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US 2003/0120478 A1Published application
Network-based translation system
OwnerRobert Palmquistinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides techniques for translation of written languages using a network. A user captures the text of interest with a client device and transmits the image over the network to a server. The server recovers the text from the image, generates a translation, and transmits the translation over the network to the client device. The client device may also support techniques for editing the image to retain the text of interest and excise extraneous matter from the image.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- transmitting an image containing text in a first language over a network;
- and
- receiving a translation of the text in a second language over the network.
A method comprising:
- receiving an image containing text in a first language over a network;
- translating the text to a second language;
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- transmitting the translation over the network.
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A device comprising:
- an image capture apparatus that receives an image containing text in a first language;
- a transmitter that transmits the image over a network;
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- a receiver that receives a translation of the text in a second language over the network.
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A device comprising:
- a receiver that receives an image containing text in a first language over a network;
- a translator that generates a translation of the text in a second language;
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- a transmitter that transmits the translation over the network.
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A system comprising:
- a client device having an image capture apparatus that receives an image containing text in a first language, a client transmitter that transmits the image over a network to a server and a client receiver that receives a translation of the text in a second language over the network from the server;
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- the server having a receiver that receives the image over the network from the client, a translator that generates a translation of the text in the second language and a transmitter that transmits the translation over the network to the client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.