US 7,080,002 B1 · Bi-lingual system and method for automatically converting one language into another language

Abstract

A bi-lingual conversion system and method which automatically converts an unrecognizable character stream of one language into another language based on the respective list rule and the pronunciation rule. The bi-lingual conversion method includes storing an incoming character stream in a memory; determining whether the character stream agrees with a respective list rule when a space command is detected in the character stream, and an automatic conversion mode is selected; and converting the character stream into a corresponding character stream of a complementary language according to a pronunciation rule of the respective language when the character stream does not agree with the list rule for providing a faster and more accurate language conversion.

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Dependent claims

A bi-lingual conversion system for automatically converting a message in a first language into a message in a second language, said system comprising:

a computer memory for storing an incoming character stream of said first language;
a first controller providing a first signal indicative of whether each of the following conditions has been satisfied:
(a) an automatic conversion mode has been selected by a user, (b) a space command has been detected in said incoming character stream, and (c) said incoming character stream agrees with a pronunciation rule of the first language;
and
a second controller, coupled to said first controller and operating in response to receipt of said first signal, converting said incoming character stream into a character stream of said second language according to a pronunciation rule of the second language when said character stream does not agree with said pronunciation rule of the first language.

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A bi-lingual conversion method for automatically converting a message in a first language into a message in a second language, said method comprising the steps of:

(1) storing in a computer-readable memory an incoming character stream of a message in a first language;
(2) reading said character stream until a space command is detected in said incoming character stream;
(3) when a space command is detected in said incoming character stream, and an automatic conversion mode has been user-selected, determining whether said incoming character stream agrees with a pronunciation rule for the first language;
(4) when said incoming character stream does not agree with said pronunciation rule, making a conversion of said incoming character stream into a character stream of a second language according to a pronunciation rule of the second language.

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Bi-lingual system and method for automatically converting one language into another language

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Bi-lingual system and method for automatically converting one language into another language

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Abstract

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