Abstract: According to one embodiment, system includes a determination unit, a first storage, a second storage, a search unit and a display. The determination unit determines a feature quantity of the process-targeted manufacturing data. The first storage stores cause-unidentified manufacturing data. The second storage stores cause-identified manufacturing data. The search unit searches, based on the feature quantity of the process-targeted manufacturing data, the first storage and the second storage for the cause-unidentified manufacturing data and the cause-identified manufacturing data that have a feature quantity similar to that of the process-targeted manufacturing data. The display displays the search result.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a material recommendation apparatus includes an extractor, a creator, a matcher and a recommender. The extractor extracts information about a substance as a candidate for a material for an industrial product, a property of the substance, and a report time of the property from an electronic document. The creator creates, for each substance, time series data in which the property is associated with the report time. The matcher matches the time series data with a pattern. The recommender recommends, as the material, a substance corresponding to time series data that matches the pattern.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a material recommendation apparatus includes an extractor, a creator, a matcher and a recommender. The extractor extracts information about a substance as a candidate for a material for an industrial product, a property of the substance, and a report time of the property from an electronic document. The creator creates, for each substance, time series data in which the property is associated with the report time. The matcher matches the time series data with a pattern. The recommender recommends, as the material, a substance corresponding to time series data that matches the pattern.

Abstract: Proposed is a charged particle beam device including an arithmetic processing unit that generates an image of a sample, based on a detection signal that is detected based on irradiation to the sample with a charged particle beam emitted from a charged particle source. The arithmetic processing unit searches a second image as a search target image with use of a first image as a template, and when a region corresponding to the first image is not detected in the second image, the arithmetic processing unit searches a third image that represents a region larger than a region displayed in the second image, with use of a second template.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech interaction apparatus for performing an interaction with a user based on a scenario includes a speech recognition unit, a determination unit, a selection unit and an execution unit. The speech recognition unit recognizes a speech of the user and generates a recognition result text. The determination unit determines whether or not the speech includes an interrogative intention based on the recognition result text. The selection unit selects, when the speech includes the interrogative intention, a term of inquiry from a response sentence in the interaction in accordance with timing of the speech, the term of inquiry being a subject of the interrogative intention. The execution unit executes an explanation scenario including an explanation of the term of inquiry.

Abstract: Proposed is a charged particle beam device including an arithmetic processing unit that generates an image of a sample, based on a detection signal that is detected based on irradiation to the sample with a charged particle beam emitted from a charged particle source. The arithmetic processing unit searches a second image as a search target image with use of a first image as a template, and when a region corresponding to the first image is not detected in the second image, the arithmetic processing unit searches a third image that represents a region larger than a region displayed in the second image, with use of a second template.