Hitachi, Ltd.

Atsuko Koizumi

Yasunari Obuchi

Yoshinori Kitahara

Seiki Mizutani

Hiroyuki Kaji

Yasutsugu Morimoto

Masaru Takeuchi

Hiroaki Fujii

Toshiko Aizono

Kazuya Hisaki

A data item name constituting a source data schema is extracted (), a data item name constituting a target data schema is extracted (), element concepts included in the extracted data item names of the source data schema and the target data schema are extracted (), a distinctive relation between the data item names is set based on the extracted element concepts to be stored in an ontology (), the data item names of the source data schema and the target data schema are read, a correlation is set between the two read data item names based on the distinctive relation to be stored in a mapping definition file ().

Program for mapping of data schema

To display many objects within a limited display region so a user can easily select the desired object, the invention includes: processing of arranging the objects in a virtual plane, processing of arranging a projection surface (a virtual projection body) on the virtual plane, processing of computing positions of the objects on the projection surface corresponding to the positions of the objects on the virtual plane, processing of converting the positions on the projection surface into positions on display regions of a display device, processing of displaying the objects on the display regions, and processing of operating the objects on the display regions based on instructions from a pointing device.

Program, method and apparatus for operating objects displayed on a display

A method of providing an interpretation service, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving an incoming telephone call from a user, forming a plurality of databases, wherein the plurality of databases includes at least one sentence registered to individual user, receiving at least one user information item via the incoming telephone call, searching at least one of the plurality of databases for at least one sentence correspondent to the at least one information item, outputting, according the step of searching, a translation, from at least one of the plurality of databases, of the at least one sentence correspondent to the at least one information item, and outputting, in audio on the incoming telephone call, the translation of the at least one sentence correspondent to the at least one information item.

Method and apparatus for language translation using registered databases

A speech interpretation server, and a method for providing a speech interpretation service, are disclosed. The server includes a speech input for receiving an inputted speech in a first language from a mobile terminal, a speech recognizer that receives the inputted speech and converts the inputted speech into a prescribed symbol string, a language converter that converts the inputted speech converted into the prescribed symbol string into a second language, wherein the second language is different from the first language, and a speech output that outputs the second language to the mobile terminal. The method includes the steps of providing an interpretation server having resident thereon a plurality of registered sentences to be interpreted, activating a translation connection between the mobile terminal and the interpretation server, receiving speech, in a first language, inputted to the mobile terminal via the translation connection, at the interpretation server, recognizing and interpreting the speech inputted based on a comparison of the inputted speech to the plurality of registered sentences to be interpreted, and outputting a translation correspondent to the second language.

Method for speech interpretation service and speech interpretation server

An interpretation service for voice based on sentence template retrieval allows a translation database to be customized without burdening users and enables sentences needed by users to be accurately interpreted. A sentence to be stored in a translation database for customization can be described as a sentence template including a slot which allows words to be replaced. A condition for selecting sentence templates is extracted from a registered user profile (UP). A sentence template matching the condition is retrieved from those stored in the translation database for customization and is registered in a translation database customized for each user. A word extracted from the UP is inserted into the sentence template's slot for registration to a sentence dictionary customized for each user.

Method of interpretation service for voice on the phone

A translation device which has both advantages of a table look-up translation device and advantages of a machine translation device by leading the user's utterance through a sentence template suitable for the user's intent of speech is realized. Since the translation device searches for sentence templates suitable for the user's intent of speech with an orally inputted keyword and displays retrieved sentences, the user's utterance can be lead. In addition, the user is free from a troublesome manipulation for replacing a word since an expression uttered by the user is inserted into a replaceable portion (slot) within the sentence template, and the translation device translates a resulting sentence with the replaced expression embedded in the slot.

Speech translation device and computer readable medium

A method and apparatus for providing an interpretation service are disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving an incoming telephone call from a user, forming a plurality of databases, receiving at least one user information item via the incoming telephone call, searching at least one of the plurality of databases for at least one sentence correspondent to the at least one information item, outputting a translation from at least one of the plurality of databases of the at least one sentence correspondent to the at least one information item, and outputting, in audio on the incoming telephone call, the translation. The apparatus includes an interpreter and a registration service. The registration service includes a private information manager that receives an incoming telephone call from a user, wherein the private information manager manages a plurality of databases, wherein the plurality of databases includes at least one database of sentences registered to the individual user.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Atsuko Koizumi