METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HELPING TO UNDERSTAND AN AUDITORY SENSORY MESSAGE BY TRANSFORMING IT INTO A VISUAL MESSAGE
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Abstract
A method and a device for helping a hearing-impaired person to understand an auditory sensory message by transforming the auditory message into a visual message and projecting this message on a support in the field of vision of the hearing-impaired person. This device comprises a support (11) carrying a sensor in the form of microphones (16, 17) to pick up the message, recording and memorizing module (19) for recording and memorizing/storing in real time the auditory message, and transforming the message into a visual message. A screen (18) is placed in the field of vision of the user, and at least one projector (20, 21) projects the visual message on the screen. A sensor detects pupil movement of the user and mechanism converts pupil movement of the user into a display command for the visual message, and carrying out the command by projecting the visual message.
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16. A method for helping a hearing-impaired person called a user to understand an auditory sensory message by transforming the auditory sensory message into a visual message and projecting the visual message on a surface positioned in a field of vision of the user, the method comprising:
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picking up the auditory sensory message by at least one sensor mounted on a support of a spectacle or equivalent component, recording the auditory message in real time to allow re-using the recorded auditory message in deferred time, transforming the auditory sensory message into a visual message, projecting the visual message, following a user command, on a screen integral with the support of the spectacle or equivalent component placed in the field of vision of the user, carrying out the command by at least one pupil movement of the user, and performing the projection of the visual message in a static or scrolling way, one single time or repeatedly, immediately or with a delay, depending on the user command that is picked up by a member detecting the pupil movement. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A device (10) implementing the method for helping a hearing-impaired person called a user to understand an auditory sensory message, the device including means for transforming the auditory sensory message into a visual message and means for projecting the visual message on a surface positioned in a field of vision of the user, wherein the device comprises:
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a support (11) arranged to carry the set of functional elements involved in the fulfillment of the functions of the method, the set of functional elements comprising; at least one sensor (16, 17) mounted on the support and arranged to pick up the auditory sensory message, recording and memorizing means (19a, 19′
a) for recording and memorizing the auditory message in real time,transformation means (19b, 19′
b) for transforming the auditory sensory message into a visual message,a screen (18) integral with the support (11) and placed in the field of vision of the user, at least one element (20, 21) for projecting the visual message on the screen of the support, at least one sensor (25, 26) for sensing pupil movement of the user, means (19c, 19′
c) for converting the pupil movement of the user into a display command for the visual message, andmeans (19d, 19′
d) for carrying out the command by projecting the visual message in a static or a scrolling way, one single time or repeatedly, immediately or with a delay. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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