IP Library Patent Application 18568558
Patent Application
App. No. 18/568,558

DIALOGUE APPARATUS, DIALOGUE METHOD AND PROGRAM

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18/568,558
Abstract

A dialogue device includes: an initial utterance generation unit that generates first utterance information serving as a trigger for a dialogue with a user; a general-purpose dialogue generation unit that generates second utterance information; and a dialogue control unit that controls the dialogue with the user, based on the first utterance information or the second utterance information.

Claims (23)

1 . A dialogue device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to:

generate first utterance information serving as a trigger for a dialogue with a user;

generate second utterance information; and

control the dialogue with the user, based on the first utterance information or the second utterance information.

2 . The dialogue device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor generates the second utterance information, using a dialogue model, and

the processor is further configured to update a model parameter of the dialogue model by machine learning using an utterance of the user as training data, based on a history of dialogues with the user.

3 . The dialogue device according to claim 1 , wherein, in an event that a predetermined initial utterance condition is satisfied, the processor controls the dialogue with the user based on the first utterance information.

4 . The dialogue device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor generates the first utterance information, based on initial utterance information including a scenario of the dialogue, the initial utterance information being generated in advance.

5 . The dialogue device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire external information, in an event that the scenario selected from among the initial utterance information requires the external information.

6 . The dialogue device according to claim 1 ,

functioning as a chatbot in an online chat with the user.

7 . A dialogue method executed by a dialogue device including a memory and a processor, the dialogue method comprising:

generating first utterance information serving as a trigger for a dialogue with a user;

generating second utterance information; and

controlling the dialogue with the user, based on the first utterance information or the second utterance information.

8 . (canceled)

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

generating first utterance information serving as a trigger for a dialogue with a user,

generating second utterance information; and

controlling the dialogue with the user, based on the first utterance information or the second utterance information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 15, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072473/0885 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: OTSUKA, ATSUSHI; NOMOTO, NARICHIKA; OZAWA, SHIRO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065814/0244 →