Screen Sharing with Voice-to-Text Conversion in Noisy Environments

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Solution Overview

Problem

Workers at construction sites or noisy environments face difficulties in understanding voice instructions due to background noise, making it hard to receive clear work instructions during screen sharing sessions.

Innovation Solution

A system that includes a screen transmitter device and one or more screen receiver devices, which receive a definition of a shared area, convert voice inputs into text data using voice recognition, and display both screen data and text data within the shared area, allowing for easier comprehension of instructions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If voice instructions are transmitted through telephone call in noisy construction site environment, then communication can be established, but the worker cannot catch the voice clearly due to surrounding noise

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoice instruction understandingVSAvoidsurrounding noise
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces text data as an intermediary medium between the voice instruction and the worker. The voice input is converted into text data that is then displayed on the screen, serving as a mediator that translates the audio signal into a visual form that can be understood clearly even in noisy environments where voice transmission is problematic

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the acoustic transmission mechanism (voice through telephone) with an optical display mechanism (text on screen). By substituting the mechanical/acoustic system with a visual display system, the instruction delivery becomes independent of the noisy acoustic environment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Speed

If voice data is transmitted for work instruction, then real-time communication is achieved, but the worker has difficulty understanding the instruction due to noise interference

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstruction delivery speedVSAvoidvoice comprehension
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter of information representation from acoustic (voice) to visual (text). By transforming the physical state of the instruction from sound waves to visual characters, the system maintains real-time delivery while eliminating the comprehension problems caused by noise interference

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The system enables clear and understandable work instructions by converting voice inputs into text data, improving communication in noisy environments by displaying both screen data and text data within the shared area, thus facilitating effective instruction delivery.

Implementation Method 1

a converter unit that converts the input voice into text data by voice recognition

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVoice recognition:

Data Source

PatentUS9959083B2System and method for sharing screen
Publication Date: 2018.05.01 OPTIM
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AI summary

The present invention is to provide a system for sharing a screen and a method for sharing a screen to easily understand a work instruction even when it is difficult for the worker to catch a voice due to a surrounding noise etc. A system for sharing a screen including a screen transmitter device 100 providing screen data and one or more screen receiver devices 10, the screen transmitter device 100 sharing a screen with the screen receiver devices 10, the system receives a definition of the shared area to share screen display, receives a voice input, converts the input voice into text data by voice recognition, and displays both of screen data inside the shared area defined by the received definition and the converted text data in the shared area.