Multifunction simultaneous interpretation device

• US 10,817,674 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2018
• Issued: 10/27/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chun-Ai Tu
• Original Assignee: Chun-Ai Tu
• Inventors: Tu, Chun-Ai, Chang, Chun-Yang, Ho, Chun-Ling, Chan, Yu Chin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharma, Neeraj
• Application Number:
  US16/008,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20180293230A1
• Time in Patent Office: 866 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A multifunction simultaneous interpretation device includes an audio input and recognition module for receiving input speech of a first language, recognizing same, and converting the input speech of the first language into input speech signals of the first language; an interpretation module electrically connected to the audio input and recognition module and configured to receive the input speech signals of the first language, interpret and convert same into speech signals of a second language different from the first language, and make the speech signals of the second language as output; an output module electrically connected to the interpretation module and configured to receive the speech signals of the second language from the interpretation module and output a voice representing the speech signals of the second language; and a wireless transceiver electrically connected to the interpretation module and configured for wireless signal transmission to a mobile phone.

Claims

1. A multifunction simultaneous interpretation device, comprising:

an audio input and recognition module configured to receive input speech of a first language, recognize same, and convert the input speech of the first language into input speech signals of the first language;

an interpretation module electrically connected to the audio input and recognition module and configured to receive the input speech signals of the first language, interpret and convert same into speech signals of a second language different from the first language, and make the speech signals of the second language as output;

an output module electrically connected to the interpretation module and configured to receive the speech signals of the second language from the interpretation module and output a voice representing the speech signals of the second language; and

a wireless transceiver electrically connected to the interpretation module and configured for wireless signal transmission to a first mobile phone which is configured for further wireless signal transmission to a second mobile phone;

wherein the multifunction simultaneous interpretation device is implemented as a headset;

wherein the multifunction simultaneous interpretation device is disposed in an earpiece and a microphone of the headset respectively;

wherein each of the first and second mobile phones is embedded with an APP corresponding to a wireless transceiver in the headset; and

wherein the interpretation module includes a plurality of language chips each for interpreting one of a plurality of first languages into one of a plurality of second languages, and an expansion unit operatively connected to the language chips and configured to expand data stored in the language chips.