Ontology-Based Semantic Rendering for Ambiguity Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current devices render natural language strings without transformative conversion, leading to inaccuracies due to biases, missing values, and ambiguity, and struggle with structured text that requires specific vocabularies and context-specific rules, making knowledge sharing and project organization complex and ambiguous.

Innovation Solution

A modular system for ontology-based semantic rendering that retrieves and executes scripts based on ontology information within and outside documents, using a structured ontology to organize project knowledge and render content according to context, reducing ambiguity and improving knowledge sharing and project management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If natural language processing is used to render content, then transformation capability is improved, but accuracy deteriorates due to biases, missing values, and ambiguity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransformation capabilityVSAvoidaccuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary ontology layer between natural language processing and content rendering. This ontology serves as a structured intermediary that mediates between the ambiguity of natural language and the precision requirements of rendering, resolving contradictions by providing a standardized representation layer that reduces biases and missing values while maintaining transformation capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the content rendering process into distinct modules: natural language processing, ontology mapping, and rendering execution. This segmentation allows each component to optimize independently - the NLP handles transformation while the ontology ensures accuracy through structured representation, thereby resolving the accuracy-transformation contradiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If structured text with specific vocabularies is used, then knowledge sharing is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveknowledge sharing qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal ontology framework that can be applied across multiple domains and devices. This multi-functional ontology serves both structured text processing and knowledge sharing purposes, reducing the need for domain-specific complex systems while maintaining high knowledge sharing quality through standardized vocabularies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses ontology as a standardized template or copy that can be reused across different content types and devices. Instead of creating complex custom systems for each use case, the ontology provides a reusable framework that simplifies device complexity while preserving knowledge sharing effectiveness through consistent structured representation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If context-specific rules are applied, then rendering accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverendering accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary action by pre-establishing the ontology framework and vocabularies before actual rendering occurs. This allows context-specific rules to be pre-organized and indexed within the ontology structure, enabling fast retrieval and application during rendering without the time cost of constructing complex rules ad hoc, thus maintaining high accuracy while reducing processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11714956B1Ontology-based semantic rendering
Publication Date: 2023.08.01 RAKUTEN MOBILE INC
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AI summary

Ontology-based semantic rendering is performed by retrieving a rendering script from a location represented by an ontology reference of a concept of content included in a document, the document further including an ontology dataset identifier of the concept and the ontology reference, and rendering the concept of content according to the rendering script and a mode of rendering represented by a rendering device.