LANGUAGE TRANSLATION FOR DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20170091174A1
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Rubin, Howard, Hayami, Isao
• Granted Patent: US 10,409,919 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/51 Translation evaluation
• 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

Abstract

A display method includes reading from a memory a language setting representing an original language and a first target language; detecting a first set of one or more characters input in the original language; recognizing the first set of one or more characters as first text; translating the first text from the original language to the first target language; displaying the translated first text on one or more display areas; translating the translated first text back to the original language; and displaying the first text translated back to the original language on the one or more display areas.

Claims

1. A display method comprising:

reading from a memory a language setting representing an original language and a first target language;

detecting a first set of one or more characters input in the original language;

recognizing the first set of one or more characters as first text;

translating the first text from the original language to the first target language;

displaying the translated first text on one or more display areas;

translating the translated first text back to the original language; and

displaying the first text translated back to the original language on the one or more display areas.

2. The display method of claim 1, wherein

the one or more display areas comprise a first display area and a second display area,

the first text translated back to the original language is displayed on the first display area,

the method further comprises requesting input of user confirmation for the first text translated to the first target language, and

the first text translated to the first target language is displayed on the second display area only when the user confirmation is input.

3. The display method of claim 1, wherein

the one or more display areas comprise a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area,

the detecting comprises detecting the first set of one or more characters input on the first display area, and

the displaying of the translated first text comprises displaying the translated first text on one or both of the first display area and the second display area.

4. The display method of claim 2, further comprising:

detecting a second set of one or more characters input in the original language on the first display area;

recognizing the second set of one or more characters as second text;

translating the second text from the original language to the first target language;

displaying the second text in the first target language on the first display area;

translating the translated second text back to the original language;

displaying the second text translated back to the original language on the first display area;

requesting input of user confirmation for the second text translated to the first target language; and

displaying the second text translated to the first target language on the second display area only when the user confirmation is input.

5. The display method of claim 1, wherein

the one or more display areas comprise a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area,

the language setting further represents a second target language,

the detecting comprises detecting the first set of one or more characters input on the first display area,

the display method further comprises translating the first text from the original language to the second target language, and

the displaying of the translated first text comprises:

displaying the first text in the first target language on one or more of the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area; and

displaying the first text in the second target language on one or more of the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area.

6. The display method of claim 2, wherein

the first display area and the second display area are on a same screen of a display device.

7. The display method of claim 2, wherein

the first display area is on a screen of a first display device, and the second display area is on a screen of a second display device.

8. The display method of claim 7, wherein

the first display device and the second display device are any of a digital whiteboard, a smartphone, and a tablet.

9. The display method of claim 7, wherein

both the first display device and the second display device are digital whiteboards.

10. A display system comprising:

an input device that accepts a user input; and

a controller that

reads from a memory a language setting representing an original language and a first target language;

detects a first set of one or more characters input on the input device in the original language;

recognizes the first set of one or more characters as first text;

translates the first text from the original language to the first target language;

displays the translated first text on one or more display areas;

translates the translated first text back to the original language, and

displays the first text translated back to the original language on the one or more display areas.

11. The display system of claim 10, wherein

the one or more display areas comprise a first display area and a second display area, and

the controller

displays the first text translated back to the original language on the first display area,

requests input of user confirmation for the first text translated to the first target language, and

displays the first text translated to the first target language on the second display area only when the user confirmation is input.

12. The display system of claim 10, wherein

the one or more display areas comprise a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area,

the controller detects the first set of one or more characters input on the first display area, wherein the first display area is on the touch screen, and

displays the translated first text on one or both of the first display area and the second display area.

13. The display system of claim 11, wherein

the controller

detects a second set of one or more characters input in the original language on the first display area;

recognizes the second set of one or more characters as second text;

translates the second text from the original language to the first target language;

displays the second text in the first target language on the first display area;

translates the translated second text back to the original language;

displays the second text translated back to the original language on the first display area;

requests input of user confirmation for the second text translated to the first target language, and

displays the second text translated to the first target language on the second display area only when the user confirmation is input.

14. The display system of claim 10, wherein

the one or more display areas comprise a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area,

the language setting further represents a second target language, and

the controller

detects the first set of one or more characters input on the first display area,

translates the first text from the original language to the second target language,

displays the first text in the first target language on one or more of the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area, and

displays the first text in the second target language on one or more of the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area.

15. The display system of claim 11, further comprising a first display device, wherein

the first display area and the second display area are on a screen of the first display device.

16. The display system of claim 11, further comprising a first display device and a second display device, wherein

the first display area is on a screen of the first display area, and the second display area is on a screen of the second display device.

17. The display system of claim 16, wherein

the first display device and the second display device are any of a digital whiteboard, a smartphone, and a tablet.

18. The display system of claim 11, wherein

the input device is a touch screen of the first display device.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing instructions for displaying text, the instructions comprising functionality for:

reading from a memory a language setting representing an original language and a first target language;

detecting a first set of one or more characters input in the original language;

recognizing the first set of one or more characters as first text;

translating the first text from the original language to the first target language;

displaying the translated first text on one or more display areas;

translating the translated first text back to the original language; and

displaying the first text translated back to the original language on the one or more display areas.

20. The non-transitory CRM of claim 19, wherein

the one or more display areas comprise a first display area and a second display area, and

the instructions further comprise functionality for:

displaying the first text translated back to the original language on the first display area,

requesting input of user confirmation for the first text translated to the first target language, and

displaying the first text translated to the first target language on the second display area only when the user confirmation is input.

21. The non-transitory CRM of claim 19, wherein

the one or more display areas comprise a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area,

the detecting comprises detecting the first set of one or more characters input on the first display area, and

the displaying of the translated first text comprises displaying the translated first text on one or both of the first display area and the second display area.

22. The non-transitory CRM of claim 20, wherein the instructions further comprise functionality for:

detecting a second set of one or more characters input in the original language on the first display area;

recognizing the second set of one or more characters as second text;

translating the second text from the original language to the first target language;

displaying the second text in the first target language on the first display area;

translating the translated second text back to the original language;

displaying the second text translated back to the original language on the first display area;

requesting input of user confirmation for the second text translated to the first target language; and

displaying the second text translated to the first target language on the second display area only when the user confirmation is input.