Multimodal Translation System for Real-Time Visual and Audio Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tourists face difficulties in understanding foreign languages due to challenges in reading signs and comprehending spoken communications in unfamiliar languages, as existing translation devices are not ideal for providing real-time, contextual translations.
Innovation Solution
A visual and audio translation system that captures and analyzes visual input to identify textual elements, translating them into a chosen language and overlaying the translated text onto images or converting it to audio, while also processing audio inputs for simultaneous translation, using a combination of components like visual capture, analysis, text translation, and audio conversion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional translation devices are used that require manual typing or speaking of words, then translation functionality is provided, but real-time translation capability is lost and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual typing/speaking operations with automated visual capture and audio processing systems. Cameras capture text in real-time from signs and documents, while microphones record spoken language, eliminating the need for manual input and enabling instant translation without user effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-capturing visual and audio data before translation is needed. The camera continuously captures text and the microphone records audio, so when translation is required, the data is already available for immediate processing, achieving real-time translation capability.
2Measurement precision
If translation devices provide basic word-by-word translation, then translation functionality is achieved, but contextual understanding is lost and translation accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges visual translation and audio translation systems into a unified platform that processes both text and speech simultaneously. The integrated system shares common processing resources and coordination mechanisms, enabling contextual understanding across multiple input modalities while managing complexity through unified architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that captures visual context from images and audio context from speech, then integrates these contextual cues to enhance translation accuracy. This intermediary layer analyzes surrounding elements and combines them to provide context-aware translations beyond simple word-by-word conversion.
3Productivity
If visual and audio translation are processed separately, then individual translation functions are provided, but real-time combined translation capability is lost and system efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines visual capture, audio capture, text translation, and speech translation into a single integrated system. Multiple cameras and microphones work together with unified processing logic that coordinates visual and audio translation operations, enabling real-time combined translation while improving overall system efficiency through shared resources.
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AI summary
The present translation system translates visual input and/or audio input from one language into another language. Some implementations incorporate a context-based translation that uses information obtained from visual input or audio input to aid in the translation of the other input. Other implementations combine the visual and audio translation. The translation system includes visual components and/or audio components. The visual components analyze visual input to identify a textual element and translate the textual element into a translated textual element. The visual image represents a captured image of a target scene. The visual components may further substitute the translated textual element for the textual element in the captured image. The audio components convert audio input into translated audio.