SIGN LANGUAGE CAPABLE MOBILE PHONE

• US 20090313013A1
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WEN, QIN
• Application Number:
  US12/237,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20090313013A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• 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 13/027 Concept to speech synthesisers; Generation of natural phrases from machine-based concepts generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text G10L13/08
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/06 Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation, e.g. speech visualisation or speech processing for tactile aids G10L15/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72478 for hearing-impaired users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

A mobile phone includes a display, a data capturing module, and a sign language translating system. The data capturing module is configured to capture images of a user communicating with sign language. The sign language translating system is connected to the data capturing module. The sign language translating system includes a data input module and a data output module. The data input module is configured to receive and transform a text data or a speech data to a corresponding sign language image, and display the sign language image on the display, the data output module is configured to receive and transform a sign language image captured by the data capturing module to a corresponding text data or a corresponding speech data.

Claims

1. A mobile phone comprising:

a display;

an image capturing module configured to capture images of a user communicating with sign language; and

a sign language translating system connected to the image capturing module, the sign language translating system comprising a data input module and a data output module;

wherein the data input module is configured to receive and transform a text data or a speech data to a corresponding sign language image, and display the sign language image on the display;

the data output module is configured to receive and transform a sign language image captured by the data capturing module to a corresponding text data or a corresponding speech data.

2. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the data output module comprises an image analyzing module connected to the image capturing module, an image encoding module connected to the image analyzing module, a code analyzing module connected to the image encoding module, a code transforming and data transmitting module connected to the code analyzing module, and a code database connected to the code analyzing module.

3. The mobile phone of claim 2, wherein a plurality of text codes, a plurality of speech codes, and a plurality of image codes associated with the text and speech codes are stored in the code database.

4. The mobile phone of claim 3, wherein the image analyzing module is configured to analyze the sign language image captured by the data capturing module, the image encoding module is configured to encode the analyzed image to generate a series of image codes, the code analyzing module is configured to search for the codes corresponding to the image codes in the code database, and the code transforming and data transmitting module is configured to transform the text codes to the text data and the speech codes to the speech data for transmission.

5. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the data input module comprises an image analyzing module connected to the display, a data receiving and transforming module connected to the image analyzing module, and an image database connected to the image analyzing module.

6. The mobile phone of claim 5, wherein a plurality of sign language images and a plurality of image codes corresponding to the sign language images are stored in the image database.

7. The mobile phone of claim 6, wherein the data receiving and transforming module is configured to receive and transform the data to a series of image codes, the image analyzing module is configured to search the sign language images corresponding to the image codes in the image database, and display the sign language images on the display.

8. A mobile phone, comprising:

a data input module configured to receive and transform a text data or a speech data to a corresponding sign language image, the data input module comprising an image analyzing module, a data receiving and transforming module connected to the image analyzing module, and an image database connected to the image analyzing module; and

a data output module configured to receive and transform a sign language image to a corresponding text data or a corresponding speech data, the data output module comprising an image analyzing module, an image encoding module connected to the image analyzing module, a code analyzing module connected to the image encoding module, a code transforming and data transmitting module connected to the code analyzing module, and a code database connected to the code analyzing module.

9. The mobile phone of claim 8, further comprising an image capturing module configured to capture a sign language image, and connected to the data output module.

10. The mobile phone of claim 8, wherein a plurality of text codes, a plurality of speech codes, and a plurality of image codes associated with the text and speech codes are stored in the code database.

11. The mobile phone of claim 10, wherein the image analyzing module is configured to analyze the sign language image captured by the data capturing module, the image encoding module is configured to encode the analyzed image to generate a series of image codes, the code analyzing module is configured to search for the codes corresponding to the image codes in the code database, the code transforming and data transmitting module is configured to transform the text codes to the text data or the speech codes to the speech data for transmission.

12. The mobile phone of claim 8, wherein a plurality of sign language images and a plurality of image codes corresponding to the sign language images are stored in the image database.

13. The mobile phone of claim 12, wherein the data receiving and transforming module is configured to receive and transform the data to a series of image codes, the image analyzing module is configured to search for the sign language images corresponding to the image codes, and display the sign language images on a display.