Response Device Natural Language Data Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional data search technologies using metadata in databases require skill and are time-consuming for users, making it difficult for non-experts to efficiently find desired data.
Innovation Solution
A response device and method that acquires data with metadata, generates tags, and allows users to search using natural language utterances, interpreting the content to output relevant data, metadata, and staff information through a database search, with options for graphical and formatted outputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional metadata-based data search technology is used, then data can be organized and retrieved using structured metadata, but the search process becomes time-consuming and requires specialized skill
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an utterance content interpreter as an intermediary between the user's natural language input and the database search system. This interpreter converts casual user speech into structured search queries that can effectively utilize metadata, eliminating the need for users to possess specialized search skills while maintaining accurate data retrieval
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of manual metadata construction and complex query formulation with an automated natural language interpretation system. The utterance content interpreter automatically analyzes user intent and generates appropriate search queries, substituting the manual mechanical process with an intelligent automated system that reduces both time and skill requirements
2Reliability
If conventional metadata-based data search technology is used, then data can be organized using metadata, but the operation becomes complex and requires skill
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to perform data search operations without requiring specialized knowledge. The utterance content interpreter automatically handles the complex tasks of understanding user intent, formulating search queries, and interpreting results, allowing users to simply speak their needs in natural language while the system serves itself with the complex processing tasks
Solution Approach 2:
The utterance content interpreter acts as an intermediary that shields users from the complexity of metadata-based search operations. It translates simple natural language inputs into complex structured queries that reliably retrieve data, maintaining data retrieval reliability while dramatically improving ease of operation
3Ease of operation
If natural language utterance interpretation is implemented, then users can search using simple dialogue, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex natural language processing task into distinct functional modules: an utterance content interpreter that handles language understanding, a searcher that executes database queries, and a responder that formats results. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific tasks, managing overall system complexity through modular architecture while enabling simple user interaction
Data Source
AI summary
A response device includes a data acquirer configured to acquire data to which metadata is added, a database register configured to generate a tag on the basis of the metadata and register the generated tag in a database in association with the data to which the metadata is added, an utterance content interpreter configured to interpret content of an utterance of a user, a searcher configured to search the database using the tag included in the utterance content when an intention to search for the data has been interpreted by the utterance content interpreter, and a responder configured to cause an outputter to output information according to a search result of the searcher.