Conversion wheel

• US 9,569,983 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2013
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Muneera Al-Maadeed
• Original Assignee: Muneera Al-Maadeed
• Inventors: Al-Maadeed, Muneera
• Primary Examiner(s): GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A
• Application Number:
  US14/034,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20140087338A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• Field of Search: 434/156, 434/157, 434/161, 434/171
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/129 Handling non-Latin characters, e.g. kana-to-kanji conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

Latin-derived letters may be converted into Arabic letters by performing processing associated with causing, with a display module in communication with a processor circuit and a display, the display to display a wheel comprising a Latin-derived letter and a corresponding Arabic letter; performing processing associated with receiving, with a UI module in communication with the processor circuit and an input device, a selection of a Latin-derived letter via the input device; and performing processing associated with causing, with the display module, the display to display an Arabic letter corresponding to the Latin-derived letter in a window on the wheel.

Claims

1. A physical wheel for converting Latin-derived characters into Arabic characters, comprising:

a primarily circular wheel comprising a Latin-derived character and a corresponding Arabic character, the primarily circular wheel comprising;

a first side, the first side comprising a first overlay smaller than the primarily circular wheel, the first overlay comprising a first tab and a second tab both extending outward from the first overlay, the first tab comprising a first cut-out window, wherein a middle portion of the first overlay comprises a second cut-out window, the first cut-out window and the second cut-out window allowing a user to choose a Latin-derived character and see a corresponding Arabic character, wherein the first cut-out window comprises the Latin-derived character, and the second cut-out window comprises different versions of the Arabic character corresponding to the Latin-derived character; and

a second side, the second side comprising a second overlay smaller than the primarily circular wheel, the second overlay comprising a third tab and a fourth tab both extending outward from the second overlay, the third tab comprising a third cut-out window, wherein a middle portion of the second overlay comprises a fourth cut-out window, the third cut-out window and the fourth cut-out window allowing the user to see;

how combinations of Latin-derived letters convert into an Arabic character, or how an Arabic character converts into at least one Latin-derived character.

2. The physical wheel of claim 1, wherein the first cut-out window and the second cut-out window are connected into a single window.

3. The physical wheel of claim 1, wherein the third cut-out window and the fourth cut-out window are connected into a single window.

4. The physical wheel of claim 1, wherein the primarily circular wheel is rotatable with respect to the first overlay.

5. The physical wheel of claim 4, wherein the primarily circular wheel is configured so that rotating the primarily circular wheel with respect to the first overlay changes the Latin-derived character and the Arabic character shown in the first cut-out window and the second cut-out window.

6. The physical wheel of claim 1, wherein the primarily circular wheel is rotatable with respect to the second overlay.

7. The physical wheel of claim 6, wherein the primarily circular wheel is configured so that rotating the primarily circular wheel with respect to the second overlay changes the display of how the combinations of Latin-derived letters convert into the Arabic character, or how the Arabic character converts into the at least one Latin-derived character, shown in the third cut-out window and the fourth cut-out window.