System and Method for Conversion of Speech to Displayed Media Data

• US 20110307255A1
• Filed: 06/10/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Logoscope LLC
• Original Assignee: Logoscope LLC
• Inventors: Frazier, William H., Peterson, William Greg
• Application Number:
  US13/157,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20110307255A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/686 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title or artist information, time, location or usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting

Abstract

A method for instantaneous and real-time conversion of sound into media data and with the ability to project, print, copy, or manipulate such media data. The invention relates to a method for converting speech to a text string, recognizing the text string, and then displaying the media data that corresponds with the text string.

Specifically, the invention contemplates a method where the program converts a spoken word to a text string, compares that text string to an image library containing media data that is associated with the text string, and if the text string matches a text string in the library, projects the media data that corresponds with the text string.

Claims

1. A method for a computer system that includes a processor and a memory operating in an electronic environment, comprising:

receiving a sound input from a user;

converting the sound input into a text string;

associating a hit word with a media data stored in a data library;

comparing the text string with at least one hit word associated with the media data stored in the data library; and

,

presenting the associated media data.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the associated media data is only presented if the text string and hit word match.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a speech recognizer recognizes the sound input and converts the sound input into a text string.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data library is generated by the user.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying a media text title.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is an image.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is a sound.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is presented by a display.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is presented by a soundspeaker.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is presented in a free-form mode.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is presented in a story mode.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is stored in a media data library.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data is stored in a project library.

15. A computer program product for a computer system including a processor and a memory including a plurality of media data, comprising:

code directs the processor to receive a sound input from a user;

code directs the processor to convert the sound input into a text string;

code directs the processor to associate a hit word with a media data stored in a data library;

code directs the processor to compare the text string with at least one hit word associated with the media data stored in the data library; and

,

code directs the processor to present the associated media data.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein code directs the processor to present the associated media data if the text string and hit word match.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein code directs the processor to instruct a speech recognizer to recognize the sound input and convert the sound input into a text string.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein code directs the processor to display a media text title.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein code directs the processor to present the media data in a free-form mode.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein code directs the processor to present the media data in a story mode.