Conference Information Accumulation with Correlation Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing conference information accumulation systems fail to clearly establish correlations between text-based meeting minutes and corresponding conference utterances, making it difficult to determine the relevant conference information used in minute creation.

Innovation Solution

A conference information accumulating apparatus that includes a generator for creating user interface screens for minute creation and a calculator to determine correlations between written text and utterances, allowing for dynamic UI updates and accurate reference to correlated utterances during the minute creation process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If minutes are created based on conference information, then the creation of minutes is assisted, but the correlation between written text and corresponding conference information cannot be clearly determined

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of minute creationVSAvoidcorrelation information between text and conference data
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides feedback by displaying detected correlations between written text and conference information (utterances, whiteboard content, materials) on the UI screen. This allows the minutes creator to verify and recognize which conference information corresponds to each written text, preventing loss of correlation information while maintaining ease of minute creation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The correlation detection function acts as an intermediary that bridges the written text and conference information. It automatically identifies and displays the relationships between them, serving as a mediator that makes the correlation visible without requiring manual tracking by the minutes creator.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If correlation detection is implemented, then accurate reference to conference information is enabled, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprecision of correlation determinationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically detecting correlations between written text and conference information without requiring manual intervention. The correlation detection function autonomously analyzes the relationship between texts and conference data, reducing the need for complex manual configuration while maintaining high precision in correlation determination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by detecting various types of correlations (text-utterance, text-whiteboard, text-material) and adjusting the UI display accordingly. This allows precise correlation determination through parameter-based detection while keeping the underlying system relatively simple by using configurable correlation criteria.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10970678B2Conference information accumulating apparatus, method, and computer program product
Publication Date: 2021.04.06 KK TOSHIBA
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AI summary

According to an embodiment, a conference information accumulating apparatus is for accumulating conference information. The apparatus includes a generator and a calculator. The generator is configured to generate a user interface screen either for creating minutes of a conference based on the conference information or for viewing the created minutes. The calculator is configured to calculate a correlation between a written text that is a unit in which the minutes are written and the conference information, based on a predetermined operation performed using the user interface screen by a minutes creator. The generator generates, upon detection of the conference information that is correlated with the written text, the user interface screen enabling a reference to the conference information.