US 2019/0095430 A1 · SPEECH TRANSLATION DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and associated computing device for translating speech can include receiving, at a microphone of a computing device, an audio signal representing speech of a user in a first language or in a second language at a first time. A positional relationship between the user and the computing device at the first time can be determined and utilized to determine whether the speech is in the first language or the second language. The method can further include obtaining, at the computing device, a machine translation of the speech represented by the audio signal based on the determined language, wherein the machine translation is: (i) in the second language when the determined language is the first language, or (ii) in the first language when the determined language is the second language. An audio representation of the machine translation can be output from a speaker of the computing device.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a microphone of a computing device including one or more processors, an audio signal representing speech of a user in a first language or in a second language at a first time;
determining, at the computing device, a positional relationship between the user and the computing device at the first time;
determining, at the computing device, whether the speech is in the first language or the second language based on the determined positional relationship to obtain a determined language;
obtaining, at the computing device, a machine translation of the speech represented by the audio signal based on the determined language, wherein the machine translation is:
(i) in the second language when the determined language is the first language, or (ii) in the first language when the determined language is the second language;
outputting, from a speaker of the computing device, an audio representation of the machine translation.

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A computing device, comprising:

at least one microphone;
at least one speaker;
one or more processors;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at the at least one microphone, an audio signal representing speech of a user in a first language or in a second language at a first time;
determining a positional relationship between the user and the computing device at the first time;
determining whether the speech is in the first language or the second language based on the determined positional relationship to obtain a determined language;
obtaining a machine translation of the speech represented by the audio signal based on the determined language, wherein the machine translation is:
(i) in the second language when the determined language is the first language, or (ii) in the first language when the determined language is the second language;
outputting, from the speaker, an audio representation of the machine translation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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