Mobile device having human language translation capability with positional feedback
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1. A mobile electronic device comprising:
- a touch sensitive screen;
a detection component for detecting a change in physical orientation of the mobile electronic device; and
a translator application operable in multiple physical orientations of the mobile electronic device, the translator application translating between natural languages and the translator application triggered by detecting a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device,wherein in response to the detection component detecting a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation, the translator application;
causing a translation of a word or phrase from a first language entered via a first virtual keyboard, having characters or symbols from the first language, on the touch sensitive screen into a second language to obtain a first translation, andcausing a display of the first translation and a second virtual keyboard with characters or symbols from the second language on the touch sensitive screen,wherein in response to the detection component detecting a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from the second orientation back to the first orientation, the translator application;
causing a translation of a word or phrase entered via the second virtual keyboard from the second language on the touch sensitive screen into the first language to obtain a second translation, andcausing a display of the second translation and the first virtual keyboard,wherein the first language is a default language or is selected by a first user, andwherein the second language is selected by the first user, selected by a second user, or determined by the mobile electronic device.
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Abstract
A mobile electronic device has a touch sensitive screen and an accelerometer. A translator is to translate a word or phrase that is in a first human language and that is entered via a first virtual keyboard displayed on the touch sensitive screen, into a second human language. A translator is to cause the touch sensitive screen to display the translated word or phrase and a second virtual keyboard having characters in the second human language, in response to the accelerometer detecting a change in the physical orientation of the device or movement of the device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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1. A mobile electronic device comprising:
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a touch sensitive screen; a detection component for detecting a change in physical orientation of the mobile electronic device; and a translator application operable in multiple physical orientations of the mobile electronic device, the translator application translating between natural languages and the translator application triggered by detecting a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device, wherein in response to the detection component detecting a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation, the translator application; causing a translation of a word or phrase from a first language entered via a first virtual keyboard, having characters or symbols from the first language, on the touch sensitive screen into a second language to obtain a first translation, and causing a display of the first translation and a second virtual keyboard with characters or symbols from the second language on the touch sensitive screen, wherein in response to the detection component detecting a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from the second orientation back to the first orientation, the translator application; causing a translation of a word or phrase entered via the second virtual keyboard from the second language on the touch sensitive screen into the first language to obtain a second translation, and causing a display of the second translation and the first virtual keyboard, wherein the first language is a default language or is selected by a first user, and wherein the second language is selected by the first user, selected by a second user, or determined by the mobile electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile electronic device comprising:
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a touch sensitive screen; a detection component for detecting a change in physical orientation of the mobile electronic device; and a translator application capable of translating a word or phrase from a first language entered via a first virtual keyboard on the touch sensitive screen into a second language, wherein in response to the detection component detecting a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation, the translator application; causing a translation of a word or phrase from a first language entered via the first virtual keyboard into a second language to obtain a first translation, and causing a display of the first translation in the second language and a second virtual keyboard having characters or symbols from the second language on the touch sensitive screen, wherein in response to the detection component detecting a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from the second orientation back to the first orientation, the translator application; causing a translation of a word or phrase entered via the second virtual keyboard from the second language on the touch sensitive screen into the first language to obtain a second translation, and causing a display of the second translation and the first virtual keyboard, wherein the first language is a default language or is selected by the first user, and wherein the second language is selected by a first user, selected by a second user, or determined by the mobile electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for operating a mobile electronic device, comprising:
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receiving a word or phrase in a first language using an associated first virtual keyboard displayed right side up on a screen of the mobile electronic device, the first virtual keyboard displaying characters in the first language; detecting, by a detection component, a change in a physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation; and causing the received word or phrase in the first language to be translated into a second language in response to the detecting of the change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from the first orientation to the second orientation to obtain a first translation; displaying the first translation on the screen in the second language; displaying a second virtual keyboard with characters in the second language on the screen; receiving via the second virtual keyboard a word or phrase in the second language; detecting, by the detection component, a change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from the second orientation to the first orientation; causing the received word or phrase in the second language to be translated into the first language in response to the detecting of the change in the physical orientation of the mobile electronic device from the second orientation to the first orientation to obtain a second translation, displaying the second translation on the screen in the first language; and displaying the first virtual keyboard on the screen; wherein the first orientation of the mobile electronic device is associated with the first language and the second orientation of the mobile electronic device is associated with the second language; wherein the first language is a default language or is selected by a first user, and wherein the second language is selected by the first user, selected by a second user, or determined by the mobile electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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