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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Tsuyoshi Inoue, Nara, JP;
Makoto Nishizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Matsuura, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An operation assisting apparatus includes: an option-function distance storage unit that stores a semantic distance between each of the options displayed on a menu screen and each of functions positioned at an end in the hierarchical structure; an operation history storage unit that stores the operation history of the options sequentially selected by the user; an estimation unit that estimates, based on a semantic distance between a selection option selected by the user and each of the functions, and a semantic distance between an unselected selection option that has been selectable but not selected and each of the functions, a degree of probability that the function is the function desired by the user; and an operational assistance determination unit that determines, based on the result of the estimation, a detail of an output such that functions with higher probability will be presented with higher precedence in selectability.