IP Library Granted Patent US 12664189
Granted Patent B2
US 12664189 · App. 18/598,378 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Method for analyzing technology and device thereof

Inventors: Byeong Ki Jeong (Daejeon, KR); Kyung Min Song (Daejeon, KR); Ky Sang Kwon (Daejeon, KR); Seung Joon Cha (Daejeon, KR); Dong Ha Kim (Daejeon, KR); Hyun Han Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jae Hyeong An (Daejeon, KR); Ui Won Cheong (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
G06F16/3334G06F16/3329G06F16/35
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Patent No.
US 12664189
App. No.
18/598,378
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method for analyzing technology including an information collection step of designing a metaframe structure for keywords to be analyzed, deriving a technology structure based on the metaframe structure using a generative AI model, generating search keywords based on the derived technology structure, and searching and obtaining a plurality of documents based on the search keywords; and a technology classification step of refining the plurality of documents according to a similarity between the documents, performing preprocessing to utilize contents of the plurality of documents, and then performing detailed technology classification based on results obtained by performing content-based clustering, and a device for processing the method.

Claims (57)

1 . A method for analyzing technology comprising:

generating a metaframe structure for one or more keywords to be analyzed in a technical field, wherein the metaframe structure comprises a plurality of metaframe items, each metaframe item of the plurality of metaframe items comprises words or phrases from a table of contents, a topic, a title, or a heading of reports published in the technical field of the one or more keywords;

deriving a technology structure based on the metaframe structure using a generative AI model, wherein the deriving the technology structure comprises:

generating a plurality of technology items for the technology structure related to the one or more keywords to be analyzed in the technical field using the generative AI model, wherein each technology item of the plurality of technology items comprises words or phrases related to each metaframe item of the plurality of metaframe items for the one or more keywords in the technical field; and

deriving the technology structure by connecting a subset of the plurality of generated technology items with a subset of the plurality of metaframe items included in the metaframe structure corresponding to the subset of the plurality of generated technology items;

generating search keywords for each of the plurality of generated technology items based on the derived technology structure;

generating one or more search formulas for each of the plurality of generated technology items using one or more search keywords;

searching and obtaining a plurality of documents based on the search keywords and the one or more search formulas;

refining the plurality of documents according to a similarity between the documents;

performing preprocessing to utilize contents of the plurality of refined documents;

performing content-based clustering on one or more refined documents of the plurality of refined documents for each of the plurality of technology items included in the technology structure based on at least one deep learning AI model to provide content-based clustering results;

performing technology classification to provide classification results of the plurality of refined documents based on results obtained by performing content-based clustering.

2 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 1 , wherein the generating the metaframe structure comprises:

designing the metaframe structure by including a plurality of metaframe items derived based on a report published from at least one company or at least one organization registered in a technical field corresponding to the keywords to be analyzed.

3 . The method for analyzing technology of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of metaframe structures comprise at least one metaframe item of sub-technology, technical element, process element, application industry, social impact, and related technology.

4 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 1 , wherein the generating search keywords comprises:

generating one or more search keywords corresponding to each of the plurality of generated technology items included in the technology structure using the generative AI model.

5 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 4 , wherein the searching and obtaining the plurality of documents comprises:

searching and obtaining documents including a text related to the keywords to be analyzed from a predetermined database or web based on at least some of the search keywords and search formulas.

6 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 5 , further comprising:

performing the content-based clustering on each of one or more documents previously obtained for each of the plurality of technology items by dividing categories between technical documents including patents or papers, and web data;

classifying one or more detailed technology items for each of the categories of the technical document and web data based on the content-based clustering results and the generative AI model; and

generating major keywords for each of the one or more detailed technology items using one or more clustered documents classified according to the content-based clustering.

7 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the refining and the preprocessing is performed based on the at least one deep learning AI model and one or more documents of each of the plurality of generated technology items included in the technology structure.

8 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 7 , further comprising:

classifying one or more detailed technology items for each of the plurality of generated technology items based on the content-based clustering results and the generative AI model; and

generating technology titles, technology summaries, and major keywords for each of the one or more detailed technology items using one or more clustered documents classified according to the content-based clustering.

9 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 8 , further comprising:

generating one or more major keywords for each of the one or more detailed technology items from the clustered documents based on at least one of the generative AI model and a text mining algorithm.

10 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 9 , wherein at least some of the technology titles and the technology summaries for each of the one or more detailed technology items are generated based on the major keywords and one or more major documents identified for each of the one or more detailed technology items according to the content-based clustering.

11 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 10 , further comprising:

determining a cluster center of each of the one or more detailed technology items based on the content-based clustering; and

determining the predetermined number of clustered documents located at the cluster center as the one or more major documents of the corresponding detailed technology items.

12 . The method for analyzing technology according to claim 1 , further comprising:

performing trend analysis based on the acquisition and collection results and the classification results performed in the information collection step and the technology classification step; and

discovering promising technology candidate groups using the trend analysis results.

13 . The method for analyzing technology of claim 1 , wherein the performing the trend analysis further comprises:

performing identification of major research subjects and manpower based on the plurality of refined documents and the classification results.

14 . A device for analyzing technology comprising:

a storage unit in which a generative AI model is stored;

at least one processor in communication with the storage unit, wherein the at least one processor is to:

generate a metaframe structure for one or more keywords to be analyzed in a technical field, wherein the metaframe structure comprises a plurality of metaframe items, each metaframe item of the plurality of metaframe items comprises words or phrases from a table of contents, a topic, a title, or a heading of reports published in the technical field of the one or more keywords;

derive a technology structure based on the metaframe structure using the generative AI model, wherein, when deriving the technology structure, the at least one processor is to:

generate a plurality of technology items for the technology structure related to the one or more keywords to be analyzed in the technical field using the generative AI model, wherein each technology item of the plurality of technology items comprises words or phrases related to each metaframe item of the plurality of metaframe items for the one or more keywords in the technical field; and

derive the technology structure by connecting a subset of the plurality of generated technology items with a subset of the plurality of metaframe items included in the metaframe structure corresponding to the subset of the plurality of generated technology items;

generate search keywords for each of the plurality of generated technology items based on the derived technology structure;

generate one or more search formulas for each of the plurality of generated technology items using one or more search keywords;

search and obtain a plurality of documents based on the search keywords and the one or more search formulas;

refine the plurality of documents according to a similarity between the documents;

perform preprocessing to utilize contents of the plurality of refined documents;

perform content-based clustering on one or more refined documents of the plurality of refined documents for each of the plurality of technology items included in the technology structure based on at least one deep learning AI model to provide content-based clustering results;

perform technology classification to provide classification results of the plurality of refined documents based on results obtained by performing content-based clustering.

15 . The device for analyzing technology according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: design the metaframe structure by including a plurality of metaframe items derived based on a report published from at least one company or at least one organization registered in a technical field corresponding to the keywords to be analyzed.

16 . The device for analyzing technology according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: perform the refinement, the preprocessing, and the content-based clustering on one or more documents for each of the plurality of technology items included in the technology structure based on the at least one deep learning AI model.

17 . The device for analyzing technology according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

perform trend analysis based on the acquisition and collection results and the classification results performed by the processor; and

discover promising technology candidate groups using the trend analysis results.