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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2020
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Andrew Cohen, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Benedikt Schmidt, Heidelberg, DE;
Benjamin Kloepper, Mannheim, DE;
Marco Gaertler, Dossenheim, DE;
Arzam Kotriwala, Ladenburg, DE;
Marcel Dix, Mannheim, DE;
Sylvia Maczey, Hirschberg, DE;
ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A computer system for controlling a dialogue between a user and the computer system, the computer system being communicatively coupled with an industrial control system controlling an industrial system, the computer system including: an interface for receiving intent inputs representing a respective desired interaction with the computer system; an intent determination module for determining the desired interactions of received intent inputs; a data storage for storing one or more directed graphs, each graph specifying an industrial control domain specific dialogue, a particular graph defining a dialogue state machine with a plurality of nodes representing states of the dialogue, and with edges representing transitions between the states, each state transition from a first state to a second state depending on at least one precondition, the desired interaction of a received intent input corresponding to a target node to be reached from a current node of the particular graph.