Translator Pen Tapered Head Inclined Image Collector
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing translator pens with scanning capabilities are limited in their ability to efficiently translate single words due to their unnatural usage and the difficulty in selecting target words among multiple scanned words, as well as limitations in handling varying font sizes and line densities.
Innovation Solution
A translator pen design featuring a tapered pen head with an image collector positioned on an inclined surface, allowing for precise image capture of the pen tip and the word to be translated, along with a trigger switch and controller for image processing and translation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the camera is disposed at the pen head for scanning translation, then the device can translate paragraphs by dragging along the paper surface, but the usage becomes unnatural for single word lookup and it is difficult to select target words among multiple scanned words
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into two functional parts: a pen head for precise positioning and an image collector at the end for capturing the target word image. This segmentation allows the pen tip to indicate the exact word to be translated while the image collector captures only that specific word, eliminating the need to select from multiple scanned words and making single word lookup as natural as using a regular pen.
2Device complexity
If the viewfinder has a fixed and limited width, then the device structure is simple, but it is impossible to input all words if the font size is comparatively large, or too many lines of words are input if the font size is too small
Solution Approach 1:
The image collector is made dynamically adjustable in terms of imaging range. By adjusting the imaging range of the image collector, users can capture either large font sizes or multiple lines of text as needed, making the device adaptable to different word input scenarios without being constrained by a fixed viewfinder width.
3Measurement precision
If the image collector is positioned to capture the pen tip and indicated word, then the precision of word fetching is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex with inclined surface and trigger mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The pen head and image collector are merged into a single integrated device structure. The pen head serves both as a writing/indicating tool and as part of the triggering mechanism, while the image collector is positioned at the end of the housing to capture images. This merging eliminates the need for separate positioning devices and reduces overall structural complexity while maintaining high precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The device uses itself to indicate and capture the target word. The pen tip indicates the word to be translated, and the same device structure (through the trigger mechanism) automatically activates the image collector to capture the image of the indicated word. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for external positioning tools or complex separate systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A translator pen and a translation method using same are provided. The translator pen includes a housing and a pen head. The housing forms a first accommodation cavity adapted to accommodate an image collector. An outer contour of the pen head is formed into a tapered shape, an outer diameter of the pen head gradually decreases along a direction of the pen head away from the housing and forms a second accommodation cavity adapted to accommodate a pen core. At least a portion of the end of the housing, which does not form the pen head, forms an inclined surface. The inclined surface is inclined relative to the outer contour of the pen head toward an outside of the housing along a direction of the housing away from the pen head. The image collector is configured to face the inclined surface.