Workshop assistance system and workshop assistance method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021357792-A1
Application number	US-201917278596-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 31, 2019
Priority date	Oct 3, 2018
Publication date	Nov 18, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

In order to assist participants in thinking of an idea by acquiring audio data, it is provided a workshop assistance system, which includes a computer having an arithmetic apparatus configured to execute predetermined processing, a storage device coupled to the arithmetic apparatus, and a communication interface coupled to the arithmetic apparatus, the computer being configured to access solved problem case data including information of solved cases that correspond to problem data, the workshop assistance system comprising: a problem processing module configured to search, by the arithmetic apparatus, solved cases based on problem data that is generated from a discussion among participants; and an idea generation module configured to present, by the arithmetic apparatus, idea data including the generated problem data and information of the solved case found in the search to the participants.

First claim

1 . A workshop assistance system, which includes a computer having an arithmetic apparatus configured to execute predetermined processing, a storage device coupled to the arithmetic apparatus, and a communication interface coupled to the arithmetic apparatus,
the computer being configured to access solved problem case data including information of solved cases that correspond to problem data, the workshop assistance system comprising: a problem processing module configured to search, by the arithmetic apparatus, solved cases based on problem data that is generated from a discussion among participants; and an idea generation module configured to present, by the arithmetic apparatus, idea data including the generated problem data and information of the solved case found in the search to the participants.

2 . The workshop assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the idea generation module is configured to generate the idea data by converting utterances of the participants that are related to thinking of an idea into text.

3 . The workshop assistance system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the computer is configured to access technology and product data including information of at least one of a collection of technologies or a collection of products that correspond to problem data, and wherein the problem processing module is configured to search at least one of the collection of technologies or the collection of products based on the generated problem data, and present information of at least one of a technology or a product that are found in the search to the participants in a case of receiving a trigger for starting a discussion of a technology.

4 . The workshop assistance system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the computer is configured to access technology and product data including information of at least one of a collection of technologies or a collection of products that correspond to problem data, and wherein the workshop assistance system further comprises a search module configured to search, by the arithmetic apparatus, at least one of the collection of technologies or the collection of products based on the generated idea data, and present information of at least one of a technology or a product that are found in the search to the participants.

5 . The workshop assistance system according to claim 1 , further comprising a problem generation module configured to generate problem data by the arithmetic apparatus by converting utterances of the participants into text in a case of receiving a trigger for starting a discussion of a problem.

6 . The workshop assistance system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the computer is configured to access business field-based problem pattern data including information of business field-based problems that correspond to problem data, and social problem pattern data including information of social problems that correspond to the problem data, and wherein the problem processing module is configured to: search the business field-based problems based on the generated problem data, and present information of a business field-based problem found in the search to the participants in a case of receiving a trigger for starting a discussion of a business field-based problem; and search the social problems based on the generated problem data, and present information of a social problem found in the search to the participants in a case of receiving a trigger for starting a discussion of a value.

7 . The workshop assistance system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the idea generation module is configured to generate first idea data by presenting the generated problem data to the participants, and converting utterances of the participants into text in a case of receiving a trigger for starting a discussion of an idea, wherein the search module is configured to search at least one of the collection of technologies or the collection of products based on the generated first idea data, and present information of at least one of a technology or a product that are found in the search to the participants, wherein the problem processing module is configured to search the solved cases based on the generated problem data, wherein the idea generation module is configured to generate second idea data by presenting the generated problem data and information of a solved case found in the search to the participants, and converting utterances of the participants into text, and wherein the search module is configured to search at least one of the collection of technologies or the collection of products based on the generated second idea data, and present information of at least one of a technology or a product that are found in the search.

8 . A workshop assistance method, which is executed by a computer,
the computer having an arithmetic apparatus configured to execute predetermined processing, a storage device coupled to the arithmetic apparatus, and a communication interface coupled to the arithmetic apparatus, the computer being configured to access solved problem case data including information of solved cases that correspond to problem data, the workshop assistance method comprising: a problem processing step of searching, by the arithmetic apparatus, solved cases based on problem data that is generated from a discussion among participants; and an idea generation step of presenting, by the arithmetic apparatus, idea data including the generated problem data and information of the solved case found in the search to the participants.

9 . The workshop assistance method according to claim 8 , wherein the idea generation step includes generating, by the arithmetic apparatus, the idea data by converting utterances of the participants that are related to thinking of an idea into text.

10 . The workshop assistance method according to claim 8 ,
wherein the computer is configured to access technology and product data including information of at least one of a collection of technologies or a collection of products that correspond to problem data, and wherein the problem processing step comprises searching, by the arithmetic apparatus, at least one of the collection of technologies or the collection of products based on the generated problem data, and presenting information of at least one of a technology or a product that are found in the search to the participants in a case of receiving a trigger for starting a discussion of a technology.

11 . The workshop assistance method according to claim 8 ,
wherein the computer is configured to access technology and product data including information of at least one of a collection of technologies or a collection of products that correspond to problem data, and wherein the workshop assistance method further comprises a search step of searching, by the arithmetic apparatus, at least one of the collection of technologies or the collection of products based on the generated idea data, and presenting information of at least one of a technology or a product that are found in the search to the participants.

12 . The workshop assistance method according to claim 8 , further comprising a problem generation step of generating, by the arithmetic apparatus, problem data by converting utterances of the participants into text in a case of receiving a trigger for starting a discussion of a problem.

13 . The workshop assistance method according to claim 8 ,
wherein the computer is configured to access business field-based problem pattern data including information of business field-based problems that correspond to problem data, and social problem pattern data including information of so

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• FURUYA Shuhei
• Takeuchi Yo
• Kumagai Kiyoshi
• Ono Toshiyuki
• Ishiguro Masao
• Tokunaga Tatsuya
• Nagai Chisa
• Sumiyoshi Takashi
• Kanda Naoyuki
• Nagamatsu Kenji
• Ohya Kenji

Classifications

• Y02P90/30

  Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing · CPC title

• G06Q10/10 Primary

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06F16/3344

  using natural language analysis · CPC title

• G06N5/043 Primary

  Distributed expert systems; Blackboards · CPC title

• G06Q30/0201

  Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data · CPC title