Real-time Translation display interface and display method thereof

• US 20100201617A1
• Filed: 02/06/2009
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Zhou, Tao, Chiu, Chaucer
• Application Number:
  US12/320,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20100201617A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• 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: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A real-time translation display interface and a display method thereof are provided, which generate a translation function window and an enlargement function window based on a cursor position. The translation function window and the enlargement function window are selectively displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI), thereby solving the problem in the prior art that it results in tediousness and inconveniences when performing a translation function and an enlarge function on one electronic document, and achieving the technical effect of taking account of both the functionality of translation and enlargement and the convenience for browsing a document.

Claims

1. A real-time translation display interface, adapted to selectively display a translation function window and an enlargement function window on a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the translation function window displays a translation result generated by a real-time translation system, the real-time translation display interface comprising:

a detect module, adapted to detect a cursor position continuously, wherein the cursor position serves as a basis for the real-time translation system to generate the translation result;

a translation function window, generated based on the cursor position and the translation result, adapted to display the translation result; and

an enlargement function window, generated based on the cursor position, adapted to enlarge and display a region covering the cursor position.

2. The real-time translation display interface according to claim 1, wherein the detect module is further adapted to locate the cursor position with coordinates.

3. The real-time translation display interface according to claim 1, wherein the translation function window further comprises:

a simplify option, provided for a user to store and display the translation function window in a simplified way when the user clicks the simplify option with a cursor.

4. The real-time translation display interface according to claim 3, wherein the translation function window further comprises:

a restore option, provided for the user to fully display the translation function window when the user clicks the restore option with the cursor.

5. The real-time translation display interface according to claim 1, wherein the translation function window further comprises:

a cut/paste option, provided for a user to perform moving and fixing operations on the translation function window and to store the translation function window when the user clicks the cut/paste option with the cursor.

6. The real-time translation display interface according to claim 1, wherein the enlargement function window is further adapted to convert the region covering the cursor position to a vector format and then enlarges the region.

7. The real-time translation display interface according to claim 2, wherein the translation function window/enlargement function window are further displayed based on a translation function window position/enlargement function window position calculated based on the coordinates of the cursor position.

8. The real-time translation display interface according to claim 1, wherein the generated translation function window and the enlargement function window are both close to the cursor position and are independent uppermost layer windows.

9. The real-time translation display interface according to claim 1, wherein the detect module is further adapted to cancel the displaying of the translation function window/enlargement function window and regenerate another translation function window/enlargement function window, upon detecting a cursor position different from the previous cursor position.

10. A display method for a real-time translation display interface, adapted to selectively display a translation function window and an enlargement function window on a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the translation function window displays a translation result generated by a real-time translation system, the method comprising:

detecting a cursor position;

generating the translation result based on the cursor position;

generating the translation function window for displaying the translation result based on the cursor position and the translation result;

enlarging a region covering the cursor position based on the cursor position, and generating the enlargement function window covering the enlarged region; and

displaying the translation function window and the enlargement function window.

11. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 10, wherein the step of detecting the cursor position further comprises detecting the cursor position and representing the cursor position with coordinates.

12. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 10, wherein when the translation function window further comprises a simply option, the method further comprises:

clicking the simplify option of the translation function window;

storing the translation function window; and

displaying the translation function window in a simplified way.

13. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 12, wherein when the translation function window further comprises a restore option, the method further comprises:

clicking the restore option of the translation function window; and

fully displaying the translation function window.

14. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 10, wherein when the translation function window further comprises a cut/paste option, the method further comprises:

clicking the cut/paste option of the translation function window;

moving and fixing the translation function window; and

storing the translation function window.

15. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 10, wherein the step of enlarging the region covering the cursor position based on the cursor position and generating the enlargement function window covering the enlarged region further comprises converting the region covering the cursor position to a vector format and then enlarging the region based on the cursor position, and generating the enlargement function window covering the enlarged region.

16. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 11, wherein the step of generating the translation function window for displaying the translation result based on the cursor position and the translation result further comprises calculating the coordinates of the cursor position to generate a translation function window position and generating the translation function window for displaying the translation result based on the translation function window position and the translation result.

17. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 11, wherein the step of enlarging the region covering the cursor position based on the cursor position and generating the enlargement function window covering the enlarged region further comprises enlarging the region covering the cursor position, generating an enlargement function window position by calculating the coordinates of the cursor position, and generating the enlargement function window based on the enlarged region and the enlargement function window position.

18. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 10, wherein the generated translation function window and enlargement function window are both close to the cursor position and are independent uppermost layer windows.

19. The display method for a real-time translation display interface according to claim 10, wherein after the step of detecting the cursor position, the method further comprises determining whether the detected cursor position is the same as a previous cursor position or not, and if not, canceling the displaying of the translation function window and the enlargement function window.