Video-assisted apparatus for hearing impaired persons
First Claim
1. A method for providing audio and visual communication between a speaker and at least one hearing impaired person, the method comprising:
- providing said speaker with a headset frame having a camera attached thereto and positioned to capture images of a mouth of said speaker;
providing said at least one hearing impaired person with at least one display, wherein sound emitted by said speaker and received by said hearing impaired person essentially does not allow said hearing impaired person to understand said speaker;
capturing continuous video images of said mouth of said speaker using said camera; and
transmitting said images in real-time in an uncompressed manner to said at least one display for said at least one hearing impaired person to view such that movement of said mouth of said speaker coincides with sound emitted by said speaker and enables said hearing impaired person to understand said speaker.
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Abstract
There is described a method for providing audio and visual communication between a speaker and at least one hearing impaired person. The method comprises the steps of providing the speaker with a headset frame having a camera attached thereto and positioned to capture images of the speaker'"'"'s mouth; providing the hearing impaired person with a display; capturing continuous video images of the speaker'"'"'s mouth using the camera; and transmitting the images in the real-time to the display for the hearing impaired person to view such that movement of the speaker'"'"'s mouth coincides with sound emitted by the speaker.
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1. A method for providing audio and visual communication between a speaker and at least one hearing impaired person, the method comprising:
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providing said speaker with a headset frame having a camera attached thereto and positioned to capture images of a mouth of said speaker; providing said at least one hearing impaired person with at least one display, wherein sound emitted by said speaker and received by said hearing impaired person essentially does not allow said hearing impaired person to understand said speaker; capturing continuous video images of said mouth of said speaker using said camera; and transmitting said images in real-time in an uncompressed manner to said at least one display for said at least one hearing impaired person to view such that movement of said mouth of said speaker coincides with sound emitted by said speaker and enables said hearing impaired person to understand said speaker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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