TECHNIQUES FOR USING CONTROLLED NATURAL LANGUAGE TO CAPTURE DESIGN INTENT FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

摘要

A computing device for receiving a design problem statement describing a design problem in a controlled natural language (CNL) that defines permitted lexicons and syntax structures. The design problem statement is processed using the CNL lexicons and syntax structures to produce a job description executable by a design application for generating a design solution for the design problem statement. An improved CNL user interface that assists users to produce valid design problem statements that are CNL-compliant. The CNL user interface receives user-selectable terms that are compliant with the CNL lexicons and generates candidate problem statements that are compliant with CNL syntax structures and receives a selection of a candidate problem statement that is added to the design problem statement. A graphical user interface may display a graphical representation of a design problem statement that can be directly modified. A dialogue-based design process to explore possible design intentions and design solutions.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving from a user input engine a first design intention description describing one or more goals of a design problem; mapping the first design intention description to a first set of observations describing different aspects of the first design intention description; generating a first modified design intention description based at least in part on the first set of observations; causing the first modified design intention description to be executed for display by the user input engine.