Response Generating Apparatus for Context-Aware Dialogue

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional dialogue systems struggle to generate flexible responses that adapt to the user's context, often providing redundant or obvious information, which can decrease user engagement and understanding.

Innovation Solution

A response generating apparatus that acquires input information and context information to generate responses by deleting, replacing, or adding elements to the temporary response, ensuring the output is relevant and concise based on the user's situation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional dialogue systems use pre-set task-based responses, then dialogue can progress naturally, but the response flexibility and adaptability to user context deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveDialogue naturalnessVSAvoidResponse flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts response generation by switching between template-based responses (for natural dialogue flow) and context-based generated responses (for flexibility). The response generating unit adapts its behavior based on the dialogue state and user context, making the system both natural and flexible.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The response generation system performs multiple functions: it can generate responses from pre-set templates for natural dialogue progression, and simultaneously generate context-adapted responses using the response generating unit. This multi-functionality allows the system to maintain both naturalness and flexibility.

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

2Loss of information

If the system provides comprehensive information in responses, then user understanding is supported, but response conciseness and user engagement deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveInformation completenessVSAvoidResponse efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different information densities to different parts of the response based on user context. The response generating unit analyzes the user's situation and selectively includes or excludes information elements, providing comprehensive information where needed while maintaining conciseness where the user already has context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the information parameter of responses dynamically based on user context. By adjusting the amount and type of information provided according to the user's situation, the system balances completeness with conciseness, avoiding both information overload and insufficient information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11875776B2Response generating apparatus, response generating method, and response generating program
Publication Date: 2024.01.16 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

A response generating apparatus (10) includes an acquiring unit (40) that acquires input information that is a trigger for generating a response with respect to a user and context information that is information indicating a situation of the user and a response generating unit (50) that generates, based on the context information acquired from the user, a response associated with the input information.