Interpreting assistant system

• US 10,453,459 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2018
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saida Ashley Florexil
• Original Assignee: Saida Ashley Florexil
• Inventors: Florexil, Saida Ashley
• Primary Examiner(s): Flanders, Andrew C
• Application Number:
  US15/885,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20180374483A1
• Time in Patent Office: 629 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/009 Teaching or communicating with deaf persons G09B21/04 takes precedence; deaf and dumb persons G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72478 for hearing-impaired users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

An interpreting assistant system which provides to a user captions of auditory communications in the user'"'"'s vicinity. The interpreting assistant system includes a smart microphone transmitter that defines an input device which converts auditory communications into audio signals and transmit the signals a translation device, with a smart phone defining the translation device which generates a text transcript from the audio signals and send the transcript file to a display device, with the display device being defined by a wearable display interface which displays the transcript for a user to see. When in use, the interpreting assistant system provides for the display of a real time transcription and display of auditory communications such as spoken words for a user that may have hearing difficulties.

Claims

1. An interpreting assistant system, comprising:

a primary input device having a microphone adapted to generate audio signals from auditory communication, an antenna adapted to receive wirelessly a radio transmission which contains audio signals representing auditory communication, and a wireless networking interface adapted to transmit audio signals generated by the microphone of the primary input device and audio signals received by the antenna wirelessly;

a translation device having at least one translation device wireless networking interface adapted to receive the audio signals transmitted by the wireless networking interface of the primary input device and a processor configured to generate a text transcription which corresponds to words in the audio signals received by the translation device;

wherein said antenna is configured to receive the radio transmission from a source other than the translation device; and

a display interface adapted to display text visually, wherein said translation device is configured to transmit the text transcription to the display interface.

2. The interpreting assistant system of claim 1, additionally comprising a secondary input device having at least a microphone adapted to generate audio signals from auditory communication and a wireless networking interface adapted to transmit audio signals generated by the microphone of the secondary input device to the translation device wirelessly.

3. The interpreting assistant system of claim 2, wherein said processor of said translation device, when generating the text transcription which corresponds to words of the auditory communication in the audio signals received by the translation device, is additionally configured to distinguish in the text translation between text translated from audio signals generated by the microphone of the primary input device and text translated from audio signals generated by the microphone of the secondary input device.

4. The interpreting assistant system of claim 1, wherein said display interface is defined by a discrete display device and said translation device is configured to transmit the text transcription to the display interface wirelessly.

5. The interpreting assistant system of claim 4, wherein said discrete display device is defined by a smart watch.

6. The interpreting assistant system of claim 4, wherein said discrete display device is defined by a pair of wearable smart glasses.

7. The interpreting assistant system of claim 1, wherein said translation device is defined by a mobile computer device.

8. The interpreting assistant system of claim 7, wherein said primary input device and said translation device are adapted to wirelessly pair, thereby allowing said translation device to receive the audio signals transmitted by the primary input device wirelessly.

9. The interpreting assistant system of claim 1, wherein said processor of said translation device, when generating the text transcription which corresponds to words of the auditory communication in the audio signals received by the translation device, is additionally configured to distinguish in the text translation between text translated from audio signals generated by the microphone of the primary input device and text translated from audio signals received by the antenna.

10. The interpreting assistant system of claim 3, wherein said processor of said translation device, when generating the text transcription which corresponds to words of the auditory communication in the audio signals received by the translation device, is additionally configured to distinguish in the text translation between text translated from audio signals generated by the microphone of the primary input device and text translated from audio signals received by the antenna.

11. An interpreting assistant system, comprising:

a primary input device having a microphone adapted to generate audio signals from auditory communication, an antenna adapted to receive wirelessly a radio transmission which contains audio signals representing auditory communication, and a wireless networking interface adapted to transmit audio signals generated by the microphone of the primary input device and audio signals received by the antenna wirelessly;

a translation device having at least one translation device wireless networking interface adapted to receive the audio signals transmitted by the wireless networking interface of the primary input device and a processor configured to automatically generate a text transcription which corresponds to words in the audio signals received by the translation device;

wherein said antenna is configured to receive the radio transmission from a source other than the translation device;

a secondary input device having at least a microphone adapted to generate audio signals from auditory communication and a wireless networking interface adapted to transmit audio signals generated by the microphone of the secondary input device to the translation device wirelessly;

a display interface adapted to display text visually, wherein said translation device is configured to transmit the text transcription to the display interface; and

wherein said display interface is defined by a discrete display device and said translation device is configured to transmit the text transcription to the display interface wirelessly.

12. The interpreting assistant system of claim 11, wherein said processor of said translation device, when generating the text transcription which corresponds to words of the auditory communication in the audio signals received by the translation device, is additionally configured to distinguish in the text translation between text translated from audio signals generated by the microphone of the primary input device and text translated from audio signals generated by the microphone of the secondary input device.

13. The interpreting assistant system of claim 11, wherein said discrete display device is defined by a smart watch.

14. The interpreting assistant system of claim 11, wherein said discrete display device is defined by a pair of wearable smart glasses.

15. The interpreting assistant system of claim 11, wherein said translation device is defined by a mobile computer device.

16. The interpreting assistant system of claim 11, wherein said primary input device and said translation device are adapted to wirelessly pair, thereby allowing said translation device to receive the audio signals transmitted by the primary input device wirelessly.

17. The interpreting assistant system of claim 11, wherein said processor of said translation device, when generating the text transcription which corresponds to words of the auditory communication in the audio signals received by the translation device, is additionally configured to distinguish in the text translation between text translated from audio signals generated by the microphone of the primary input device and text translated from audio signals received by the antenna.

18. The interpreting assistant system of claim 12, wherein said processor of said translation device, when generating the text transcription which corresponds to words of the auditory communication in the audio signals received by the translation device, is additionally configured to distinguish in the text translation between text translated from audio signals generated by the microphone of the primary input device and text translated from audio signals received by the antenna.