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Systems and methods for determining and displaying multi-line foreign language translations in real time on mobile devices

  • US 8,965,129 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2014
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing one or more translations in a real-time video feed of a first language into a second language, comprising:

  • cropping a frame of the real-time video feed of one or more words of the first language to fit inside a bounding box to produce a cropped frame;

    performing character segment detection on the cropped frame to produce a plurality character segments;

    performing character merging on the character segments to produce a plurality of merged character segments while determining at least a shape score for at least one merged character segment;

    performing character recognition on the merged character segments by utilizing at least the shape score of the at least one merged character segment to produce a plurality of recognized characters with high scores;

    performing one or more translations on the recognized characters of the first language into one or more translated words of the second language; and

    displaying the translated words of the second language.

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