Abstract: An apparatus receives, via an input device, query input data including a word or a phrase, and acquires search result set data using the query input data. The apparatus acquires, for a value indicating a strength of a relationship between each impression word included in an impression word group and each word included in the query input data, and extracts the first feature word group according to the value indicating the strength of the relationship with each word, from the impression word group. The apparatus displays the search result set data using the first feature word group as an item.

Abstract: An apparatus receives, via an input device, query input data including a word or a phrase, and acquires search result set data using the query input data. The apparatus acquires, for a value indicating a strength of a relationship between each impression word included in an impression word group and each word included in the query input data, and extracts the first feature word group according to the value indicating the strength of the relationship with each word, from the impression word group. The apparatus displays the search result set data using the first feature word group as an item.

Abstract: A system includes a light irradiating device configured to irradiate an object with light to illuminate a mark on the object, and an information processing device storing relation information and control information associated with the object, the relation information indicating a relation between the mark and the object, and the control information indicating a policy whether to distribute an image of the object to at least one device through a network, and configured to acquire the image of the object irradiated with the light to illuminate the mark on the object, extract the mark illuminated by the light on the object, identify the object associated with the extracted mark based on the relation information, and execute a process to control distribution of the image to the at least one device through the network, according to the policy for the image of the object in the control information.

Abstract: An image and audio reproduction device obtains an image captured by an image capturing device and a plurality of acoustic signals whose arrival directions are respectively a plurality of locations in an image capturing scope of the image capturing device, and sets, as one group, arrival directions of acoustic signals with a high degree of similarity of amounts of characteristics on the basis of a degree of similarity of the amounts of characteristics between the acoustic signals that are from the arrival directions adjacent to each other. The image and audio reproduction device adds information to the image captured by the image capturing device so as to reproduce the image, the information representing a position of the group in an image capturing scope of the image capturing device.

Abstract: An image and audio reproduction device obtains an image captured by an image capturing device and a plurality of acoustic signals whose arrival directions are respectively a plurality of locations in an image capturing scope of the image capturing device, and sets, as one group, arrival directions of acoustic signals with a high degree of similarity of amounts of characteristics on the basis of a degree of similarity of the amounts of characteristics between the acoustic signals that are from the arrival directions adjacent to each other. The image and audio reproduction device adds information to the image captured by the image capturing device so as to reproduce the image, the information representing a position of the group in an image capturing scope of the image capturing device.

Abstract: There is provided a driving assist system comprising: a road side apparatus which transmits the traffic circumstance information; and a vehicle-mounted apparatus including: an outputting part which outputs driving assist information for assisting a driving operation on the basis of output data on the basis of the at least one kind of the traffic circumstance information; and a controller for: generating the output data for outputting the driving assist information based on the traffic circumstance information; determining whether the output data is valid; and selecting one the output data which is determined as valid, on the basis of a predetermined standard validity, wherein the outputting part outputs the driving assist information using the selected output data.

Abstract: A topic net management unit 1 reads one record from a table to generate the topic net (S1). Subsequently, from among the field data in the record, the unit 1 generates nodes corresponding to the field data for which a corresponding topic class exists (S2). Topics corresponding to those nodes are generated. If a node having the same topic is already generated, then the unit 1 does not newly generate a node having a duplicate topic (S2). The unit 1 mutually links the generated topics in accordance with the definitions between the topic classes (S3). Further, using a dialog information template, the unit 1 generates dialog information associated with the generated link (S4). The unit 1 performs Steps S1-S4 processing for all records in the table (S5). If there is a plurality of tables Steps S1-S5 processing is performed for all tables (S6).

Abstract: The present invention provides a dialog system, a dialog execution method and a computer program which are capable of easily updating input information and output information of a dialog scenario and easily changing a plurality of modalities by using a general-purpose dialog scenario. In a dialog system that receives information from outside, controls the pursuit of dialog along the stored dialog scenario and outputs information along the dialog scenario to the outside, a dialog scenario written by using information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases used in the input information and the output information is stored, one or a plurality of words/phrases are stored in association with information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases, input information is analyzed, a corresponding word/phrase is extracted based on the derived information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases, and output information along a dialog scenario stored, based on the extracted word/phrase is outputted.

Abstract: An interactive control system is disclosed with which the recognition rate and the responsiveness when operating a plurality of interactive services in parallel can be improved. A recognition lexicon and consolidated and reorganized information are generated for each individual interaction. Thus, excessive growth of the recognition lexicon can be avoided and a lowering of the recognition rate can be prevented. Moreover, based on the consolidated and reorganized information, it is possible to specify interactive services that may respond to the same input information, so that responses that are unexpected for the user can be prevented.

Abstract: Products matching customer wishes are retrieved from among a large variety of merchandise. A topic net in which merchandise features from a customer's perspective are expressed is configured with needs information representing customer needs. Evaluation criteria for topic units are set in the topic net, and based on the needs information with which the topic net is configured, on the evaluation criteria, and on merchandise specifications, a combined suitability level indicating to what extent a product meets the customer's needs is calculated for each product. The product whose combined suitability level is highest may be surmised to be the product most befitting the customer's needs.

Abstract: A navigation device includes a data transmission-reception portion for performing data transmission and reception with a portable terminal, an address list cooperation portion for receiving address list data, a schedule cooperation portion for receiving and managing schedule data, a candidate location specifying information recording portion for searching and extracting information for specifying a location corresponding to one schedule item from the address list data concerning a schedule indicated in schedule data to record the extracted information, a position specifying information obtaining portion for obtaining position specifying information for specifying a position on a map corresponding to each piece of candidate location specifying information, a selecting portion for selecting one position specifying information from position specifying information, and a path managing portion for determining a position of each destination on the path in accordance with the selected position specifying information

Abstract: There is provided a driving assist system comprising: a road side apparatus which transmits the traffic circumstance information; and a vehicle-mounted apparatus including: an outputting part which outputs driving assist information for assisting a driving operation on the basis of output data on the basis of the at least one kind of the traffic circumstance information; and a controller for: generating the output data for outputting the driving assist information based on the traffic circumstance information; determining whether the output data is valid; and selecting one the output data which is determined as valid, on the basis of a predetermined standard validity, wherein the outputting part outputs the driving assist information using the selected output data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is connected to a map recording part, a display and an input apparatus includes: a display controlling part that allows the display to display a map and a point mark; an information detailing part that generates a displaying form data of a plurality of point marks that are integrated by an integrated point mark, and calculating a scale and a displaying range, in the case where an operation by a user for demanding information detailing is detected; an information integrating part that generates displaying form data of the integrated point mark that integrates to represent point information of a plurality of points, and calculating a scale and a displaying range, in the case where an operation by the user for demanding information integration is detected.

Abstract: A spoken dialog system includes: a communication processing section capable of communicating with a terminal device that stores user data; and at least one of a speech synthesis section that generates synthesized speech and a speech recognition section that recognizes input speech. The communication processing section acquires from the terminal device at least one information of reading information and grammatical information, the reading information containing prosodic information on an item value of at least one item of the user data and the grammatical information indicating one or a plurality of recognition grammars on an item value of at least one item of the user data. The speech synthesis section generates the synthesized speech using the reading information acquired by the communication processing section, and the speech recognition section recognizes the input speech using the grammatical information acquired by the communication processing section.

Abstract: A navigation device includes a data transmission-reception portion for performing data transmission and reception with a portable terminal, an address list cooperation portion for receiving address list data, a schedule cooperation portion for receiving and managing schedule data, a candidate location specifying information recording portion for searching and extracting information for specifying a location corresponding to one schedule item from the address list data concerning a schedule indicated in schedule data to record the extracted information, a position specifying information obtaining portion for obtaining position specifying information for specifying a position on a map corresponding to each piece of candidate location specifying information, a selecting portion for selecting one position specifying information from position specifying information, and a path managing portion for determining a position of each destination on the path in accordance with the selected position specifying information

Abstract: A dialog system is provided that enables appropriate processing of reinput by a user without describing a dialog scenario on the assumption of reinput by the user. The dialog system includes a reinput acceptable state storage unit that stores a state prior to transition and a reinput recognition candidates set storage unit that stores a recognition candidates set assigned to the state prior to the transition. At the time of a user's input, both of the recognition candidates set associated with that state and the recognition candidates set stored in the reinput recognition candidates set storage unit are referred to so as to determine a recognition candidate. In the case where the determined recognition candidate is a recognition candidate described in the recognition candidates set stored in the reinput recognition candidates set storage unit, the state stored in the reinput acceptable state storage unit is determined as the state to be changed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dialog system, a dialog execution method and a computer program which are capable of easily updating input information and output information of a dialog scenario and easily changing a plurality of modalities by using a general-purpose dialog scenario. In a dialog system that receives information from outside, controls the pursuit of dialog along the stored dialog scenario and outputs information along the dialog scenario to the outside, a dialog scenario written by using information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases used in the input information and the output information is stored, one or a plurality of words/phrases are stored in association with information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases, input information is analyzed, a corresponding word/phrase is extracted based on the derived information for identifying the meaning of words/phrases, and output information along a dialog scenario stored, based on the extracted word/phrase is outputted.

Abstract: An interactive control system is disclosed with which the recognition rate and the responsiveness when operating a plurality of interactive services in parallel can be improved. A recognition lexicon and consolidated and reorganized information are generated for each individual interaction. Thus, excessive growth of the recognition lexicon can be avoided and a lowering of the recognition rate can be prevented. Moreover, based on the consolidated and reorganized information, it is possible to specify interactive services that may respond to the same input information, so that responses that are unexpected for the user can be prevented.

Abstract: A topic net management unit 1 reads one record portion of data from a collection of data in table format (S1). Subsequently, from among the field data included in the record that was read, the topic net management unit 1 generates, based on the definitions of the topic classes, nodes corresponding to the field data for which a corresponding topic class exists (S2). In addition, topics corresponding to those nodes are generated. If a node having the same topic is already generated, then the topic net management unit 1 does not newly generate a node having a duplicate topic (S2). The topic net management unit 1 mutually links the generated topics in accordance with the definitions between the topic classes (S3). Further, using a dialog information template, the topic net management unit 1 generates dialog information associated with the generated link (S4). The topic net management unit 1 performs Steps S1-S4 processing for all records included in the data in table format (S5).

Abstract: There are provided a dialog control system and a dialog control method for realizing a smooth dialog dynamically corresponding to contents of a natural dialog by a user without allowing the user to be aware of an operation history. The dialog control system interprets the input information input by the user, identifies a plurality of dialog agents for responding to the input information, transmits the input information to the dialog agent to request a response to the input information, and outputs a response from the dialog agent. Processable information is inquired about with respect to a plurality of dialog agents. The input information is matched with the processable information. A dialog agent capable of processing the input information is selected. The input information is transmitted to the selected dialog agent, and a dialog control part receives a response thereto.