ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE

• US 20110301937A1
• Filed: 02/24/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E Ink Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: E Ink Holdings Incorporated
• Inventors: WANG, TZU-MING, CHUANG, KAI-CHENG
• Application Number:
  US13/034,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20110301937A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic reading device. At the device, a voice is captured by a capturing unit, and then the reference information stored in a storing unit is received by a processing unit for converting the voice to a visual image signal based on the reference information. Afterwards, the visual image corresponding to the visual image signal is shown on a display unit. Therefore, the device provides the function of speech recognition anywhere and anytime and is suitable for prolonged use due to the features of power saving and easy reading.

Claims

1. An electronic reading device, comprising:

a capturing unit capturing a voice;

a first storage unit storing a reference information; and

a processing unit converting the voice to a visual image signal based on the reference information.

2. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a display unit showing a visual image corresponding to the visual image signal; and

a second storage unit storing at least one of the visual image signal and the voice.

3. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the display unit comprises a bistable display.

4. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the bistable display is one selected from a group consisting of an electrophoretic display, a cholesteric liquid crystal display and a quick-response liquid powder display.

5. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the visual image is one selected from a group consisting of a word image, a figure image, a symbol image and a combination thereof.

6. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the visual image signal is one selected from a group consisting of a word signal, a figure signal, a symbol signal and a combination thereof.

7. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reference information comprises a speech recognition information provided to the processing unit for converting the voice to the visual image signal.

8. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reference information comprises a language translation information provided to the processing unit for converting the visual image signal to an output signal with a preset language.

9. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the output signal corresponds to an output image shown on a display unit.

10. An electronic reading device, comprising:

a capturing unit capturing a voice; and

a processing unit converting the voice to a visual image signal based on a specific information.

11. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 10 further comprising:

a first storage unit storing the specific information;

a display unit showing a visual image corresponding to the visual image signal; and

a second storage unit storing at least one of the visual image signal and the voice.

12. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the display unit comprises a bistable display.

13. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the bistable display is one selected from a group consisting of an electrophoretic display, a cholesteric liquid crystal display and a quick-response liquid powder display.

14. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the visual image is one selected from a group consisting of a word image, a figure image, a symbol image and a combination thereof.

15. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the specific information comprises at least one of a speech recognition information and a language translation information.

16. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the language translation information is provided to the processing unit for converting the visual image signal to an output signal with a preset language.

17. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the output signal corresponds to the visual image shown on the display unit.

18. The electronic reading device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the visual image signal is one selected from a group consisting of a word signal, a figure signal, a symbol signal and a combination thereof.