Patent №
US 11,501,777
Granted
2022-11-15
Filed 2021
Owner
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
Lab
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AI components
7
ml · nlp · vision · speech · kr · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
17161767
The disclosure herein relates to methods and systems for enabling human-robot interaction (HRI) to resolve task ambiguity. Conventional techniques that initiates continuous dialogue with the human to ask a suitable question based on the observed scene until resolving the ambiguity are limited. The present disclosure use the concept of Talk-to-Resolve (TTR) which initiates a continuous dialogue with the user based on visual uncertainty analysis and by asking a suitable question that convey the veracity of the problem to the user and seek guidance until all the ambiguities are resolved. The suitable question is formulated based on the scene understanding and the argument spans present in the natural language instruction. The present disclosure asks questions in a natural way that not only ensures that the user can understand the type of confusion, the robot is facing; but also ensures minimal and relevant questioning to resolve the ambiguities.
AI classification
Ownership
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
assignment · 550720475
Assignors
SARKAR, CHAYAN, PRAMANICK, PRADIP, BANERJEE, SNEHASIS, BHOWMICK, BROJESHWAR
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