公开(公告)号：US5555408A

公开(公告)日：1996-09-10

申请号：US141039

申请日：1993-10-25

Applicant: Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  David Cohn ,  Atsushi Hatakeyama ,  Itsuko Kiuchi

Inventor： Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  David Cohn ,  Atsushi Hatakeyama ,  Itsuko Kiuchi

IPC: G06F17/27 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06T11/20

CPC classification number: G06F17/30011 ,  G06F17/271 ,  G06F17/277 ,  G06F17/2785 ,  G06F17/30672 ,  G06T11/206 ,  Y10S706/934 ,  Y10S707/99934 ,  Y10S707/99935

Abstract: An information retrieval system with good human-interface methods to give the system ease-of-use having two distinctive features with the first being visual interface and the second being natural language interpretation. The visual interface provides for one is visual interaction for local search and natural language interpretation provides for linguistic interaction for global search. The visual interface provides versatile views onto the contents of the knowledge base that the system has, controlling mechanisms for browsing through the knowledge base, a capability of showing relevant information for the users, and a mechanism for editing a query expression that describes information to retrieve. By using the visual interface for information retrieval, the users can easily create query expressions, by consulting and reacting with the system. The natural language interpretation makes use of a conceptual network as a knowledge-base that stores important concepts and relationships among these concepts. Based on knowledge and information represented in the conceptual network, the meaning of a noun phrase or a nominal compound which is a string of adjectives and nouns with some prepositions can be inferred. The inferred interpretation of such a noun phrase is paraphrased into an expression that the information retrieval system can handle. Therefore, the user of the system can simply describe the desired information in a language to get the desired information.

Abstract translation: 一种具有良好人机界面方法的信息检索系统，使系统易用性具有两个独特的特征，第一个是视觉界面，第二个是自然语言解释。 视觉界面提供一个是用于本地搜索的视觉交互和自然语言解释，为全球搜索提供语言交互。 视觉界面提供了系统具有的知识库内容的多种视图，控制浏览知识库的机制，显示用户相关信息的能力，以及编辑描述要检索的信息的查询表达式的机制 。 通过使用可视化界面进行信息检索，用户可以通过与系统进行协商和反应，轻松创建查询表达式。 自然语言解释使用概念网络作为存储这些概念之间的重要概念和关系的知识库。 基于概念网络中所代表的知识和信息，可以推断名词短语或名词复合词的含义，它是具有一些介词的形容词和名词串。 这种名词短语的推断解释被转换成信息检索系统可以处理的表达式。 因此，系统的用户可以简单地用语言描述期望的信息以获得期望的信息。

公开(公告)号：US5553226A

公开(公告)日：1996-09-03

申请号：US430241

申请日：1989-10-30

Applicant: Itsuko Kiuchi ,  Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  Atsushi Hatakeyama ,  Minoru Wakabayashi

Inventor： Itsuko Kiuchi ,  Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  Atsushi Hatakeyama ,  Minoru Wakabayashi

IPC: G06F17/27 ,  G06T11/20 ,  G06T1/00

CPC classification number: G06T11/206 ,  G06F17/2235 ,  Y10S715/968

Abstract: When a network representing the relationship among immense concepts is indicated using a multi-window function, a concept network display system simultaneously displays a superconcept for a current concept in the network, a network representing the subsumption relation of the current concept, and a network representing generic and instance relations of the current concept in a dynamically linked relationship. The concept network display system also edits the displays of the networks by rewriting displayed networks in response to selection of a new current concept, and displays a history of the current concepts without repetition.

Abstract translation: 当使用多窗口功能指示表示巨大概念之间的关系的网络时，概念网络显示系统同时在网络中显示当前概念的超概念，表示当前概念的包含关系的网络和代表 通用和实例关系的当前概念在动态链接的关系。 概念网络显示系统还通过重新显示网络来响应于选择新的当前概念来编辑网络的显示，并且不重复地显示当前概念的历史。

公开(公告)号：US06182062B2

公开(公告)日：2001-01-30

申请号：US08663840

申请日：1996-08-21

Applicant: Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  David Cohn ,  Atsushi Hatakeyama ,  Itsuko Kiuchi

Inventor： Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  David Cohn ,  Atsushi Hatakeyama ,  Itsuko Kiuchi

IPC: G06F1540

CPC classification number: G06F17/273 ,  G06F17/271 ,  G06F17/277 ,  G06F17/30401 ,  Y10S707/99933

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.

Abstract translation: 一种多语言信息检索系统，包括用于存储信息的信息存储部分，用于存储用于语言转换的数据的数据存储部分，并且用于将存储的信息转换为自然语言表达中的字符串以便使人能够解释， 用于用于信息检索的用户交互操作的接口部分，用于响应于从接口部分检索的请求从信息存储部分检索信息的检索部分，以及用于输出检索部分的检索结果的输出部分。 数据存储部分以多种不同的语言共存存储信息，从而可以通过使用多种不同的语言来检索相同的信息。

公开(公告)号：US5644740A

公开(公告)日：1997-07-01

申请号：US160231

申请日：1993-11-30

Applicant: Itsuko Kiuchi

Inventor： Itsuko Kiuchi

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F17/30643

Abstract: In method of displaying items of information organized in a hierarchical structure, a hierarchical tree of nodes is displayed, which are items of information, classified based on a specified concept. The user selects an intended node from among the nodes on the displayed hierarchical tree and enters a concept for classifying nodes of sub-concepts of the selected nodes. The selected node and a partial hierarchical tree that is created based on the entered; concept are displayed.

Abstract translation: 在显示以分层结构组织的信息项目的方式中，显示节点的层次树，其是基于指定概念分类的信息项。 用户从所显示的分级树中的节点中选择一个预期节点，并输入用于对所选节点的子概念的节点进行分类的概念。 所选节点和基于输入创建的部分分层树; 概念被显示。

公开(公告)号：US5404506A

公开(公告)日：1995-04-04

申请号：US831093

申请日：1992-02-10

Applicant: Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  David Cohn ,  Atsushi Hatakeyama ,  Itsuko Kiuchi

Inventor： Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  David Cohn ,  Atsushi Hatakeyama ,  Itsuko Kiuchi

IPC: G06F17/27 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06T11/20 ,  G06F15/40

CPC classification number: G06F17/30011 ,  G06F17/271 ,  G06F17/277 ,  G06F17/2785 ,  G06F17/30672 ,  G06T11/206 ,  Y10S706/934 ,  Y10S707/99934 ,  Y10S707/99935

Abstract: An information retrieval system with good human-interface methods to give the system ease-of-use having two distinctive features with the first being visual interface and the second being natural language interpretation. The visual interface provides for visual interaction for local search and natural language interpretation provides for linguistic interaction for global search. The visual interface provides versatile views onto the contents of the knowledge base that the system has, controlling mechanisms for browsing through the knowledge base, a capability of showing relevant information for the users, and a mechanism for editing a query expression that describes information to retrieve. By using the visual interface for information retrieval, the users can easily create query expressions, by consulting and reacting with the system. The natural language interpretation makes use of a conceptual network as a knowledge-base that stores important concepts and relationships among these concepts. Based on knowledge and information represented in the conceptual network, the meaning of a noun phrase or a nominal compound which is a string of adjectives and nouns with some prepositions can be inferred. The inferred interpretation of such a noun phrase is paraphrased into an expression that the information retrieval system can handle. Therefore, the user of the system can simply describe the desired information in a language to get the desired information.

Abstract translation: 一种具有良好人机界面方法的信息检索系统，使系统易用性具有两个独特的特征，第一个是视觉界面，第二个是自然语言解释。 视觉界面提供用于本地搜索的视觉交互，并且自然语言解释为全球搜索提供语言交互。 视觉界面提供了系统具有的知识库内容的多种视图，控制浏览知识库的机制，显示用户相关信息的能力，以及编辑描述要检索的信息的查询表达式的机制 。 通过使用可视化界面进行信息检索，用户可以通过与系统进行协商和反应，轻松创建查询表达式。 自然语言解释使用概念网络作为存储这些概念之间的重要概念和关系的知识库。 基于概念网络中所代表的知识和信息，可以推断名词短语或名词复合词的含义，它是具有一些介词的形容词和名词串。 这种名词短语的推断解释被转换成信息检索系统可以处理的表达式。 因此，系统的用户可以简单地用语言描述期望的信息以获得期望的信息。

公开(公告)号：US5696916A

公开(公告)日：1997-12-09

申请号：US947536

申请日：1992-09-21

Applicant: Naoko Yamazaki ,  Itsuko Kiuchi ,  Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  Tetsuya Hashimoto

Inventor： Naoko Yamazaki ,  Itsuko Kiuchi ,  Hiromichi Fujisawa ,  Tetsuya Hashimoto

IPC: G06F17/27 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06T11/20 ,  G06T1/00

CPC classification number: G06F17/274 ,  G06F17/2785 ,  G06F17/30604 ,  G06T11/206

Abstract: An information storage and retrieval system which permits storage of fact information represented in terms of conceptual concepts expressing things and relational concepts expressing relations therebetween on a knowledge base, easy inputting and correction of the fact information, easy browsing and retrieval of the fact information and display of the fact information with effective use of a limited view area, and also to provide a display method used in the information storage and retrieval system. The system includes a device for inputting fact information with respect to a specific relational concept according to a template pattern by using a multi-window function on the basis of information obtained from a concept dictionary for defining hierarchical relations between concepts and a grammar rule for defining semantic structures of cases and concepts allowed to be used in the cases; a device for storage and retrieval of fact information; and a device for displaying fact information in a fact window and displaying a hierarchy of conceptual concepts and relational concepts in a node tree window.

Abstract translation: 一种信息存储和检索系统，其允许以概念概念表示的事实信息表示事物，以及在知识库之间表达其间的关系的关系概念，容易地输入和更正事实信息，容易浏览和检索事实信息和显示 的事实信息，有效利用有限的视野区域，并且还提供在信息存储和检索系统中使用的显示方法。 该系统包括一种用于根据模板模式输入关于特定关系概念的事实信息的设备，该设备基于从用于定义概念之间的分层关系的概念词典获得的信息和用于定义的语法规则 案件和概念​​的语义结构允许在案件中使用; 用于存储和检索事实信息的装置; 以及用于在事实窗口中显示事实信息并在节点树窗口中显示概念概念和关系概念的层次结构的设备。