Voice Input Keyword Matching for Application Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing information processing device struggles to accurately distinguish between applications with similar keywords, leading to inadequate selection accuracy when using voice input for control targets.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that identifies search keywords from input data through voice input and selects control targets based on calculated numeric values from predefined expressions, enhancing the accuracy of selection by classifying keywords into required and preferred words.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If weights are assigned to first voice and second voice respectively, then voice priority determination is achieved, but application selection accuracy cannot be sufficiently improved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication selection accuracyVSAvoidsearch keyword processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the search keyword processing into multiple stages: extracting main words from voice input, identifying search keywords from predefined lists, and calculating numeric values through expressions. This segmentation allows the system to handle complex search requirements systematically, improving application selection accuracy by breaking down the keyword matching process into manageable steps that can be optimized independently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms search keywords into numeric values through mathematical expressions, changing the parameter representation from textual keywords to numerical scores. This parameter transformation enables more precise comparison and selection among applications, as numeric values provide a standardized metric for evaluating match quality between voice input and application keywords, thereby improving selection accuracy without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If search keywords are matched with main words from voice input, then control target identification is achieved, but distinction between applications with similar keywords remains difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol target identification accuracyVSAvoidkeyword distinction information
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces numeric values as an intermediary representation between search keywords and application selections. By converting keywords into numeric values through expressions, the system creates a intermediate layer that captures the semantic relationships and distinctions between keywords more effectively than direct textual matching. This intermediary transformation preserves distinction information between similar keywords, enabling accurate control target identification even when applications have similar keywords.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If multiple search keywords are processed through expressions, then selection accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol target selection accuracyVSAvoidkeyword processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent prepares predefined search keywords and expressions in advance, before the actual search operation. By pre-organizing the keyword lists and preparing the expression templates, the system eliminates the need to create these structures during real-time processing. This preliminary preparation significantly reduces processing time during actual search operations, as the system only needs to match voice input against pre-defined keywords and evaluate pre-prepared expressions, thereby improving accuracy without proportionally increasing processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11847148B2Information processing device and setting device
Publication Date: 2023.12.19 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC JAPAN HLDG LTD
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AI summary

A control section includes: an identifying section configured to, by referring to one or more search keywords set for one or more control targets, identify at least one search keyword from among the one or more search keywords, the at least one search keyword matching any of one or more main words contained in input data acquired through voice input; and a selecting section configured to select at least one control target from among the one or more control targets based on one or more numeric values obtained through calculation of one or more expressions each of which batch-converts, into numerical form, one or more of the one or more search keywords set for the one or more control targets.