IP Library Patent Application 18280746
Patent Application
App. No. 18/280,746

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR QUESTION ANSWERING

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18/280,746
Abstract

A device receives a question, which can be related to an event, from a user through a user interface, and at least one hardware processor generates a first summary of at least one dialogue of the event; and output a result obtained by processing the summary, the question and possible answers to the question.

Claims (29)

1 . A device comprising:

a user interface configured to receive, from a user, a question about an event in at least one video scene; and

at least one hardware processor configured to:

generate a first summary of at least one dialogue of the at least one video scene; and

output a first result obtained by processing the first summary, the question and possible answers to the question.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing is performed using a transformer.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first result is a score for each possible answer or the possible answer with the highest score.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:

generate a second summary of video information related to the at least one video scene;

process the second summary, the question and the possible answers to the question to obtain a second result; and

output a final result obtained by processing the first result and the second result.

5 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to process the first result and the second result using a fusion mechanism.

6 . The device of claim 5 , wherein the fusion mechanism is a modality attention mechanism that weights the first result and the second result.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the dialogue obtained from at least one video or through capture using a microphone and an audio-to-text function.

8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is one of a home assistant and a TV.

9 . (canceled)

10 . A method comprising:

receiving, from a user through a user interface, a question about an event in at least one video scene;

generating, by at least one hardware processor, a first summary of at least one dialogue of the at least one video scene; and

outputting, by the at least one hardware processor, a first result, the first result obtained by processing the first summary, the question and possible answers to the question.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the processing is performed using a transformer.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first result is a score for each possible answer or the possible answer with the highest score.

13 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating, by the at least one hardware processor, a second summary of information related to the at least one video scene;

processing, by the at least one hardware processor, the second summary, the question and the possible answers to the question to obtain a second result; and

outputting, by the at least one hardware processor, a final result obtained by processing the first result and the second result.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to process the first result and the second result using a fusion mechanism.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the fusion mechanism is a modality attention mechanism that weights the first result and the second result.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one hardware processor perform the method of claim 10 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2024
From: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
To: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 068916/0562 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: ENGIN, DENIZ; AVRITHIS, YANNIS; DUONG, QUANG KHANH NGOC; SCHNITZLER, FRANCOIS
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 064827/0647 →