Answering device, control method for answering device, and recording medium
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSHINYA SATOH, KAZUNORI MORISHITA, HIROYASU IGAMI, NAOKI ESUMI
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Abstract
A response sentence that is satisfactory to a user is formed. A response device (1) includes: a related term searching section (13) configured to, in a case where an input sentence contains an unknown word, detect a related term, which is a known word that shares, with the unknown word, at least one shared word; and a response sentence forming section (16) configured to form the response sentence whose content is related to the related term that has been detected by the related term searching section (13).
Claims11
A response device configured to form a response sentence to an input sentence,
- said response device comprising:
- a detection section configured to, in a case where the input sentence contains an unknown word, which is a word with which no given information that the response device uses to form the response sentence is associated, detect a related term, which is a known word that shares, with the unknown word, at least one shared word, which is a word that is used in an identical sentence;
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- a response sentence forming section configured to form the response sentence whose content is related to the related term that has been detected by the detection section.
A response device configured to form a response sentence to an input sentence,
- said response device comprising:
- a detection section configured to, in at least one of a case where the input sentence contains a word that has another designation and a case where the input sentence is a sentence that is related to the word, detect a related designation, which is a designation that shares, with the word, a shared word, which is a word that is used in an identical sentence;
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- a response sentence forming section configured to form the response sentence whose content is related to the related designation that has been detected by the detection section.
A method for controlling a response device configured to form a response sentence to an input sentence,
- said method comprising:
- a detection step of, in a case where the input sentence contains an unknown word, which is a word with which no given information that the response device uses to form the response sentence is associated, detect a related term, which is a known word that shares, with the unknown word, at least one shared word, which is a word that is used in an identical sentence;
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- a response sentence forming step of forming the response sentence whose content is related to the related term that has been detected by the detection step.
A method for controlling a response device configured to form a response sentence to an input sentence,
- said method comprising:
- a detection step of, in at least one of a case where the input sentence contains a word that has another designation and a case where the input sentence is a sentence that is related to the word, detect a related designation, which is a designation that shares, with the word, a shared word, which is a word that is used in an identical sentence;
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- a response sentence forming step of forming the response sentence whose content is related to the related designation that has been detected by the detection step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.