Translation Pen Indication Component and Image Collector
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Solution Overview
Problem
Scanning translation pens block text lines and have difficulty controlling scanning amounts, leading to inaccurate translations due to excessive scanning.
Innovation Solution
A translation pen with an indication component and image collector that allows for precise image collection and processing, including self-adaptive word segmentation to accurately recognize and translate text without blocking the text line, using a processor to detect and lock text boxes based on specific criteria and calculate threshold values for spacing distances between letters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the scanning translation pen scans text row by row using a brush-like pen tip, then the text recognition system can recognize the scanned text, but the pen tip blocks the text to be scanned on the same line and affects the reader's impression
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful function of the pen tip from the scanning process. Instead of using a brush-like pen tip that contacts and blocks the text, the invention separates the indication function (pen tip positioning) from the scanning function (camera capturing), allowing the pen tip to indicate position without blocking the text line.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary device (camera) between the pen tip and the text recognition process. The camera captures the text from a distance without physical contact, serving as a mediator that eliminates the blocking problem while maintaining accurate text acquisition for recognition.
2Measurement precision
If the scanning translation pen scans text row by row, then the text can be translated, but the scanning amount cannot be well controlled leading to inaccurate translation due to excessive scanning
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system provides real-time visual feedback to the user during scanning. The camera displays captured text and the system guides the user to scan only the required portion, allowing dynamic adjustment of scanning amount based on actual needs rather than fixed row-by-row scanning.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the static row-by-row scanning mode into a dynamic scanning process. The scanning boundary and scope are adjustable based on user input and system detection, allowing the scanning amount to adapt to different translation needs rather than always scanning complete text lines.
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AI summary
A translation pen includes: a pen body, an indication component, an image collector and a first processor. The pen body has a pen tip end. The indication component is arranged on the pen tip end. The image collector is arranged on the pen body, and the image collector is configured to: collect an image including a text to be translated according to a position indicated by the indication component, and send the image collected. The first processor is arranged in the pen body and electrically connected to the image collector, and the first processor is configured to: receive the image sent by the image collector, and recognize the text to be translated in the image.