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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Makoto Nishizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Inoue, Nara, JP;
Satoshi Matsuura, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A target estimation device that appropriately estimates a function targeted by a user from among functions of an operated apparatus includes: an item inputting unit () that obtains an item; a function representation storing unit () that stores function names of the operated apparatus; an identical word detecting unit () that detects a category of a word identical between each of the function names and the item; an operation intention calculating unit () that changes a method for calculating similarities between the item and the respective function names, for each of the function names, depending on the detected category, and that calculates the similarities as degrees of intentions of the user who has selected the item, using the changed calculation method; and a target estimation unit () that estimates a function so that the function having a higher degree of an intention is the function targeted by the user.