Device orientation based translation system

• US 9,613,030 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2016
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Escobedo, Miguel Angel
• Primary Examiner(s): BAKER, MATTHEW H
• Application Number:
  US15/055,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20160179791A1
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• 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 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems

Abstract

A method for translating content includes providing a plurality of content on a user device. The plurality of content is associated with a first region display mode. The plurality of content is displayed on the user device in the first region display mode. A predefined orientation is then detected in the user device. The plurality of content is then translated according to a second region display mode to produce a plurality of translated content. The plurality of translated content is then displayed on the user device. In different embodiments, the plurality of content may have been previously provided on the user device, may be retrieved over a network by the user device, or my be received through a user interface on the user device. A specific embodiment allows a user to rotate the user device 180 degrees to quickly and easily translate text displayed on the user device.

Claims

1. A language translation system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving, using a microphone, an audible phrase spoken in a first language;

performing a voice recognition process to convert the audible phrase into a plurality of text in the first language;

providing for display, on a display device when a first orientation is reported by an orientation detection device, the plurality of text in the first language and a first directional reading format;

detecting, using the orientation detection device, a reorientation from the first orientation to a predefined orientation that is rotated relative to the first orientation;

translating, in response to the detecting of the reorientation to the predefined orientation, the plurality of text from the first language to a second language; and

providing for display, on the display device in response to the detecting of the reorientation to the predefined orientation, the plurality of text in the second language and a second directional reading format that is different than the first directional reading format.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that a second region display mode is associated with the predefined orientation; and

determining that the second language is associated with the second region display mode and, in response, translating the plurality of text from the first language to the second language.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, using a location determination device, a current location of the user device; and

determining that the second language is associated with the current location and, in response, translating the plurality of text from the first language to the second language.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

producing, using a speaker, the audible phrase in the second language.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing the plurality of text in the second language for display includes:

providing, for display on the display device, a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of text in the second language, and an indication that the plurality of text has been translated from the first language to the second language.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing, for display on the display device, a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of text in the second language, and a virtual keyboard in the second language.

7. A method for translating between languages, comprising:

receiving, by a user device using a microphone, an audible phrase spoken in a first language;

performing, by the user device, a voice recognition process to convert the audible phrase into a plurality of text in the first language;

providing for display, by the user device on a display device when the user device is in a first orientation, the plurality of text in the first language and in a first directional reading format;

detecting, by the user device using an orientation detection device, a reorientation of the user device from the first orientation to a predefined orientation of the user device that is rotated relative to the first orientation;

translating, by the user device in response to the detecting of the reorientation to the predefined orientation, the plurality of text from the first language to a second language; and

providing for display, by the user device on the display device in response to the detecting of the reorientation to the predefined orientation, the plurality of text in the second language and a second directional reading format that is different than the first directional reading format.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the audible phrase in the second language is generated by the user device using the plurality of text in the second language.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining, by the user device, that a second region display mode is associated with the predefined orientation; and

determining, by the user device, that the second language is associated with the second region display mode and, in response, translating the plurality of text from the first language to the second language.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining, by the user device using a location determination device, a current location of the user device; and

determining, by the user device, that the second language is associated with the current location and, in response, translating the plurality of text from the first language to the second language.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

producing, by the user device using a speaker, the audible phrase in the second language.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the providing the plurality of text in the second language for display includes:

providing, by the user device for display on the display device, a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of text in the second language, and an indication that the plurality of text has been translated from the first language to the second language.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing, by the user device for display on the display device, a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of text in the second language, and a virtual keyboard in the second language.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instruction executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, using a microphone, an audible phrase spoken in a first language;

performing a voice recognition process to convert the audible phrase into a plurality of text in the first language;

providing for display, on a display device when a first orientation is reported by an orientation detection device, the plurality of text in the first language and in a first directional reading format;

detecting, using the orientation detection device, a reorientation from the first orientation to a predefined orientation that is rotated relative to the first orientation;

translating, in response to the detecting of the reorientation to the predefined orientation, the plurality of text from the first language to a second language; and

providing for display, on the display device in response to the detecting of the reorientation to the predefined orientation, the plurality of text in the second language and in a second directional reading format that is different than the first directional reading format.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the audible phrase in the second language is generated by the user device using the plurality of text in the second language.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that a second region display mode is associated with the predefined orientation; and

determining that the second language is associated with the second region display mode and, in response, translating the plurality of text from the first language to the second language.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, using a location determination device, a current location of the user device; and

determining that the second language is associated with the current location and, in response, translating the plurality of text from the first language to the second language.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

producing, using a speaker, the audible phrase in the second language.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the providing the plurality of text in the second language for display includes:

providing, for display on the display device, a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of text in the second language, and an indication that the plurality of text has been translated from the first language to the second language.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing, for display on the display device, a graphical user interface that includes the plurality of text in the second language, and a virtual keyboard in the second language.