Method for translating characters and apparatus therefor
AssigneeSystran International Co., Ltd.
InventorsChang Jin JI, Chang-Su CHO
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Abstract
A character translation method performed by a character translation apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: obtaining image contents; recognizing characters of a first language on the image contents and a sentence determination symbol of the first language; extracting a sentence of the first language composed of the recognized characters, on the basis of the recognized sentence determination symbol; producing, on the basis of the extracted sentence of the first language, a sentence to be translated using user event information; and translating the generated sentence to be translated into a second language and displaying the sentence translated into the second language.
Claims21
A character translation method performed by a character translation device, comprising:
- acquiring image content;
- recognizing characters and sentence determining symbols in a first language in the image content;
- extracting a sentence in the first language, which consists of the recognized characters, based on the recognized sentence determining symbols;
- generating a translation target text using user event information, based on the extracted sentence in the first language;
- and
- translating the generated translation target text into a second language and displaying the translated sentence in the second language.
A character translation device, comprising:
- a camera for acquiring image content;
- an input unit for receiving input of user event information,
- a display unit for displaying a whole or part of the acquired image content;
- and
- a control unit with functions of:
- recognizing characters and sentence determining symbols in a first language in the image content;
- extracting a sentence in the first language, which consists of the recognized characters, based on the recognized sentence determining symbols;
- generating a translation target text using the user event information, based on the extracted sentence in the first language;
- and translating the generated translation target text in a second language, thereby displaying the translated sentence in the second language.
A computer program stored in a recoding medium, which is used in conjunction with a computing device in order to execute the following processes including:
- recognizing characters and sentence determining symbols in a first language in image content;
- extracting a sentence in the first language, which consists of the recognized characters, based on the recognized sentence determining symbols;
- generating a translation target text using user event information, based on the extracted sentence in the first language;
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- translating the generated translation target text into a second language and displaying the translated sentence in the second language.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.