LANGUAGE TRANSLATION WITH HEAD-WORN COMPUTING

• US 20150309995A1
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Osterhout, Ralph F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,672,210 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0156 with optionally usable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/06 Hearing aids construction of hearing aids H04R25/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/06 Locking elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/18 Adjustment ridges or notches
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/124 for vertically varying the position of the lenses
• 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

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to language translation systems for head-worn computers.

Claims

1. A language translation system, comprising:

a. A head-worn computer including a microphone and an audio communication system, wherein the head-worn computer is adapted to record a spoken utterance of a person wearing the head-worn computer, convert the spoken utterance into a language other than a first spoken language represented by the spoken utterance, forming translated language;

b. A speaker of sufficient size to produce sound intensity such that a person at a conversational distance can hear the sound at a conversational level, the speaker in communication with the head-worn computer through the audio communication system; and

c. The head-worn computer further adapted to communicate the translated language to the speaker and displaying, in a see-through head-worn display mechanically supported by the head-worn computer, a visual representation of the first spoken language.

2. The language system of claim 1, wherein the audio communication system is a wired system providing audio signals to the speaker.

3. The language system of claim 1, wherein the audio communication system is a wireless system providing audio signals to the speaker.

4. The language system of claim 1, wherein the speaker size produces sound in a range of approximately 30 to 40 db at a distance of 5 feet of the speaker.

5. The language system of claim 1, wherein the speaker size produces sound in a range of approximately 40 to 60 db at a distance of 5 feet of the speaker.

6. The language system of claim 1, wherein the speaker size produces sound in a range of approximately 60 to 80 db at a distance of 5 feet of the speaker.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the head-worn computer is further adapted to convert the spoken utterances into the translated language, wherein the translated language has a audible spectrum based on the user'"'"'s spoken utterances.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the audible spectrum is determined through an analysis of the spoken utterances spectrum, wherein the analysis results in one of a plurality of tones to be used when communicating the translated language to the speaker.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one tone is at least one of a high male tone, mid-tone male, low male tone, high female tone, mid-tone female, low female tone.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the speaker is mechanically adapted to fit into a shirt pocket of the user.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the speaker is mechanically adapted to clip onto a shirt of the user.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the head-worn computer is further adapted with a user interface that turns off the displaying of the visual representation of the first spoken language.