Text Sequence Segmentation via Multi-Model Probability Combination

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current Chinese text sequence segmentation models face challenges in accurately segmenting new texts due to insufficient and outdated corpora, leading to low acquisition efficiency and high costs, with easy data augmentation methods failing to address out-of-vocabulary issues effectively.

Innovation Solution

A method involving multiple segmentation models to segment a text sequence, combining state values to determine segmentation probabilities, and using a result combination model with weights to improve segmentation accuracy, allowing for automatic annotation and corpus expansion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If multiple segmentation models are used to segment text sequences, then segmentation accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesegmentation accuracyVSAvoidmodel complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the text segmentation task into multiple independent segmentation models, each processing the input text sequence separately to generate segmentation sub-results. This segmentation of the overall task into parallel sub-tasks allows for improved accuracy through result combination while maintaining manageable complexity of individual models

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent combines the segmentation results from multiple segmentation models through a result combination module. By merging the outputs of multiple models and determining final segmentation positions based on aggregated results, the system achieves higher segmentation accuracy than any single model could provide alone

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Productivity

If easy data augmentation methods are used, then productivity is improved, but measurement precision deteriorates due to out-of-vocabulary issues

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveacquisition efficiencyVSAvoidsegmentation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables the segmentation system to automatically annotate new text sequences and expand the training corpus without manual intervention. By using the multiple segmentation models to process new texts and generate annotated data automatically, the system serves itself to continuously improve its training data while maintaining high productivity and avoiding out-of-vocabulary problems through diverse model outputs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11157686B2Text sequence segmentation method, apparatus and device, and storage medium thereof
Publication Date: 2021.10.26 BEIJING XIAOMI INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure, belonging to the technical field of natural language processing, provides a text sequence segmentation method. The method can include acquiring n segmentation sub-results of the text sequence, the n segmentation sub-results being acquired by segmenting the text sequence by n segmentation models, and processing the n segmentation sub-results by a probability determination model branch in a result combination model to acquire a segmentation probability of the each segmentation position. The method can further include processing the segmentation probability of the each segmentation position by an activation function in the result combination model to acquire a segmentation result of the text sequence. According to the present disclosure, using each segmentation position in the text sequence as a unit, segmentation results of a plurality of segmentation models are combined, such that the accuracy of segmentation of a new text can be improved.