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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
Yasuharu Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Aoyama, Saitama, JP;
Yasuharu Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Aoyama, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus for performing dialogue processing. The apparatus acquires text data described in a natural language and stores a plurality of examples each including an example statement and frame information described using a frame format and corresponding to the example statement. A similarity between the text data and the example statement is calculated. An example is selected corresponding to an example statement whose similarity to the text data is the highest from among the plurality of examples in accordance with the calculated similarity. Text data is converted into the frame format in accordance with the frame information corresponding to the example selected by the example selection. Dialogue processing is performed in accordance with the text data converted into the frame format.