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Information processor, method of processing information, and program

US8321418B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 2011
Grant dateNov 27, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/284
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processor carrying out statistical natural language processing for a document, the information processor includes a characteristic amount extraction unit configured to detect context information including a proper noun pair from the document and extract a characteristic amount of the detected context information; a characteristic amount analysis unit configured to, by analyzing the characteristic amount of the extracted context information using a probability model in which a document topic meaning an entire topic of the document and a context topic meaning a local topic of the document are considered, estimate a potential variable and a context topic ratio in the probability model; and a clustering unit configured to cluster the proper noun pair included in the context information based on the context topic ratio estimated regarding the characteristic amount of the respective context information.

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