Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Linguistics – Dictionary building – modification – or prioritization
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-16
2001-08-07
Thomas, Joseph (Department: 2644)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Linguistics
Dictionary building, modification, or prioritization
C704S001000, C707S793000, C434S428000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06272458
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for analyzing a language expression function to be applied, where a person in charge of personnel affairs evaluates character of an office employee, and a doctor and a psychologist judge schizophrenia, as an assistance in judging the mental health and capability for recognition and understanding of a subject.
BACKGROUND ART
Conventionally, where a person in charge of personnel affairs evaluates character of an office employee, and a doctor and a psychologist judge schizophrenia, the procedure has been taken in which for example, a picture, a photograph or the like is presented to a subject to extract responses according to language, feeling and action of a subject. The responses of the subject person are synthesized and examined so that a person in charge of personnel affairs can evaluate the character of an office employee, and a doctor and a psychologist can judge the mental health and capability for recognition and understanding of a subject.on the basis of their experiential knowledge.
To put it concretely, the procedure has been taken in which a picture, a photograph or the like representative of a certain scene is presented to a subject to have him or her explain circumstances of the scene, or a plurality of pictures, photographs or the like are presented to have a subject arrange them in an order constituting a certain story to extract responses according to language, feeling and action of the subject, thus judging his or her mental health and capability for recognition and understanding.
In the conventional method as described, however, non-concrete things are presented to a subject for his or her free association therebetween, which therefore standardizes comprehensive reaction to enable standardizing the individual characters, However it has been difficult to judge the common sense. Further, the conventional method greatly depends on the objectivity of a person in charge of personnel affairs, a doctor, a psychologist and so on, thus making a judgement of high subjectivity. Moreover, what can be expected are only the responses according to simple language, feeling and action, failing to perform clear and quick judgements.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accomplished in view of the problem as noted above with respect to the prior art. An object of the invention is to provide a method and apparatus for analyzing a language expression function in which concrete things are presented to a subject to have him or her understand, on the basis of a story in terms of social contract, and commonsense thinking, recognition or the like on the basis of the social contract are extracted objectively to the utmost from a subject's language and expression. On the basis of a subject person's language and expression, a professional analyst can to prepare analyzed data enough to judge the common sense and mental health and capability for recognition and understanding whereby the judgement which is high in objectivity, and clear and quick can be made.
For achieving the aforementioned object, the present invention provides a method for analyzing a language expression function, comprising: collating collected data obtained by presenting a cartoon comprising several frames constituting a story to a subject with several kinds of dictionary data constituted by dividing language data obtained by presenting said cartoon, judging a coincidence with each dictionary data, calculating points of respective analyzed elements corresponding to or not corresponding to the each dictionary data, and preparing analyzed data.
According to the method for analyzing a language expression function of the present invention, a cartoon comprising several frames constituting a story is presented to a subject to have him or her resolve with a language expression. From the expression, it is possible to extract the commonsense thinking, process of recognition and the like on the basis of the social contract of a subject, to obtain a fixed response on the basis of social contract meaning and contents, and to acquire enough analyzed data, in grater quality and quantity that can be obtained by the conventional method.
Further, the analyzed data obtained by judging the coincidence between the collected data and the dictionary data are used whereby the actual collating ability, meaning-grasping ability and language expression ability of a subject can be grasped objectively. Moreover, the judgment can be obtained with high objectivity, with the subjectivity of a person in charge of personnel affairs, a doctor and a psychologist eliminated to the utmost.
According to the present invention, there is further provided an apparatus for analyzing a language expression function, comprising: an input unit for inputting collected data obtained by presenting a cartoon comprising several frames constituting a story to a subject; a memory system comprising a collected data memory section for storing collected data, a dictionary data memory section for storing several kinds of dictionary data constituted by dividing language data obtained by presenting said cartoon according to the frequency of appearance, and an analyzed data memory section for storing analyzed data subjected to operation processing; a central processing unit for collating collected data with several kinds of dictionary data to judge a coincidence with each dictionary data, calculating points of respective analyzed elements corresponding to or not corresponding to the each dictionary data, and preparing analyzed data; and an output unit for outputting the analyzed data.
According to the apparatus for analyzing a language expression function, the method for analyzing a language expression function of the present invention can be carried out clearly and quickly.
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Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
Thomas Joseph
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