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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1996
Hiromichi Fujisawa, Tokorozawa, JP;
David Cohn, Seattle, WA (US);
Atsushi Hatakeyama, Kokubunji, JP;
Itsuko Kiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-lingual information retrieval system which includes an information storage section for storing information, a data storage section for storing data for language conversion and for converting the stored information to strings of characters in natural language expressions in order to enable a person's interpretation, an interface section for user's interaction operations for information retrieval, a retrieval section for retrieving information from the information storage section in response to a request for a retrieval from the interface section, and an output section for outputting a retrieved result of the retrieval section. The data storage section coexistently stores the information therein in a plurality of different languages, thereby making possible to retrieve identical information by use of the plurality of different languages.