Providing translation alternatives on mobile devices by usage of mechanic signals

• US 8,954,314 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2012
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Powalowski, Piotr
• Primary Examiner(s): PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US13/625,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20130231914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• Field of Search: 704 2- 8
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• 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

Disclosed is subject matter that provides a technique and a device that may include an accelerometer, a display device, an input device and a processor. The input device may receive textual information in a first language. The processor may be configured to generate a plurality of probable translation alternatives for a translation result. Each probable translation alternative may be a translation of the textual information into a second language. The processor may present a first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives on the display device in an alternate translation result dialog screen. Based on an accelerometer signal, the processor may determine whether the device is being shaken. In response to a determination the device is being shaken, the processor may present a second of the plurality of probable translation alternatives on the display device in place of the first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an input in a first language;

obtaining a plurality of probable translation alternatives for a translation result, each probable translation alternative being a translation of the input into a second language;

presenting a first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives on a display;

determining that the device is being shaken;

responsive to a determination that the device is being shaken, presenting a second of the plurality of probable translation alternatives in the alternate translation result dialog screen on the display; and

responsive to subsequent determinations that the device is being shaken, presenting the alternative translation results in a loop through all of the alternative translation results until the user selects a translation result from the presented list.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

detecting by the processor a swipe gesture over a translation result dialog screen on the display; and

presenting an alternate translation result dialog screen with another probable translation alternative of the plurality of the probable translation alternatives.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

presenting the alternate translation result dialog screen in response to a detection of a touch hovering over the translation result that has an alternate translation result, wherein the hovering alternate translation result dialog screen partially occludes the translation result.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the probable alternate translation results are presented in an order based upon the probability of each displayed probable alternate translation result being a correct translation result.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives is presented in an alternate translation result dialog screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input information is audio data received from a microphone.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the input information is textual data received from a keyboard.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives has a highest probability score of the plurality of probable translation alternatives.

9. A device, comprising:

an accelerometer;

a display device;

an input device for receiving input in a first language; and

a processor configured to;

obtain a plurality of probable translation alternatives for a translation result, each probable translation alternative being a translation of an input received from the input device into a second language;

present a first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives on the display device;

determine, based on a signal generated by the accelerometer, whether the device is being shaken;

responsive to a determination that the device is being shaken, present a second of the plurality of probable translation alternatives on the display device in place of the first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives; and

respond to subsequent determinations that the device is being shaken by presenting the alternative translation results in a loop through all of the alternative translation results until the user selects a translation result from the presented list.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the input device is integrated into the display device.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the display device is a touchscreen.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the input device is a microphone and the input information is audio data received from the microphone.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the input device is a keyboard and the input information is textual data received from the keyboard.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor responds to a touchscreen swipe gesture to change the presented translation alternative.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the probable translation alternatives are a subset of the translation results.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to receive the accelerometer signal over a bus.

17. The device of claim 9, wherein the first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives has a highest probability score of the plurality of probable translation alternatives.

18. A method comprising:

receiving an input in a first language;

obtaining a plurality of probable translation alternatives for a translation result, each probable translation alternative being a translation of the input into a second language;

presenting a first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives on a display;

detecting by the processor a swipe gesture over a translation result dialog screen on the display; and

presenting an alternate translation result dialog screen with another probable translation alternative of the plurality of the probable translation alternatives.

19. A method comprising:

receiving an input in a first language;

obtaining a plurality of probable translation alternatives for a translation result, each probable translation alternative being a translation of the input into a second language;

presenting a first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives on a display; and

presenting an alternate translation result dialog screen in response to a detection of a touch hovering over the first of the plurality of probable translation alternatives that has an alternate translation result, wherein the hovering alternate translation result dialog screen partially occludes the translation result.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

detecting by the processor a swipe gesture over the alternate translation result dialog screen on the display; and

presenting a second of the plurality of probable translation alternatives in the alternate translation result dialog screen in response to detecting the swipe gesture.