Abstract
We are studying joint activity in which a remote robot finds an object by communicating with the user over a voice-only channel. We focus on how the robot disambiguates the reference of the uttered word or phrase to the target object. For example, by "cup", one may refer to a "teacup", a "coffee cup", or even a "glass" under some situations. This reference (hereafter, "object reference") is user-dependent. We confirm that a user model of object references is significant by conducting a survey of 12 subjects. In addition to ambiguity of object reference, actual systems should cope with two other sources of uncertainty in speech and image recognition. We present a Belief Network based probabilistic reasoning system to determine the object reference. The resulting system demonstrates that the number of interactions needed to find a common reference is reduced as the user model is refined.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | 7th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2002 |
| Publisher | International Speech Communication Association |
| Pages | 177-180 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 7th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2002 - Denver, United States Duration: 2002 Sept 16 → 2002 Sept 20 |
Other
| Other | 7th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2002 |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Denver |
| Period | 02/9/16 → 02/9/20 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language