Weather radio with speech to text recognition of audio forecast and display summary of weather

• US 20040181404A1
• Filed: 03/01/2004
• Published: 09/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Elias Shedd
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Elias Shedd
• Inventors: Shedd, Jonathan Elias
• Application Number:
  US10/708,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20040181404A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/34 Stereoscopes providing a stereoscopic pair of separated images corresponding to parallactically displaced views of the same object, e.g. 3D slide viewers

Abstract

This device uses a communication link to obtain audio weather information then uses a voice recognition means to convert the audio weather information into text, then converts this text information into display information. This device uses a means selecting means to evaluate the text and determine what text is to be displayed. This device uses a display to display weather information. This device displays weather information and, can play aloud the transmitted broadcast.

Claims

1. A weather indicating device comprising;

a)a communication link for receiving audio weather information, and

b)a voice recognition means for translating the received audio weather information into text, and

c)a selecting means for selecting and arranging predetermined information found in the text into a format useful for displaying, and

d)a display means.

2. The communication link of claim 1 wherein the communication link comprises;

a)a weather data source, and

b)a remote transmitter linked to the weather data source, for transmitting the audio weather information, and

c)a receiver, for receiving remote transmissions from the remote transmitter.

3. The receiver of claim 2 wherein;

the receiver receives NOAA transmissions.

4. The receiver of claim 3 wherein;

the receiver receives public service band between 162.400 and 162.550 megahertz (MHz).

5. The communication link of claim 1 wherein;

the communication link receives satellite transmissions.

6. The voice recognition means of claim 1 wherein;

the voice recognition means has been trained to recognize voices used to relay audio weather information.

7. The voices of claim 6 wherein;

the voices that relay weather forecast information are synthetically generated.

8. The voice recognition means of claim 1 wherein;

the voice recognition means has a vocabulary comprising the words used by the broadcaster.

9. The selecting means of claim 1 wherein;

the means for selecting can be modified by the user;

for allowing the user to select the information displayed.

10. The display of claim 1 wherein;

the display is a liquid crystal display.

11. The display information of claim 1 wherein;

the display information includes a summary of the weather forecast.

12. The display means of claim 1 wherein the display means comprises;

a display driver and

a display.

13. A method of receiving and displaying weather information wherein the method comprises;

a)receiving an audio weather transmission from a remote source and,

b)translating the audio weather transmission into text,

c)converting the text into display data and,

d)displaying the display data on the display.

14. The remote source of claim 13 wherein the remote source comprises;

a remote transmitter for transmitting audio weather information.

15. The remote transmitter of claim 14 wherein the remote transmitter comprises;

a NOAA weather broadcast.

16. The NOAA weather broadcast of claim 15 wherein the NOAA weather broadcast comprises;

transmissions on the public service band between 162.400 and 162.550 megahertz (MHz).

17. The translating of claim 13 wherein the translating comprises;

using a voice recognition means to translate the audio weather transmission into text.

18. The converting of claim 13 wherein the step of converting includes;

selecting predetermined information found in the text and arranging the information into a format useful for displaying.