Chatbot Control Device Group Chat Intent Recognition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Chatbots incorrectly recognize posts intended for other users as directed to them in group chats, leading to unintended execution of specific processing due to shared conditions with individual chats.

Innovation Solution

Implementing distinct conditions for executing specific processing in group chats compared to individual chats, including timing and user intent verification, to prevent misinterpretation of user posts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the same conditions for executing specific processing are applied in both individual chats and group chats, then the chatbot can respond efficiently to user inputs, but the chatbot may erroneously recognize posts directed to other users as directed to itself, causing unintended operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse efficiencyVSAvoidaccuracy of user intent recognition
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the chat environment into two distinct types: individual chats and group chats. For individual chats, the chatbot uses condition set A for determining whether to execute specific processing. For group chats, it uses a different condition set B. This segmentation allows the chatbot to adapt its recognition criteria according to the chat context, thereby maintaining high response efficiency while accurately distinguishing between posts directed to itself and those directed to other users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If the chatbot uses strict conditions for executing specific processing in group chats, then erroneous operations are suppressed, but the complexity of determining whether to execute processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of user intent recognitionVSAvoidcomplexity of execution control
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different condition sets to different chat contexts. Condition set A is locally applied to individual chats, while condition set B is locally applied to group chats. Each condition set is optimized for its specific context: condition set A is simpler and faster for one-on-one interactions, while condition set B is more stringent for multi-user environments. This localized approach maintains reliability without uniformly increasing complexity across all chat types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12088545B2Control device and non-transitory computer readable medium storing control program
Publication Date: 2024.09.10 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

A control device includes a control unit that performs detects a post file in a group chat. The control unit is configured to not to execute processing using the posted file in a case where the post file posted from any user in the group chat, in which a plurality of users and a chatbot participate, is not shared among the users participating in the group chat; and execute the processing using the posted file in a case where the post file is shared among the users.