Universal Language Translator

• US 20130030789A1
• Filed: 07/26/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Reginald Dalce
• Original Assignee: Reginald Dalce
• Inventors: Dalce, Reginald
• Application Number:
  US13/559,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20130030789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/2
• 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: G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/033 Voice editing, e.g. manipulating the voice of the synthesiser
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/005 Language recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/0208 Noise filtering

Abstract

A universal language translator automatically translates a spoken word or phrase between two speakers. The translator can lock onto a speaker and filter out ambient noise so as to be used in noisy environments, and to ensure accuracy of the translation when multiple speakers are present. The translator can also synthesize a speaker'"'"'s voice into the dialect of the other speaker such that each speaker sounds like they'"'"'re speaking the language of the other. A dialect detector could automatically select target dialects either by auto-sensing the dialect by listening to aspects of each speaker'"'"'s phrases, or based upon the location of the device.

Claims

1. A translator device, comprising:

a voice recognition module that detects auditory attributes of a speaker'"'"'s voice;

a voice filter module that filters out ambient sounds generated by a non-speaker object;

a dialect detector module that selects a dialect based upon a location of the device;

a translation module that translates a first phrase spoken by the speaker to a second phrase of the selected dialect; and

an auditory output that synthesizes the phrase using the auditory attributes of the speaker'"'"'s voice.

2. The translator device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the auditory attributes of the speaker'"'"'s voice is selected from the group consisting of pitch, speed of talking, intonation, and average frequency.

3. The translator device of claim 1, wherein the voice filter module detects a region that the speaker is located and filters out ambient sounds generated outside the region.

4. The translator device of claim 3, wherein the voice filter module moves the region as the speaker moves.

5. The translator device of claim 1, wherein the voice filter module creates a voice signature for the speaker and filters out ambient sounds that do not share attributes of the voice signature.

6. The translator device of claim 1, wherein the dialect detector module receives the location of the device from a GPS device.

7. The translator device of claim 1, wherein the dialect detector module receives the location of the device from a triangulation module.

8. The translator device of claim 1, wherein the dialect detector module selects the dialect based upon a dialect of a second speaker.

9. The translator device of claim 1, wherein the dialect detector module has a library of at least 10000 dialects.

10. The translator device of claim 1, wherein the translation module has a library of at least 500 languages.