Method for communicating using pictograms and optionally text
OwnerAlan Stillmaninventor
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Abstract
A device for communicating, preferably between two people who could not normally orally communicate, by at least one user pointing to pictograms on the device. The device can be a static medium having a plurality of icons thereon or can be part of a computer generated program having a graphic display that is either moving or stationary so that a user can select at least one icon to communicate an idea. When two or more people use the device to communicate, the device enables a dialogue to develop between the people. A first responder to an emergency situation could use the device in any country to gather information to quickly respond to the situation.
Claims11
A method of communicating between at least two people by pointing to items on a portable visual language translator, said portable visual language translator comprising at least two panels foldably connected together, said portable visual translator is structured and arranged to fit inside a pocket of a user's clothes, said at least two panels each include a plurality of readily identifiable pictograms and optionally text, wherein the plural pictograms are sequenced so that a set of images are accessible in a specific order, said method comprising the steps of:
- presenting the language translator to a first of the at least two people;
- having the first person point to plural ones of the pictograms on said language translator indicating an occurrence;
- and
- pointing to said plural pictograms to lay out said order in a logical time dependent sequence to attempt to communicate the occurrence.
A method of communicating between two people by pointing to pictograms and optionally text of a portable visual language translator, said portable visual language translator comprising a plurality of adjacent foldable panels that are attached to one another and are foldable to fit inside a pocket of a user's clothes, each of the panels including a plurality of readily identifiable pictograms and optionally text, said method comprising the steps of:
- presenting an unfolded said language translator to a first one of the two people;
- then having the first person point to a first pictogram on a first panel of said language translator;
- and
- then point to a second pictogram on a second different panel so that additional meaning can be ascertained by combining the first and second pictograms.
A method of communicating using a portable language communicator, said language translator comprising one of a plurality of adjacent foldable panels that are attached to one another and are foldable to fit inside a pocket of a user's clothes, and a plurality of adjacent regions of a computer display of a computer, each of the panels or regions including a plurality of readily identifiable pictograms, said method comprising:
- pointing to a first pictogram on said language translator indicating a general concept;
- pointing to a second pictogram on said language translator indicating a specific object related to said general concept.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.