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Frame and app for smartphone for audio reading coded text

  • US 9,521,225 B2
  • Filed: 02/26/2015
  • Issued: 12/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for optically reading coded symbols printed at a predetermined position on a printed page, comprising:

  • a smartphone including a case, a camera, a processing capability, and a capability of producing audible output;

    a frame for holding the smartphone, which includes a tray into which the smartphone fits, the tray having a camera window corresponding to the position of the camera of the smartphone;

    a flat base for resting on the printed page, the base having an aperture therein to place on a coded symbol on the printed page; and

    retractable legs for allowing the base to collapse against the tray and allowing the base to extend so that the base spaces the tray a predetermined distance above the printed page, the base having a geometrically shaped means for assisting the user to locate the base on said printed page by touch to align the tray and said camera with the coded symbol; and

    a software application program loaded onto the smartphone configured to permit the smartphone to decode the symbol and convert information decoded from the symbol to audible speech.

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