Patents by Inventor Chiho Igi

Chiho Igi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Conversation-sentence generation device, conversation-sentence generation method, and conversation-sentence generation program
    Patent number: 9679553
    Abstract: A conversation-sentence generation device according to the invention of this application receives, as input information, a conversation sentence given from a user to an agent, first clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the agent is estimated, and second clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the user is estimated, stores the physical and psychological state of the agent as an agent state, stores the physical and psychological state of the user as a user state, estimates a new agent state based on the input information and the agent state, estimates a new user state based on the input information and the user state, generates, based on the input information, the agent state, and the user state, an utterance intention directed from the agent to the user, and generates and outputs, based on the input information, the agent state, the user state, and the utterance intention, a conversation sentence given from the agent to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Onishi, Chiho Igi
  • Conversation-sentence generation device, conversation-sentence generation method, and conversation-sentence generation program
    Patent number: 9570064
    Abstract: A conversation-sentence generation device according to the invention of this application includes: an input unit that receives, as input information, a conversation sentence given from a user to an agent, and clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the agent is estimated; an agent state storing unit that stores the physical and psychological state of the agent as an agent state; an agent state estimating unit that estimates a new agent state based on the input information and the agent state; an utterance intention generating unit that generates, based on the input information and the agent state, an utterance intention directed from the agent to the user; a conversation sentence generating unit that generates, based on the input information, the agent state, and the utterance intention, a conversation sentence given from the agent to the user; and an output unit that outputs the conversation sentence generated by the conversation sentence generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: NEC CORPORATION, NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Onishi, Kai Ishikawa, Chiho Igi
  • CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION DEVICE, CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION METHOD, AND CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150310849
    Abstract: A conversation-sentence generation device according to the invention of this application includes: an input unit that receives, as input information, a conversation sentence given from a user to an agent, and clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the agent is estimated; an agent state storing unit that stores the physical and psychological state of the agent as an agent state; an agent state estimating unit that estimates a new agent state based on the input information and the agent state; an utterance intention generating unit that generates, based on the input information and the agent state, an utterance intention directed from the agent to the user; a conversation sentence generating unit that generates, based on the input information, the agent state, and the utterance intention, a conversation sentence given from the agent to the user; and an output unit that outputs the conversation sentence generated by the conversation sentence generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: NEC Corporaiton, NEC Solution Innovations, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi ONISHI, Kai ISHIKAWA, Chiho IGI
  • CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION DEVICE, CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION METHOD, AND CONVERSATION-SENTENCE GENERATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150279350
    Abstract: A conversation-sentence generation device according to the invention of this application receives, as input information, a conversation sentence given from a user to an agent, first clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the agent is estimated, and second clue information based on which a physical and psychological state of the user is estimated, stores the physical and psychological state of the agent as an agent state, stores the physical and psychological state of the user as a user state, estimates a new agent state based on the input information and the agent state, estimates a new user state based on the input information and the user state, generates, based on the input information, the agent state, and the user state, an utterance intention directed from the agent to the user, and generates and outputs, based on the input information, the agent state, the user state, and the utterance intention, a conversation sentence given from the agent to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Onishi, Chiho Igi