Invention hearing system, invention hearing device, invention hearing method, and invention hearing program

Abstract

To provide an invention hearing system capable of hearing a content of an invention and dispensing with labor of a human to be a listener.SOLUTION: An invention hearing system includes: a questioner configured to ask a user a question about an invention; and a receiver configured to receive an answer from the user. The question is a question that asks one or more selected from a title of the invention, background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a subject of the invention, means for solving problems of the invention, and an effect of the invention. The questioner inputs a prompt for question generation to a learned model, generates a question as an output of the learned model, and asks a question by transmitting a generated question to the user. The prompt for question generation at least includes an answer to the question and an instruction for generating question relative to the learned model.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an invention hearing system, an invention hearing device, an invention hearing method, and an invention hearing program. [Background technology]

[0002] Obtaining a patent is still very important, and patent rights often have a significant impact on business. Inventive activities are not limited to companies, but also individuals. In some cases, inventors themselves apply for patents, but generally, intellectual property officers or patent attorneys hear the details of the invention from the inventor, and then develop the business or apply for a patent for the invention.

[0003] After receiving an explanation of an invention from an inventor, detailed consideration is required regarding what business strategy to adopt, whether to file a patent application, and what the content of the patent application should be. In addition, in today's world where change is rapid, it is also necessary to shorten the time required for consideration. In order to meet such demands, it is necessary for the inventor to properly express what kind of invention it is, and for the listener to properly understand what kind of invention it is. However, while inventors are accustomed to research and development, they may not be accustomed to expressing inventions, for example, summarizing inventions in documents. It is also common for others to have difficulty understanding the content of an invention.

[0004] It takes time and effort for an inventor to put the details of the invention into writing in order to explain the invention. In addition, it can take time because the inventor may struggle to decide what to document. Similarly, it takes time and effort for patent attorneys and intellectual property officers to interview the inventor about the details of the invention and put the details of the invention into writing. In addition, understanding and summarizing the details of an invention requires not only comprehension, reading comprehension, and expression skills, but also specialized knowledge. Understanding and summarizing the details of an invention is a highly intellectual and difficult task.

[0005] Patent Document 1 discloses an invention proposal information processing device that is configured to be connectable via communication to a user terminal used by a user and an expert terminal used by an expert. The invention proposal information processing device of Patent Document 1 performs the following process. After receiving invention proposal information from a user, the system asks questions regarding inventiveness, novelty, etc., and accepts the user's response. From the user's responses, question items to which the user has given a negative response regarding patentability, or has answer data indicating that they do not know or cannot make a judgment, are extracted, and an expert suitable to handle the case is selected. The system sends the invention proposal information to the selected expert to make an inquiry, and accepts the expert's response to the inquiry. If the expert approves, the expert's response and comments are sent to the user. According to Patent Document 1, it is possible to easily obtain appropriate advice on the content of an invention, and the advice can be reflected in the content of the invention to improve it. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] JP 2004-46876 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] However, in Patent Document 1, a human expert needs to understand the invention, read the user's response, and comment on the invention. Although it may not be necessary for the user and the expert to actually meet and talk, the human expert needs to respond, and the burden on the human expert remains the same. Therefore, it is desirable to reduce the time and effort required to hear about the contents of the invention.

[0008] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an invention hearing system that can hear the contents of an invention and eliminates the need for human listeners to do their work. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] In order to solve the above problems, the hearing system of the present invention comprises: a questioning section for asking the user questions about the invention; An invention hearing system having a reception unit that receives a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The questioning unit inputs a prompt for generating a question into a trained model, generates a question as an output of the trained model, and asks the question by sending the generated question to a user. At the same time, the generation and transmission of questions are repeatedly performed, and when a question is generated, one or more questions asked before the generation of the question, one or more answers to the questions asked before the generation of the question, and a question generation instruction for the trained model are included in the prompt for generating the question. It is characterized by: Effect of the Invention

[0010] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an invention hearing system that can hear the contents of an invention and eliminates the need for human labor as a listener. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing an example of an invention hearing system and an invention hearing device of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 13 is an example of a screen. [Figure 3A] 1 shows a screen example (1) of the first embodiment. [Figure 3B] 13 is a screen example (2) of the first embodiment. [Figure 3C] 13 is a screen example (3) of the first embodiment. [Figure 3D] 13 is a screen example (4) of the first embodiment. [Figure 3E] 13 is a screen example (5) of the first embodiment. [Figure 3F] 13 is a screen example (6) of the first embodiment. [Figure 4A] 1 is an example of an invention proposal. [Figure 4B] 1 is an example of a patent application specification. [Figure 5A] 13 is a screen example (1) of the second embodiment. [Figure 5B] 13 is a screen example (2) of the second embodiment. [Figure 5C] 13 is a screen example (3) of the second embodiment. [Figure 5D] 13 is a screen example (4) of the second embodiment. [Figure 5E] 13 is a screen example (5) of the second embodiment. [Figure 5F] 13 is a screen example (6) of the second embodiment. [Figure 5G] 13 is a screen example (7) of the second embodiment. [Figure 6A] 13 is a screen example (1) of the third embodiment. [Figure 6B] 13 is a screen example (2) of the third embodiment. [Figure 7] 13 is a screen example (6) of the fourth embodiment. [Figure 8] 1 is a screen example (1) of reference example 1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] Hereinafter, the invention hearing system, invention hearing device, invention hearing method, and invention hearing program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and can be modified within the scope of what a person skilled in the art can imagine, such as other embodiments, additions, modifications, and deletions, and any aspect is included in the scope of the present invention as long as it provides the functions and effects of the present invention.

[0013] The invention hearing system of the present invention is a questioning section for asking the user questions about the invention; An invention hearing system having a reception unit that receives a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The questioning unit inputs a prompt for generating a question into a trained model, generates a question as an output of the trained model, and asks the question by sending the generated question to a user; The prompt for generating a question includes at least an answer to the question and an instruction to generate a question for the trained model. It is characterized by:

[0014] The hearing device of the present invention comprises: a questioning section for asking the user questions about the invention; A hearing device for an invention having a reception unit for receiving a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The questioning unit inputs a prompt for generating a question into a trained model, generates a question as an output of the trained model, and asks the question by sending the generated question to a user; The prompt for generating a question includes at least an answer to the question and an instruction to generate a question for the trained model. It is characterized by:

[0015] An embodiment of the present invention will be described. Fig. 1 is a diagram for explaining an invention hearing system 1 and an invention hearing device 10 of this embodiment. Fig. 1 illustrates an invention hearing system 1, an invention hearing device 10, a storage means 31, a user 40, and a terminal 41. Note that the arrows in the figure diagrammatically indicate data flows, instructions, etc.

[0016] The user 40 is assumed to be an inventor, but is not limited to this and may be someone other than an inventor. The user 40 may be, for example, a corporation, an individual, an organization, etc., as appropriate, and examples of the user 40 include countries, companies, patent offices, and other offices. Although the term "user" is used, the term may also be used as an employer, administrator, user, target person, recipient, etc. In the following explanation, the terms "user" and "target person" are used interchangeably. Examples of the terminal 41 include a PC, a smartphone, a tablet, etc.

[0017] The invention hearing device 10 of this embodiment has a questioning section 11, a receiving section 12, and, if necessary, a document creation section 13, an invention creation section 14, etc. The invention hearing device 10 of this embodiment has, for example, a CPU, RAM, ROM, HDD, IF, etc., and, if necessary, other parts, etc.

[0018] The method of communication between the terminal 41 and the invention hearing device 10 is not particularly limited and can be changed as appropriate. Communication may be via the Internet or the like, or may be by wire or wireless communication.

[0019] The questioning unit 11 asks the user questions about the invention. The questions are questions about one or more selected from the name of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, the problem of the invention, the means for solving the problem of the invention, and the effects of the invention. Such questions ask about the contents of the invention, and by the user answering the questions, information for understanding the contents of the invention is accumulated. The questions may be closed questions or open questions. The means for solving the problem may be referred to as invention-specific matters, configuration, features, etc.

[0020] The invention is assumed to be an invention before a patent application is filed, but is not limited to this. In the case of an invention before a patent application is filed, the purpose of using the system and device of the present embodiment can be, for example, filing a patent application, creating documents and materials to explain the invention, deepening understanding of the invention, organizing the contents of the invention, and improving the invention. In the case of an invention after a patent application is filed, for example, the purpose can be used as a consideration material for making another invention, deepening understanding of an invention that has been filed by another person, etc.

[0021] The questioning unit 11 asks a question by inputting a prompt for generating a question into the trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and transmitting the generated question to the user. The method of transmitting the question is not particularly limited, and any known technique can be used. The transmitted question is displayed, for example, on a terminal used by the user.

[0022] The questioning unit 11 generates new questions and asks them, thereby making the hearing work more efficient. According to this embodiment, information on inventions can be collected through a combination of questions and answers. Furthermore, the time and effort required for a human to hear about an invention can be saved.

[0023] The trained model is not particularly limited and can be appropriately selected. An example of the trained model used in this embodiment is a sentence generation language model. An example of the sentence generation language model is a Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT). The GPT is a sentence generation language model that learns based on a large amount of data on the Web.

[0024] The trained model used in this embodiment outputs according to the input prompt. Examples of the prompt include prompts for question generation, document creation, invention extension, etc., and the content can be appropriately changed depending on the purpose. The prompt includes instructions for the trained model, etc.

[0025] The prompt for question generation includes at least an answer to the question and an instruction for generating a question for the trained model, and may include other items as necessary. Prompts for document creation and prompts for invention extension will be described later.

[0026] Examples of question generation instructions include an instruction to ask questions to understand the invention, an instruction to hold an interview to apply for a patent on the invention, an instruction to hold an interview to prepare a document explaining the invention, etc. A prompt for question generation can include multiple instructions, and it is preferable to include detailed instructions in the prompt for question generation in order to improve the accuracy of the questions.

[0027] An example of an instruction to ask questions to understand an invention is to list items such as the problem that the invention is intended to solve, the solution to that problem, and the effects of the invention, and to generate questions that will clarify these items.

[0028] In addition to the above, the question generation instruction may include, for example, the number of characters in the question, a specification of the question text, etc. Also, an expected listener may be specified. For example, a patent attorney, an intellectual property officer, a developer, a manager, etc. may be specified as the listener. By specifying the listener in this way, it becomes easier to meet the user's purpose of using the system. For example, when it is expected to file a patent application, it is preferable to specify a patent attorney, etc. as the listener, and when documents and materials for considering a business plan are created, it is preferable to specify an intellectual property officer, a manager, etc. as the listener.

[0029] When specifying a listener in a question generation instruction, the method of specification can be appropriately selected, and may be, for example, a human-understandable expression such as "You are a patent attorney." Specifying a listener in a question generation instruction does not require knowledge of programming languages ​​and can be done using everyday conversation.

[0030] When a listener is specified, the trained model outputs according to the specification. For example, without being limited to a particular type, a patent attorney may generate questions for writing a patent application specification, and an intellectual property officer or a manager may generate questions for the impact on the company's business, budget creation, and patent strategy creation.

[0031] The question unit 11 may transmit the question output by the trained model to the user as is, or may edit the output question before transmitting it to the user.

[0032] It is preferable that the interrogation unit 11 asks the question a plurality of times. In other words, it is preferable that the interrogation unit 11 repeatedly generates and transmits the question. By asking the question a plurality of times, the invention can be better understood.

[0033] When the interrogation unit 11 repeatedly generates and transmits questions, it is preferable not to transmit questions with the same content. In other words, it is preferable not to ask the same question. Asking the same question not only places a burden on the user, but also leads to a decrease in the reliability of the system.

[0034] In order to avoid asking the same question, for example, a prompt for generating a question may include a question already asked, and an instruction to not ask the same question may be added as a question generation instruction. The same question is not limited to, for example, questions that match in wording, but also includes questions that have the same meaning. Whether questions have the same content can be determined by a trained model.

[0035] The prompts for question generation preferably include questions already asked, allowing for refinement of the question and also providing instructions to avoid asking the same question again.

[0036] The questioning unit 11 repeatedly generates and transmits questions, and when generating a question, it is preferable that the prompt for generating the question includes one or more questions that were asked before the question was generated and one or more answers that were asked before the question was generated. By including the question and the answer in the prompt for generating the question, the accuracy of the generated question can be improved.

[0037] When the question unit 11 repeatedly generates and transmits a question, the answer to the question included in the prompt for generating the question may be one or more of a number of answers, but it is preferable that all answers are included in the prompt for generating the question, which can improve the accuracy of the question.

[0038] When the question unit 11 repeatedly generates and transmits questions, the question included in the prompt for question generation may be one or more of the multiple questions, but it is preferable that all questions are included in the prompt for question generation. In this case, the accuracy of the questions can be improved.

[0039] When the questioning unit 11 repeatedly generates and transmits questions, it is more preferable that all questions and answers are included in the prompt for generating a question. That is, it is more preferable that the questioning unit 11 repeatedly generates and transmits questions, and when generating a question, it is more preferable that all questions and their answers asked before generating the question are included in the prompt for generating a question. In this case, the accuracy of the questions can be further improved. Also, it becomes easier to prevent the same question from being asked.

[0040] When the questioning section 11 repeatedly generates and transmits questions, it is preferable that the invention hearing apparatus 10 has a function of automatically creating a history of questions and answers. This history can be used, for example, to determine whether a question has already been asked, or to weight specific questions and answers. As will be described later, when receiving evaluations of questions from users, the weighting value may be increased for questions with high evaluations. For example, a question with a high weighting value may be considered to be a particularly important question, and questions related to this question may be generated.

[0041] When question unit 11 repeatedly generates and transmits questions, the question generation instruction included in the prompt for generating a question may be changed each time a question is generated, or one question generation instruction may be used in common. In order to avoid complicating the process, the latter, that is, using one question generation instruction in common to generate each question, is preferable.

[0042] The reception unit 12 receives an answer from the user. The method of receiving the answer is not particularly limited and can be selected as appropriate. Receiving an answer is not limited to a case where the user transmits an answer to the invention hearing device 10, but also includes a case where the invention hearing device 10 acquires an answer from an arbitrary storage location. The answer from the user may be in the form of text, an image, a sound, or a video.

[0043] The reception unit 12 may receive an evaluation of the question from the user. In this case, it is preferable that the questioning unit 11 includes the evaluation of the question in the prompt for generating the question. By generating a question by including the evaluation of the question in the prompt for generating the question, the accuracy of the question can be improved.

[0044] The format of the question evaluation is not particularly limited, and examples include a three-level evaluation or a five-level evaluation. Other examples include text such as "good," "average," and "bad." The reason for the evaluation may also be accepted. For example, a sentence such as "This question is a good question because of the following reason" may be accepted. Accepting the reason for the evaluation further improves the accuracy of question generation.

[0045] The reception unit 12 may receive an outline of the invention from the user before the questioning unit 11 asks the first question. In this case, when generating the first question, the questioning unit 11 preferably includes the outline of the invention in the prompt for generating the question as an answer to the question. By generating a question using the outline of the invention, the accuracy of the question can be improved, and questions asking about the contents described in the outline of the invention can be eliminated, improving the efficiency of the hearing. The outline of the invention may be referred to as an explanation of the invention, a description of the invention, or the like.

[0046] The invention summary may be in the form of text, images, audio, or video. The invention summary may be received in file format or by inputting text onto a screen. The invention summary may be received only once or multiple times.

[0047] The items to be described in the outline of the invention are not particularly limited and can be selected as appropriate. The outline of the invention may be described based on the inventor's free ideas. Assuming that a patent application will be filed, for example, the name of the invention, the problem that the invention is intended to solve, the means for solving the problem, and the effects of the invention may be described. In addition, a screen for inputting these items may be displayed on the user's terminal, and these items may be accepted and used as the outline of the invention.

[0048] When the summary is in text, the method of including it in the prompt for generating a question is not particularly limited and can be selected appropriately. For example, the text may be entered directly into the prompt for generating a question, or a file path may be specified. When the outline of the invention is an image, audio, or video, the method of including it in the prompt for generating a question is not particularly limited and can be selected appropriately. For example, a file path may be specified in the prompt for generating a question. In addition, the characteristics of the image, audio, or video may be extracted as characters before being included in the prompt for generating a question, and the extracted characters may be included in the prompt for generating a question. Characters include alphanumeric characters, symbols, sentences, and the like.

[0049] When generating a question by including the outline of the invention in the prompt for generating a question, the outline of the invention may be included in the prompt for generating a question only when the first question is generated, but it is preferable to use the outline of the invention for generating all questions. In other words, when generating a question, the question unit 11 preferably generates a question by including the outline of the invention in the prompt for generating a question.

[0050] In this embodiment, the outline of the invention does not have to be received before the first question is asked. If the outline of the invention is not received, the questioning unit 11 may ask, for example, a standard question as the first question. This example will be described again. Before the questioning unit 11 asks the first question, the reception unit 12 does not receive an outline of the invention from the user, and when the questioning unit 11 asks the first question, it does not generate a question but asks a standard question. A user who is not accustomed to explaining inventions may not know what to write as the outline of the invention, so by asking a standard question, it is possible to prevent a user who is not accustomed to explaining inventions from becoming confused.

[0051] The content of the questions may be adjusted taking the user into consideration. For example, an ID may be assigned to the user, and information such as whether the user has used the invention hearing system in the past, whether the user has filed a patent application, etc. may be stored in a storage means. In this way, it is possible to determine whether the current user is familiar with using the system, and if the user is not familiar with the system, an explanation of the question or an explanation of the patent application may be provided when asking a question.

[0052] 2 is a diagram showing an example of an invention hearing screen 50. For example, a question generated by the questioning unit 11 is displayed in a question field 51. When the user inputs an answer in an answer field 52 and presses an answer button 53, the input answer is transmitted and received by the receiving unit 12. A skip button 54 may be provided on the invention hearing screen 50, and the skip button 54 is pressed when a question cannot be answered.

[0053] When a question is skipped, it is preferable to include the skipped question in the prompt for generating the question. In this case, the accuracy of question generation can be improved. Also, a message to that effect may be included in the prompt for generating the question so that the user can know that the question is a skipped question.

[0054] The invention hearing system 1 of this embodiment may have a document creation unit 13 that creates a document explaining the contents of the invention. The document creation unit 13 inputs a prompt for document generation into the trained model and generates the document as an output of the trained model. The prompt for document generation includes a user's answer to a question and a document generation instruction for the trained model.

[0055] Examples of documents created by the document creation unit 13 include invention proposals (which may also be called invention descriptions, etc.), patent specifications, patent claims, etc. The documents created by the document creation unit 13 may also be called materials, etc.

[0056] By creating a document that explains the contents of an invention, it becomes easier to explain the invention to others, and it becomes easier for people other than the inventor to understand the invention. In addition, by creating a patent specification, the workload of patent attorneys is reduced.

[0057] The items to be described in the invention proposal are not particularly limited and can be selected as appropriate. It is preferable that the items described in the patent specification be described in the invention proposal, such as the name of the invention, background, the problem that the invention is intended to solve, the means for solving the problem, and the effects of the invention. Items that are considered important in the invention may also be described. The items to be described in the invention proposal can be adjusted by appropriately changing the document generation instructions included in the document generation prompt.

[0058] The document generation prompt may include other items in addition to the user's answers and document generation instructions. For example, it may include questions posed to the user. Including the questions in the document generation prompt improves the accuracy of document generation. If a question is posed multiple times, it is preferable to include all of the questions and answers in the document generation prompt.

[0059] The document generation instruction may specify, for example, the type of document. It may also specify the items to be written on the document, or the format, style, etc. of the document. For example, the document generation instruction may specify the number of characters in the document, the number of characters for each item, the style, language, color, and size of characters of the document.

[0060] The prompt for document generation may include a sample separate document. For example, when creating a patent specification, the contents of the specification published in the application may be included. Multiple sample separate documents may be included. In addition, the document generation instructions may include an instruction to write, for example, JP-A-XXXX-XXXXX. Multiple sample separate documents may be specified.

[0061] The document creation unit 13 may edit the document output by the trained model. For example, the document creation unit 13 may input (apply) the content output by the trained model to a template (format) of the document to create the document. In this embodiment, the document creation unit 13 is referred to as a document creation unit, but may also be referred to as a document generation unit.

[0062] The timing for the document creation unit 13 to create the document can be appropriately selected, and for example, the document creation unit 13 creates the document when an instruction from the user is received. The degree of progress of the hearing on the invention may also be used. For example, when the degree of progress of the hearing on the invention exceeds a predetermined value, an instruction to create the document may be received from the user. The degree of progress of the hearing on the invention may be output to a trained model, for example. The degree of progress of the hearing on the invention may be presented to the user together with a question. The degree of progress of the hearing on the invention may also be referred to as the degree of hearing progress, the degree of content fulfillment of the invention, the degree of understanding of the invention, etc.

[0063] One way to quantify the progress of invention hearings is to convert the percentage of questions asked about the items in the target documents into a numerical value.

[0064] The use of the document created by the document creation unit 13 is not particularly limited and can be selected as appropriate. For example, the document may be used by the inventor to explain the invention to others. The document may also be used to convert the contents of the inventor's explanation into text data and store it. The document may also be used to file a patent application. The created document may also be used for the purpose of improving the invention, expanding the invention, etc. An example of expanding the invention using the document will be described below.

[0065] The invention generation unit 14 extends, for example, an invention described in a document created by the document creation unit 13. The invention generation unit 14 inputs a prompt for invention extension into the trained model and generates the extended invention as an output of the trained model. The prompt for invention extension includes the document and an invention extension instruction for the trained model.

[0066] An extended invention is an invention that extends an invention (also referred to as an original invention, etc.) described in a document created by the document creation unit 13. The type of extended invention to be generated can be adjusted by appropriately adjusting the prompt for invention extension. For example, the generated extended invention can be adjusted by changing the content specified in the invention extension instruction. Also, an extended invention can be said to be an invention that is output by inputting the prompt for invention extension into a trained model.

[0067] Although not particularly limited, the conditions for generating an extended invention in the invention extension instruction are, for example, (1) The problem and effect of an extended invention are the same as those of the original invention, but the configuration does not have to be related to the original invention. (2) The problem or effect of the extended invention is not the same as that of the original invention, but the configuration is related to the original invention. (3) The problem and effect of the extended invention are the same as those of the original invention, and the configuration is related to the original invention. You can specify something like this.

[0068] The number of extended inventions to be generated is not particularly limited and can be selected appropriately. The number and scope of extended inventions can be specified in the invention extension instruction.

[0069] An extended invention may be an invention that includes the original invention, or may be an invention that does not include the original invention but is related to it. As described above, an extended invention may be an invention that has a problem or effect that is common to the problem or effect of the original invention, or may be an invention that has a problem or effect that is not common to the problem or effect of the original invention. As described above, an extended invention may be an invention that has a configuration that is common to the configuration of the original invention (which may be referred to as a means, etc.), or may be an invention that has a configuration that is not common to the configuration of the original invention. If an extended invention is an invention that has a configuration that is not common to the configuration of the original invention, it may be, for example, an invention that has a problem or effect that is common to the problem or effect of the original invention.

[0070] Creating an extended invention brings about various advantages, such as providing the inventor with new insights, enabling the inventor to aim for obtaining another patent right, and increasing the number of embodiments of the original invention.

[0071] The method of including the document in the invention extension prompt is not particularly limited and can be selected appropriately. For example, the contents of the document may be converted into a text format and included in the invention extension prompt, or the path of the file may be specified.

[0072] The invention creation unit 14 may extend the invention without using the documents created by the document creation unit 13. For example, the invention may be created using the questions asked by the questioning unit 11 and the answers thereto. For example, the invention generation unit 14 inputs a prompt for extending the invention into the trained model and generates the extended invention as an output of the trained model, where the prompt for extending the invention includes the question, an answer to the question, and an invention extension instruction for the trained model. In this case, since there is no need to use the document created by the document creation unit 13, the number of operations required to generate the extended invention can be reduced.

[0073] According to the present invention, as described above, there is provided a computer implemented invention hearing method. The invention hearing method of the present invention is an invention hearing method performed by a computer, a questioning step of asking a user questions about the invention; A receiving step of receiving a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The questioning step includes inputting a prompt for generating a question into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and sending the generated question to a user to ask the question. The prompt for generating a question includes at least an answer to the question and an instruction to generate a question for the trained model. It is characterized by:

[0074] According to the present invention, as described above, an invention hearing program is provided. The invention hearing program of the present invention is On the computer, a questioning process for asking a user questions about the invention; An invention hearing program that executes an acceptance process for accepting an answer from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The question processing includes inputting a prompt for question generation into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and sending the generated question to a user to ask a question; The prompt for generating a question includes at least an answer to the question and an instruction to generate a question for the trained model. It is characterized by:

[0075] According to the invention hearing method and invention hearing program of the present invention, it is possible to hear the contents of an invention from an inventor, eliminating the need for human labor as the listener.

[0076] Example 1 Next, Example 1, which is an example of this embodiment, will be described with reference to Figures 3A to 3F, 4A, and 4B. Example 1 is an example of a case where an outline of the invention is accepted, and will be described by taking an invention of a drone with an umbrella as an example.

[0077] FIG. 3A is an example screen (1) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is an example of a screen for inputting an outline of the invention. As shown in the figure, the outline of the invention is input in the answer field 52 of the screen 50. Although not limited thereto, in the example shown, "a drone with an umbrella" can also be said to be the name of the invention. The descriptions "giving the drone an umbrella," "camera," and "program" can also be said to be means for solving the problem.

[0078] In addition, in the screen example (1), the place where the outline of the invention is input is called an answer field 52. The reason for this is that in the first embodiment, the outline of the invention is treated as an answer to a question, and a question is generated using the outline of the invention. In the screen example (1), the answer field may be called an input field or the like.

[0079] In the screen example (1), when the answer button 53 is pressed with the outline of the invention written, the outline of the invention is sent to the invention hearing device 10, and the reception unit 12 receives the outline of the invention. Next, the questioning unit 11 includes the outline of the invention in a prompt for generating a question as an answer to the question, inputs the prompt for generating a question to the trained model, and generates the first question as an output of the trained model.

[0080] FIG. 3B is a screen example (2) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is an example of the first question. The first question is a closed question about the effects of the invention. In response to this, the user answers that the presented effects of the invention are correct. The answer is entered in the answer field 52, and the answer button 53 is pressed. This causes the receiving unit 12 to receive the answer from the user.

[0081] As shown in the figure, the question may be made selectable for evaluation. In this example, the evaluation selection area 55 allows three options to be selected: good, average, and bad. In this case, the selected character (e.g., "good") may be sent as is, or a number (e.g., "1") may be sent.

[0082] In the first embodiment, the question generation instruction included in the prompt for generating a question is, for example, "Please ask a question to understand the invention in detail, referring to the outline of the invention." The language of the question generation instruction is not particularly limited.

[0083] Next, the questioning unit 11 generates a second question by inputting the prompt for question generation, which includes the outline of the invention, the question, the answer to the question, and the question generation instruction, into the trained model. Note that the question generation instruction in the present embodiment 1 is common to each question, and specifies that duplicate questions are to be excluded.

[0084] 3C is a screen example (3) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is an example of the case where a second question is asked. In the second question, for example, an open-ended question is asked about a means for solving the problem (which may be called a feature or configuration of the invention, etc.). As in the screen example (2), an answer is entered in the answer field 52, and the answer button 53 is pressed, whereby the receiving unit 12 receives the answer.

[0085] Next, the questioning unit 11 includes the outline of the invention, all questions (first and second questions), all answers to the questions (first and second answers), and question generation instructions in a prompt for question generation, inputs the prompt for question generation into the trained model, and generates a third question.

[0086] 3D is a screen example (4) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is an example of the case where the third question is asked. In the third question, for example, an open question is asked about the configuration or means of the invention. As with screen example (2) and the like, the answer is entered in the answer field 52, and the answer button 53 is pressed, whereby the receiving unit 12 receives the answer.

[0087] As shown in the figure, a single question may ask about multiple items. In the example shown in the figure, the question asks about the method to start and end use of the drone, so two items are asked in one question. Note that whether or not a single question can ask about multiple items can be changed by adjusting the question generation instructions as appropriate. If an instruction to ask about one item in one question is specified in the question generation instructions, the trained model will output a question that asks about one item.

[0088] Fig. 3E is a screen example (5) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is an example of a screen that informs the user that the invention hearing has progressed and documents can be created. Screen example (5) displays the hearing progress degree, and indicates that documents can be created because it has reached a predetermined value or more. By pressing the document creation button 57, the documents shown in Figs. 4A and 4B described below can be created.

[0089] When the document creation button 57 is pressed, for example, a transition to a screen for selecting the type of document may be made. Also, an area for selecting the type of document may be provided in the example screen (5), so that the type of document may be selected on the example screen (5).

[0090] In screen example (5), the user can choose to create a document or continue with the question. FIG. 3F is a screen example (6) of the invention hearing screen 50, which shows an example of a case where the questioning continuation button 56 is pressed to continue the questioning. When the questioning continuation button 56 is selected, the questioning unit 11 generates the next question (here, the fourth question) and presents the generated question to the user. As shown in the figure, a document creation button 57 may be displayed on the screen. In this embodiment 1, if the progress of the invention hearing exceeds a predetermined threshold, the user is allowed to create documents at any time.

[0091] As shown in Figures 3A to 3F, in this Example 1, the system automatically generates questions and asks questions based on the answers from the user. By having a computer ask about the invention, it is possible to reduce human effort by eliminating the need for a human such as a patent attorney or an intellectual property officer to ask about the invention.

[0092] 4A is a diagram showing an example of a document created when document creation button 57 is selected, and is a diagram showing an example of a document created by document creation unit 13. The document shown in the figure is an invention proposal.

[0093] The items to be described in the invention proposal are not particularly limited and can be selected as appropriate. It is preferable that the items described in a patent specification are described in the invention proposal, and for example, as in the illustrated example, the name of the invention, background, the problem that the invention is to solve, the means for solving the problem, and the effect of the invention can be included. Also, as illustrated, items that are considered to be important in the invention may be described. The items to be described in the invention proposal can be adjusted by appropriately changing the document generation instructions included in the document generation prompt.

[0094] The created document may be editable. For example, when edit button 61 is selected, a document edit screen may be displayed to accept edits from the user. Document creation unit 13 edits the document based on the edits accepted from the user. Here, it is described that the document is edited, but the document may be regenerated and re-created.

[0095] The created document may be made outputtable. For example, when the output button 62 is selected, the document is output as a file. The format of the file is not particularly limited, and examples include a text file, a PDF file, and a file that can be edited using word processing software.

[0096] 4B is a diagram showing another example of a document created when document creation button 57 is selected, and is a diagram showing another example of a document created by document creation unit 13. The document shown in the figure is a patent application specification. By changing the document generation instructions included in the document generation prompt and specifying that a patent application specification be generated, a document can be generated in the format of a patent application specification.

[0097] It is also possible to generate only the claims by changing the document generation instructions included in the document generation prompt. Also, the document creation unit 13 may create drawings for a patent application. The drawings can be generated by changing the document generation instructions included in the document generation prompt and specifying that drawings for a patent application be generated.

[0098] Example 2 Next, Example 2, which is an example of this embodiment, will be described with reference to Figures 5A to 3G. Example 2 is an example in which the outline of the invention is not accepted, and will be described using an invention of a drone with an umbrella as an example, as in Example 1. Explanations of matters similar to those in Example 1 will be omitted.

[0099] FIG. 5A is a screen example (1) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is an example of the screen when the first question is asked. In the second embodiment, before the first question is asked, an outline of the invention is not accepted from the user, and when the first question is asked, no question is generated but a standard question is asked. In the illustrated example, the standard question, which is the first question, asks for the name of the invention. In response to this, the user enters an answer in the answer field 52 and presses the answer button 53.

[0100] Next, the reception unit 12 receives an answer from the user, and the questioning unit 11 generates the next question (second question) by including the answer from the user in a prompt for generating a question. In the second embodiment, when generating the second question, the prompt for generating a question includes the answer to the first question and an instruction for generating a question. Then, the prompt for generating a question is input to the trained model, and a question is generated as an output.

[0101] 5B is a screen example (2) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is an example of the screen when the second question is asked. As shown in the figure, the second question is a question based on the answer to the first question. In other words, in this embodiment, it is also possible to generate a question without using the outline of the invention.

[0102] The user answers the second question, and the answer to the question is used to generate the next question (third question). In this Example 2, when generating the third question, the first question and answer, the second question and answer, and the same question generation instruction as the first question are included in the prompt for question generation, and this prompt for question generation is input to the trained model. In other words, in Example 2, when generating a question, all questions and their answers asked before the question was generated, and the question generation instruction are included in the prompt for question generation.

[0103] 5C to 5E are screen examples (3) to (5) of the invention hearing screen 50, which are examples of the screen when the third to fifth questions are asked. The third to fifth questions are processed in the same way as the second question.

[0104] FIG. 5F is a screen example (6) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is an example of a screen that informs the user that the invention hearing has progressed and documents can be created. Here, the same as FIG. 3E described above can be used. Screen example (6) displays the hearing progress degree, and indicates that documents can be created since it has reached a predetermined value or more. By pressing the document creation button 57, the documents shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B described above can be created.

[0105] FIG. 5G is a screen example (7) of the invention hearing screen 50, which shows an example of a case where the questioning continuation button 56 is pressed to continue the questioning. Here, the same as FIG. 3F described above can be performed. When the questioning continuation button 56 is selected, the questioning unit 11 generates the next question (here, the sixth question) and presents the generated question to the user. As shown in the figure, a document creation button 57 may be displayed on the screen. In this embodiment 2, if the progress of the invention hearing exceeds a predetermined threshold, the user can create documents at any time.

[0106] As described above, in this embodiment 2, it is possible to generate a question without using an outline of the invention. As shown in FIG. 5A, the first question does not ask about the outline of the invention, but asks about, for example, the name of the invention. Since a user who is unfamiliar with patents may be confused about what to write and explain as the outline of the invention, this embodiment 2 makes it possible to smoothly ask about the invention to an unfamiliar user.

[0107] Example 3 Next, an example of the present embodiment, Example 3, will be described with reference to Figures 6A and 6B. Example 3 is an example of a case where the invention is expanded using the invention proposal created in Example 1 (or Example 2).

[0108] 6A is a screen example (1) of the invention expansion screen 70, which is an example of a screen for specifying an invention proposal document that describes the contents of the invention. In the illustrated example, an electronic file of the invention proposal document saved in the user's terminal is specified. For example, by pressing the file specification button 72 to specify a file, the file name is displayed in the file display field 71. After specifying the file, pressing the execute button 73 will expand the invention.

[0109] 6B is a screen example (2) of the invention extension screen 70, which is an example of a screen displaying an extended invention (extended invention). In the illustrated example, the name of the invention described in the invention proposal is displayed in the invention display field 74. In addition, in the illustrated example, three extended inventions (1) to (3) are displayed.

[0110] The invention generation unit 14 in this embodiment 3 extends the invention described in the invention proposal. The invention generation unit 14 in this embodiment 3 inputs a prompt for invention extension into the trained model, and generates extended inventions (1) to (3) as the output of the trained model. The prompt for invention extension in this embodiment 3 includes the invention proposal (document) and an invention extension instruction for the trained model.

[0111] Although not particularly limited, the invention extension instruction in the third embodiment sets the following as the generation conditions of the extended invention: (1) The problem and effect are common to the original invention, but the configuration does not have to be related to the original invention (2) The problem or effect is not common to the original invention, but the configuration is related to the original invention. (3) The problem and effect are common to the original invention, and the configuration is related to the original invention. In this way, the extended inventions (1) to (3) shown in the figure are generated.

[0112] As shown in the figure, a "balloon with an umbrella" is generated as extended invention (1) (symbol 75a), a "tracking drone" is generated as extended invention (2) (symbol 75b), and a "drone with an umbrella" is generated as extended invention (3) (symbol 75c). Note that extended invention (3) has the same name "drone with an umbrella" as the original invention, but its configuration is different from that of the original invention. For the sake of explanation, the names of extended inventions (1) to (3) (underlined parts in the figure) are displayed in the illustrated example, but this embodiment is not limited to this, and the names do not need to be displayed.

[0113] In this embodiment 3, a document may be created for a specific extended invention by pressing the document creation button 57. Also, in this embodiment 3, extended invention evaluation areas 76a to 76c are provided, and the accuracy of generating an extended invention can be improved by evaluating the extended invention. Also, in this embodiment 3, a hearing implementation button 77 is provided, and a hearing similar to that in the first and second embodiments may be further conducted for a specific extended invention. By conducting a hearing for an extended invention, the content can be enriched.

[0114] Example 4 Next, a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 7. The fourth embodiment is an example of extending the invention at the point of Fig. 5F in the second embodiment. Unlike the third embodiment, the fourth embodiment extends the invention without using the outline of the invention.

[0115] Fig. 7 is an example of a screen displayed during Example 2, which notifies the user that the hearing for the invention has progressed and the invention can be expanded. Note that Fig. 7 may display a document creation button 57 similar to Fig. 5F.

[0116] In the fourth embodiment, when the invention expansion button 78 is pressed, the invention heard is expanded by the questions and answers so far. In the fourth embodiment, the question, the answer to the question, and the invention expansion instruction are included in a prompt for the invention expansion, and this prompt for the invention expansion is input to the trained model, and an extended invention is generated as the output. The extended invention generated in this way can be, for example, extended inventions (1) to (3) as shown in FIG. 6B, similar to the third embodiment.

[0117] (Reference example 1) Next, a first reference example will be described with reference to Fig. 8. A first reference example is an example of a case where the invention is expanded using the outline of the invention input as in Fig. 3A of the first embodiment.

[0118] 8 is another example of the screen example (1) of the invention hearing screen 50, which is another example of the case where the outline of the invention is input before the first question is asked. In the reference example 1, when the invention expansion button 78 is pressed, the invention described in the outline of the invention is expanded.

[0119] In the first reference example, the outline of the invention and the invention extension instruction are included in a prompt for the invention extension, and the prompt for the invention extension is input to the trained model, and an extended invention is generated as the output. The extended invention generated in this way can be, for example, extended inventions (1) to (3) as shown in FIG. 6B. [Explanation of symbols]

[0120] 1. Invention Hearing System 10 Invention hearing device 11 Question Section 12 Reception 13 Document Preparation Department 14 Invention Creation Department 40 users 41 Terminals 50 Invention Hearing Screen 51 Questions 52 Answer column 53 Answer button 54 Skip button 55 Question Evaluation Area 56 Continue question button 57 Document creation button 60 Documents 61 Modify button 62 Output button 70 Invention Expansion Screen 71 File display column 72 File specification button 73 Run button 74 Invention indication column 75a-75c Extended invention 76a-76c Extended Invention Evaluation Area 77 Hearing button 78 Invention expansion button

Claims

1. a questioning section for asking the user questions about the invention; An invention hearing system having a reception unit that receives a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The questioning unit asks a question by inputting a prompt for generating a question into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and transmitting the generated question to a user, and repeats generating and transmitting questions. When generating a question, the prompt for generating a question includes one or more questions asked before the question is generated, one or more answers to the questions asked before the question is generated, and an instruction for generating a question for the trained model. An invention hearing system comprising:

2. a questioning section for asking the user questions about the invention; An invention hearing system having a reception unit that receives a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; the reception unit receives an outline of the invention from the user before the questioning unit asks a first question, The questioning unit asks a question by inputting a prompt for question generation into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and sending the generated question to a user; when generating a first question, the prompt for question generation includes an outline of the invention and an instruction for question generation for the trained model; when generating a second or subsequent question, the prompt for question generation includes at least one or more answers to questions asked before the generation of the question and an instruction for question generation for the trained model. An invention hearing system comprising:

3. the reception unit receives an outline of the invention from the user before the questioning unit asks a first question, When generating a first question, the questioning unit generates the first question by including the outline of the invention and a question generation instruction for the trained model in a prompt for question generation.

2. The invention hearing system according to claim 1,

4. the reception unit does not receive an outline of the invention from the user before the questioning unit asks a first question, The questioning unit does not generate a question when asking a first question, but asks a standard question.

2. The invention hearing system according to claim 1,

5. The questioning unit repeatedly generates and transmits questions, and when generating a question, includes one or more questions that were asked before the question was generated and one or more answers to the questions that were asked before the question was generated in a prompt for generating the question.

3. The hearing system according to claim 2, wherein the hearing system comprises:

6. The questioning unit repeatedly generates and transmits questions, and when generating a question, includes all questions and their answers made before generating the question in the prompt for generating the question.

3. The invention hearing system according to claim 1 or 2.

7. 3. The hearing system according to claim 1, wherein the questioning section repeatedly generates and transmits questions, and does not transmit questions having the same content.

8. The reception unit receives an evaluation of the question from a user, The questioning unit includes an evaluation of the question in the prompt for generating the question.

3. A hearing system according to claim 1 or 2.

9. A document preparation department is provided to prepare documents explaining the contents of the invention; The document creation unit inputs a prompt for document generation into the trained model and generates the document as an output of the trained model; The document generation prompts include user answers to questions and document generation instructions for the trained model.

3. The invention hearing system according to claim 1 or 2.

10. an invention creation unit that creates an extended invention by expanding the invention described in the document; The invention generation unit inputs a prompt for invention extension into the trained model and generates the extended invention as an output of the trained model; The invention extension prompt includes the document and invention extension instructions for the trained model.

10. An inventive hearing system according to claim 9.

11. an invention generating unit for generating an extended invention; The invention generation unit inputs a prompt for invention extension into the trained model and generates the extended invention as an output of the trained model; The prompt for invention extension includes a question generated by the questioning unit and sent to the user, an answer from the user to the question, and an invention extension instruction for the trained model.

3. The invention hearing system according to claim 1 or 2.

12. a questioning section for asking the user questions about the invention; A hearing device for an invention having a reception unit for receiving a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The questioning unit asks a question by inputting a prompt for generating a question into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and transmitting the generated question to a user, and repeats generating and transmitting questions. When generating a question, the prompt for generating a question includes one or more questions asked before the question is generated, one or more answers to the questions asked before the question is generated, and an instruction for generating a question for the trained model. The invention relates to a hearing device.

13. a questioning section for asking the user questions about the invention; A hearing device for an invention having a reception unit for receiving a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; the reception unit receives an outline of the invention from the user before the questioning unit asks a first question, The questioning unit asks a question by inputting a prompt for question generation into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and sending the generated question to a user; when generating a first question, the prompt for question generation includes an outline of the invention and an instruction for question generation for the trained model; when generating a second or subsequent question, the prompt for question generation includes at least one or more answers to questions asked before the generation of the question and an instruction for question generation for the trained model. The invention relates to a hearing device.

14. A computer-implemented invention hearing method, comprising: a questioning step of asking a user questions about the invention; A receiving step of receiving a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The questioning step involves inputting a prompt for question generation into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and sending the generated question to a user, thereby asking a question, and repeatedly generating and sending questions. When generating a question, the prompt for question generation includes one or more questions posed before the question was generated, one or more answers posed to the question posed before the question was generated, and a question generation instruction for the trained model. The invention hearing method is characterized by the above.

15. A computer-implemented invention hearing method, comprising: a questioning step of asking a user questions about the invention; A receiving step of receiving a response from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The receiving step receives an outline of the invention from a user before the questioning step asks a first question, The questioning step involves inputting a prompt for question generation into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and sending the generated question to a user, thereby asking a question; when generating a first question, the prompt for question generation includes an outline of the invention and an instruction for question generation for the trained model; and when generating a second or subsequent question, the prompt for question generation includes at least one or more answers to questions asked before the generation of the question and an instruction for question generation for the trained model. The invention hearing method is characterized by the above.

16. On the computer, a questioning process for asking a user questions about the invention; An invention hearing program that executes an acceptance process for accepting an answer from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The question processing involves inputting a prompt for question generation into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and sending the generated question to a user, thereby asking a question, and repeatedly generating and sending questions. When generating a question, the prompt for question generation includes one or more questions that were asked before the question was generated, one or more answers to the questions that were asked before the question was generated, and a question generation instruction for the trained model. An invention hearing program comprising:

17. On the computer, a questioning process for asking a user questions about the invention; An invention hearing program that executes an acceptance process for accepting an answer from a user, The question is a question asking one or more of the following: the title of the invention, the background of the invention, prior art related to the invention, a problem to be solved by the invention, a means for solving the problem to be solved by the invention, and an effect of the invention; The reception process receives an outline of the invention from the user before the questioning process asks a first question, The question processing involves inputting a prompt for question generation into a trained model, generating a question as an output of the trained model, and sending the generated question to a user, thereby asking a question; when generating a first question, the prompt for question generation includes an outline of the invention and an instruction for question generation for the trained model; when generating a second or subsequent question, the prompt for question generation includes at least one or more answers to questions asked before the generation of the question and an instruction for question generation for the trained model. An invention hearing program comprising:

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