Headset Computer Instant Speech Translation via Local Network
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile computing devices face limitations in providing hands-free, high-quality, portable, and color display solutions due to their small size and hands-dependent user interfaces, which restricts their ability to replicate the visual experience of larger format displays and requires users to enter data manually.
Innovation Solution
A headset computer system that performs automatic instant translation from one language to another using a local communications network between headset computers, leveraging speech recognition and text translation services, allowing users to communicate without manual input by utilizing voice commands, head-motion commands, or hand-gestures to initiate translation, and displaying translated text on a micro-display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If mobile computing devices use small form factors to maintain mobility, then portability is improved, but display quality and visual experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an external display device (such as a smartphone or tablet) as an intermediary to provide high-quality visual output. The headset computer communicates with this external device wirelessly, allowing the external device's larger screen to serve as the display medium, thereby resolving the contradiction between small headset size and large-quality display requirements.
2Measurement precision
If mobile devices use hands-dependent interfaces (keyboard or touch-screen) for data entry, then input precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical input methods (keyboard or touch-screen) with voice-based input. The headset computer includes a microphone that captures voice commands, which are then processed by speech recognition software to execute commands or enter data, enabling hands-free operation while maintaining input accuracy through voice-to-text conversion.
3Measurement precision
If real-time translation requires manual language selection and confirmation, then translation accuracy is improved, but productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automatic language detection and translation initiation. The system monitors audio input, automatically detects the spoken language, and triggers translation without requiring manual user input for language selection or confirmation. This self-service approach maintains translation accuracy through automated language identification while significantly improving translation speed and user convenience.
4Loss of time
If headset computers process speech recognition and translation locally, then response time is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the processing tasks between the headset computer and external devices or cloud services. The headset computer handles local functions such as audio capture and basic processing, while more computationally intensive tasks like speech recognition and translation are performed by external devices (smartphone, tablet) or remote servers. This segmentation reduces the processing burden on the headset while maintaining fast response times through wireless communication.
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AI summary
A method of, and corresponding headset computer for, performing instant speech translation including, establishing a local network including a link between a first and a second headset computer in which preferred language settings of each headset computer are exchanged, transmitting captured speech in a first language from a first headset computer to a network-based speech recognition service to recognize and transcribe the captured speech as text, receiving the text at the first headset computer, broadcasting the text over the local network to at least the second headset computer, receiving the text at the second headset computer, transmitting the received text from the second headset computer to a network-based text translation service to translate the text to a text in a second language, receiving the text in the second language at the second headset computer from the network-based text translation service, and displaying the translated text at the second headset computer.