HEAD-MOUNTED TEXT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED

• US 20120078628A1
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mahmoud M. Ghulman
• Original Assignee: Mahmoud M. Ghulman
• Inventors: GHULMAN, MAHMOUD M.
• Application Number:
  US12/892,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20120078628A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• 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: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

The head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired is a speech-to-text system, in which spoken words are converted into a visual textual display and displayed to the user in passages containing a selected number of words. The system includes a head-mounted visual display, such as eyeglass-type dual liquid crystal displays or the like, and a controller. The controller includes an audio receiver, such as a microphone or the like, for receiving spoken language and converting the spoken language into electrical signals. The controller further includes a speech-to-text module for converting the electrical signals representative of the spoken language to a textual data signal representative of individual words. A transmitter associated with the controller transmits the textual data signal to a receiver associated with the head-mounted display. The textual data is then displayed to the user in passages containing a selected number of individual words.

Claims

1. A method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired, comprising the steps of:

receiving spoken language;

converting the spoken language to textual data representative of individual words;

transmitting the textual data to a receiver in communication with a visual display; and

displaying the textual data to the user, wherein the textual data is displayed to the user in passages containing a selected number of individual words.

2. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of mounting the visual display and the receiver on the user'"'"'s head.

3. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 2, further comprising the step of covering at least one of the user'"'"'s eyes with the visual display.

4. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

converting the spoken language to video data representative of the individual words;

transmitting the video data to the receiver; and

displaying the video data simultaneously with the display of the textual data, wherein the video data corresponds to the textual data being displayed to the user.

5. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 4, wherein the step of converting the spoken language to the video data representative of the individual words comprises converting the spoken language to a graphical representation of sign language.

6. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 5, wherein the steps of transmitting the textual and video data to the receiver comprise wirelessly transmitting the textual and video data.

7. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the textual data to the user comprises displaying the textual data in passages containing three words at a time.

8. A method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired, comprising the steps of:

receiving spoken language;

converting the spoken language to textual data representative of individual words;

converting the spoken language to video data representative of the individual words;

transmitting the textual data and the video data to a receiver in communication with a visual display; and

simultaneously displaying the textual data and the video data to the user, wherein the textual data is displayed to the user in passages containing a selected number of individual words, the video data corresponding to the textual data being displayed to the user.

9. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 8, further comprising the step of mounting the visual display and the receiver on the user'"'"'s head.

10. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 9, further comprising the step of covering at least one of the user'"'"'s eyes with the visual display.

11. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 10, wherein the step of converting the spoken language to the video data representative of the individual words comprises converting the spoken language to a graphical representation of sign language.

12. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 11, further comprising the step of translating the spoken language into a selected second language, the textual data being displayed to the user in the second language.

13. The method of visually displaying spoken text for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 12, wherein the step of simultaneously displaying the textual data and the video data to the user comprises displaying the textual data in passages containing three words at a time.

14. A head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired, comprising:

a head-mounted visual display;

an audio receiver having a transducer for receiving spoken language and converting the spoken language into electrical signals representative of the spoken language;

means for converting the electrical signals representative of the spoken language to a textual data signal representative of individual words;

a receiver in communication with the head-mounted visual display;

a transmitter for transmitting the textual data signal to the receiver; and

means for displaying the textual data representative of the individual words to the user in passages containing a selected number of individual words.

15. The head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 14, further comprising:

means for converting the spoken language to video data representative of the individual words, the video data being transmitted to the receiver with the textual data signal; and

means for displaying the video data simultaneously with the display of the textual data, wherein the video data corresponds to the textual data being displayed to the user.

16. The head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 15, wherein the video data comprises a graphical representation of sign language.

17. The head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 15, wherein the transmitter is a wireless transmitter.

18. The head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 17, wherein the receiver is a wireless receiver.

19. The head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 18, wherein the textual data is displayed to the user in passages containing three words at a time.

20. The head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired as recited in claim 19, further comprising means for translating the spoken language into a selected second language, the textual data being displayed to the user in the second language.