INTERFACE DEVICE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130012268A1
• Filed: 07/05/2012
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: WHANG, Yu-Shik
• Application Number:
  US13/542,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20130012268A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/005 Details of specially-adapted software to access information, e.g. to browse through hyperlinked information
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72481 for visually impaired users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/39 using speech synthesis speech synthesis per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

An interface device is provided for a mobile communication terminal for persons who may be elderly, blind or have compromised vision. The interface device includes a directional key for navigating an object in a corresponding region, a controller for determining texts or contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region, a converter for converting the texts or the contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region into voice, and a speaker for outputting the converted voice corresponding to the object in the corresponding region.

Claims

1. An interface device for a mobile communication terminal, the interface device comprising:

a directional key for navigating an object in a corresponding region;

a controller for determining texts or contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region;

a converter for converting the texts or the contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region into voice; and

a speaker for outputting the converted voice corresponding to the object in the corresponding region.

2. The interface device of claim 1, wherein the object includes data and an operation related to the data.

3. The interface device of claim 1, further comprising a selection key for executing the corresponding object.

4. The interface device of claim 1, further comprising a memory for storing the converted voice corresponding to the object in the corresponding region.

5. The interface device of claim 1, wherein when the directional key is sequentially pushed a number of times, a focus is moved from the corresponding region to a next region.

6. The interface device of claim 1, wherein a display of the mobile communication terminal is classified into a plurality of regions, and each of the plurality of regions includes a plurality of objects.

7. An interface method of a mobile communication terminal, the interface method comprising:

navigating an object in a corresponding region using a directional key;

determining texts or contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region;

converting the texts or the contents corresponding to the object in the corresponding region into voice; and

outputting the converted voice corresponding to the object in the corresponding region.

8. The interface method of claim 7, wherein the object includes data and an operation related to the data.

9. The interface method of claim 7, further comprising executing the corresponding object using a selection key.

10. The interface method of claim 7, further comprising storing the converted voice corresponding to the object in the corresponding region.

11. The interface method of claim 7, wherein when the directional key is sequentially pushed a number of times, a focus is moved from the corresponding region to a next region.

12. The interface method of claim 7, wherein a display of the mobile communication terminal is classified into a plurality of regions, and each of the plurality of regions includes a plurality of objects.

13. An interface device for a mobile communication terminal, the interface device comprising:

a display unit for displaying at least one object;

a controller for detecting a touched object among the at least one object; and

a speaker for outputting voice corresponding to the touched object.

14. The interface device of claim 13, further comprising a converter for converting texts or contents corresponding to the touched object into voice.

15. The interface device of claim 13, wherein the object includes data and an operation related to the data.

16. The interface device of claim 13, wherein the voice provides an audible indication of the touched object.

17. An interface method of a mobile communication terminal, the interface method comprising:

displaying at least one object;

detecting a touched object among the at least one object; and

outputting voice corresponding to the touched object.

18. The interface method of claim 17, further comprising converting texts or contents corresponding to the touched object into voice.

19. The interface method of claim 17, wherein the object includes data and an operation related to the data.

20. The interface method of claim 17, wherein the voice provides an audible indication of the touched object.