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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G06F 17/2872 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/1822 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/221 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a voice conversation support apparatus includes an input unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, a third determination unit, and a scoring unit. The input unit accepts a text data input according to a voice input mode and another input mode. The first determination unit extracts at least one subject keyword representing a current subject from the text data input. The second determination unit estimates a category of a word that can be an answer. The third determination unit calculates a question pair likelihood. The scoring unit calculates a score about a priority of each input mode.