MULTILINGUAL EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD

• US 20200134027A1
• Filed: 02/02/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fumitaka Noda, Language Discovery Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Language Discovery Ltd.
• Inventors: NODA, Fumitaka
• Granted Patent: US 11,250,222 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/211 Syntactic parsing, e.g. based on context-free grammar [CFG] or unification grammars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/47 Machine-assisted translation, e.g. using translation memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/51 Translation evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/55 Rule-based translation
• 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: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

A multilingual exchange system and message transmission method that enables exchange of messages in a foreign language in a simple manner without any special translation skill, and, simultaneously, allowing for dramatic improvement in grammatical accuracy when converting messages into a second language. In an outer box 106, which is a display area for a modifier in a third sentence pattern sentence inner boxes 106A, 106B, and 106C are allocated to each part of speech in English, which is the second language, and inner boxes 106A, 106B, and 106C can be recognized as separate inner boxes. Even if display content in a first language is divided into three inner boxes, there is no need to divide display content in second language into three inner boxes, and even if substitutions of parts of speech or changes in content occur in one language, it is possible to maintain grammatical accuracy in another language.

Claims

1. A multilingual exchange system including a message communication device which comprises a message construction screen on which a message including at least one sentence or phrase in a 1st language is displayed, the message construction screen displays a 2nd language message that corresponds with the 1st language message, and is configured to be able to send at least the 2nd language message,

wherein, the message construction screen can show a display element column arranging display elements which are display areas for respective elements corresponding to each of five English sentence patterns, and is configured that necessary elements of the elements of five English sentence patterns which are subject S, predicate verb V, objective O, complement C, and modifier M are made to correspond to each of the display elements of the respective display element columns and on each of the corresponding display elements, one or multiple words related to the message that are included in the at least one sentence or phrase of the 1st language are displayed, and also one or multiple words in the 2nd language that are corresponding to the one or multiple words of the 1st language are displayed;

and

an order of the display elements is changed so that a text including the displayed at least one sentence or phrase of the 2nd language can be arranged into a correct word order.

2. The multilingual exchange system according to claim 1, wherein multiple sub display elements can be allocated to each of the display elements depending on the sentences and phrases to be displayed on each of the display elements, and on each of the sub display elements, the sentences and phrases shown on the display elements can be divided and entered based on their parts of speech.

3. The multilingual exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the display elements corresponding to the subject S, the predicate verb V, the objective O, and the complement C are prohibited to delete or add, but the display elements corresponding to the modifier M are allowed to delete or add.

4. The multilingual exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the sub display elements are allowed to convert, delete or add.

8. The multilingual exchange system according to claim 2, wherein the display elements corresponding to the subject S, the predicate verb V, the objective O, and the complement C are prohibited to delete or add, but the display elements corresponding to the modifier M are allowed to delete or add.

9. The multilingual exchange system according to claim 2, wherein the sub display elements are allowed to convert, delete or add.

10. The multilingual exchange system according to claim 3, wherein the sub display elements are allowed to convert, delete or add.

11. The multilingual exchange system according to claim 8, wherein the sub display elements are allowed to convert, delete or add.

5. A method for transmitting a message comprising a message construction screen on which a message including at least one sentence or phrase in a 1st language can be displayed, the message construction screen displays a 2nd language message that corresponds with the 1st language message, and at least the 2nd language message is sent,

wherein, the method includes:

being capable of displaying a display element column on which the display elements are allocated for each of five English sentence patterns on the message construction screen;

corresponding necessary elements of the elements of five English sentence patterns which are subject S, predicate verb V, objective O, complement C, and modifier M to each of the display elements of the respective display element columns;

displaying on each of the corresponding display elements, one or multiple words related to the message included in the at least one sentence or phrase of the 1st language and also one or multiple words in the 2nd language corresponding to the one or multiple words of the 1st language; and

changing an order of a text including the displayed at least one sentence or phrase of the 2nd language into a correct word order.

6. The method for transmitting a message according to claim 5, wherein multiple sub display elements can be allocated to each of the display elements, and on each of the sub display elements, the sentences and phrases to be displayed on the display elements are divided and entered based on their parts of speech, and at the least, the message created in the 2nd language is sent to a counterpart including a user of the 2nd language, in accordance with a predetermined operation.

7. The method for transmitting a message according to claim 5, wherein the message is transmitted by text data and also by voice data of the user who orally speaks based on the reproduction of the message by voice.

12. The method for transmitting a message according to claim 6, wherein the message is transmitted by text data and also by voice data of the user who orally speaks based on the reproduction of the message by voice.