the similarity between the invention included in the prior document, which is an existing document relating to the invention, and the invention by the user.
A similar document output function that outputs information about a similar document that is a preceding document including an invention having a similarity degree equal to or higher than a predetermined value among the plurality of preceding documents.
A creation function for creating a document related to the invention by the user based on the paraphrase sentence obtained by inputting a sentence included in the similar document into the paraphrase generation function and the user invention information.
A document creation support program that realizes.