EDUCATIONAL VERBO-VISUALIZER INTERFACE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An educational verbal-visualization system, comprising:
- a microphone for capturing verbal utterances from a user;
a display for displaying visual images to the user;
a speaker for playing verbal articulations to the user;
a memory for storing the visual images and the verbal articulations;
a processor in communication with the microphone, display, memory, and speaker, wherein the processor performs verbal-visualization routines comprising;
analyzing the captured verbal utterances from the user;
determining whether one of a plurality of select verbal utterances has been issued by the user and, in response to a successful determination, identifying a particular select verbal utterance issued;
selecting from the memory a stored visual image that relationally corresponds with the identified particular select verbal utterance;
causing a prominent display of the stored visual image to the user within a close time proximity of issuance of the particular select verbal utterance; and
accessing from the memory a stored verbal articulation that mimics the particular select verbal utterance and causing the stored verbal articulation to be played through the speaker a short time delay after the issuance of the particular select verbal utterance, the short time delay being selected such that the played verbal articulation presents an echo effect of the select verbal utterance of the user.
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Abstract
A computer-based educational tool is provided to enable children to more easily learn the visual representations of letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and words, by drawing upon their existing verbal knowledge. More specifically, a child is allowed to utter the name of a letter, number, shape, color, or word and have the corresponding visual representation of that letter, number, shape, color, or word be displayed visually upon a screen in response to his or her verbal utterance. Speech recognition tools and techniques are utilized for capturing and recognizing the verbal utterances of the child. Unique visual and aural display methods is utilized for presenting content to the child in developmentally beneficial ways.
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26 Claims
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1. An educational verbal-visualization system, comprising:
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a microphone for capturing verbal utterances from a user;
a display for displaying visual images to the user;
a speaker for playing verbal articulations to the user;
a memory for storing the visual images and the verbal articulations;
a processor in communication with the microphone, display, memory, and speaker, wherein the processor performs verbal-visualization routines comprising;
analyzing the captured verbal utterances from the user;
determining whether one of a plurality of select verbal utterances has been issued by the user and, in response to a successful determination, identifying a particular select verbal utterance issued;
selecting from the memory a stored visual image that relationally corresponds with the identified particular select verbal utterance;
causing a prominent display of the stored visual image to the user within a close time proximity of issuance of the particular select verbal utterance; and
accessing from the memory a stored verbal articulation that mimics the particular select verbal utterance and causing the stored verbal articulation to be played through the speaker a short time delay after the issuance of the particular select verbal utterance, the short time delay being selected such that the played verbal articulation presents an echo effect of the select verbal utterance of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for educational verbal-visualization, comprising:
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analyzing an electronically captured verbal utterance from a user;
determining whether the captured verbal utterance corresponds to one of a plurality of select verbal utterances and, in response to a successful determination, identifying a particular select verbal utterance issued by the user;
selecting from a memory a stored visual image relationally corresponding to the identified particular select verbal utterance;
causing a prominent visual presentation of the selected visual image to be displayed upon an electronic display, the prominent visual presentation being imparted within a close time proximity of issuance of the particular select verbal utterance by the user; and
accessing from the memory a stored verbal articulation that mimics the particular select verbal utterance and causing the stored verbal articulation to be played through the speaker a short time delay after the issuance of the particular select verbal utterance, the short time delay being selected such that the played verbal articulation presents an echo effect of the select verbal utterance of the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for educational verbal-visualization, comprising:
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defining in a computer memory a set of select verbal utterances, the set of select verbal utterances comprising names of letters in an alphabet, names of numbers, names of shapes, and the names of colors;
analyzing an electronically captured verbal utterance from a user;
determining whether the captured verbal utterance corresponds to one of the set of select verbal utterances defined in the computer memory and, in response to a successful determining, identifying a particular one of the select verbal utterances that was issued by the user;
selecting from the memory a stored visual image that relationally corresponds to the identified particular one of the select verbal utterances, the stored visual image depicting at least one of a textual letter, textual number, graphical shape, and graphical color that directly corresponds to the identified particular select verbal utterance; and
causing a prominent visual presentation of the selected visual image to be displayed upon an electronic display, the prominent visual presentation being imparted within a close time proximity of issuance of the particular select verbal utterance by the user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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