LOW-VISION READING VISION ASSISTING SYSTEM BASED ON OCR AND TTS

• US 20170011732A1
• Filed: 05/16/2016
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AUMED Corporation
• Original Assignee: AUMED Corporation
• Inventors: GAO, Tieta
• Application Number:
  US15/155,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20170011732A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/153 using recognition of characters or words
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/006 using audible presentation of the information
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems

Abstract

A low-vision reading vision assisting system based on OCR and TTS, having an image acquisition module, a processing module and an output module. The image acquisition module is used for scanning a read object and acquiring and outputting an image. The processing module has an OCR unit and a TTS engine unit. The OCR unit is connected with the image acquisition module and used for receiving the image and performing image pre-processing and single-character recognition on the image to obtain a text file corresponding to the image. The TTS engine unit is connected with the OCR unit and used for converting the text file into an audio file; and the output module is connected with the processing module and used for synchronously outputting the text file and the audio file. The system has the advantages of convenience in use and relief in eye fatigue.

Claims

1. A low-vision reading vision assisting system based on OCR and TTS, comprising:

an image acquisition module, used for scanning a read object and acquiring and outputting an image;

a processing module, comprising;

an OCR unit, connected with the image acquisition module, and used for receiving the image and performing image pre-processing and single-character recognition on the image to obtain a text file corresponding to the image; and

a TTS engine unit, connected with the OCR unit, and used for converting the text file into an audio file; and

an output module, connected with the processing module, and used for synchronously outputting the text file and the audio file.

2. The low-vision reading vision assisting system of claim 1, wherein the output module comprises:

a display unit, connected with the OCR unit, and used for outputting the text file; and

an audio output unit, connected with the TTS engine unit and the display unit, and used for outputting the audio file.

3. The low-vision reading vision assisting system of claim 1, further comprising:

a user input module, connected with the processing module, used for inputting a system start instruction, a system shutdown instruction, an output mode setting instruction and an output parameter setting instruction.

4. The low-vision reading vision assisting system of claim 1, wherein the image acquisition module is further used for acquiring and outputting video of the read object.

5. The low-vision reading vision assisting system of claim 4, wherein the OCR unit is further used for acquiring images in the video according to preset parameters.

6. The low-vision reading vision assisting system of claim 4, wherein the output module is further used for outputting the video.

7. The low-vision reading vision assisting system of claim 1, wherein the OCR unit is further used for judging the language species of characters included in the images during image pre-processing, calling a corresponding language library to carry out single-character recognition, and sending the language species information to the TTS engine unit.

8. The low-vision reading vision assisting system of claim 7, wherein the TTS engine unit is further used for calling a speech library of the corresponding language according to the language species information to perform text to speech conversion.

9. The low-vision reading vision assisting system of claim 1, wherein the output mode of the output module comprises VGA and audio synchronous output, or HDMI output.