Multi-Task Answer Generation for Vehicle Query Classification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing dialogue systems struggle to accurately provide answers to user questions related to vehicles, particularly in constrained environments like vehicles, necessitating improved accuracy and quality of service provision.

Innovation Solution

A question and answer system utilizing deep learning and multi-task learning processes to analyze user inputs, determine domains and categories, and provide appropriate answers, incorporating variational inference and a deep learning model to enhance accuracy and handle out-of-domain queries.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a traditional dialogue system is used to analyze user questions in vehicles, then the system structure is simple, but the answer accuracy and quality are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanswer accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the question analysis task into multiple independent domains (e.g., vehicle control, navigation, entertainment) and categories. Each domain and category is processed separately through dedicated neural network pathways, allowing precise handling of different question types while maintaining overall system manageability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A multi-task learning framework is implemented where a single neural network system simultaneously performs multiple functions: domain classification, category classification, and answer generation. This universal approach improves answer accuracy across diverse question types without requiring separate specialized systems for each function

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

2Measurement precision

If the system uses multi-task learning to determine domain and categories, then the answer accuracy improves, but the computational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedomain classification accuracyVSAvoidcomputational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple classification tasks (domain classification and category classification) are merged into a single neural network architecture. The network processes input questions through shared encoding layers that extract features once, then branches into separate classification pathways, reducing redundant computation while maintaining high accuracy for both tasks

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary domain classification before category classification. By first determining the domain of the question, the system can pre-filter and focus computational resources on relevant categories within that domain, reducing the overall computational burden while improving classification accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system provides comprehensive answers to all user questions, then the service quality improves, but the error rate increases for out-of-domain queries

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice coverageVSAvoiderror rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a confidence-based feedback mechanism where classification results are evaluated against threshold values. When the model's confidence in its domain and category classification falls below the threshold, the system recognizes the query as out-of-domain and appropriately handles it, preventing erroneous answers while maintaining high service coverage for in-domain queries

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12522219B2System for generating answers based on multi-task learning and control method thereof
Publication Date: 2026.01.13 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed herein is a system including an answer determination module configured to analyze an input sentence to determine whether to answer the input sentence, a learning module configured to output a domain corresponding to the input sentence and a plurality of categories to which the input sentence belongs when it is determined to answer the input sentence, and an output module configured to output an answer to the input sentence, wherein the learning module performs multi-task learning using the input sentence as input data and using as output data the domain corresponding to the input sentence and the plurality of categories to which the input sentence belongs.