Facsimile and static presentation processing – Facsimile – Picture signal generator
Reexamination Certificate
1998-03-24
2001-03-27
Lee, Cheukfan (Department: 2722)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Facsimile
Picture signal generator
C382S313000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06208435
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to portable electronic devices, and particularly to portable electronic devices which are useful for providing dictionary and/or translation functions for a reader.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Readers frequently incur words in reading material which they do not fully understand. Their options are to utilize a conventional dictionary to look up the words, or a handheld keypad-type dictionary device in order to look up the words electronically. Both have their disadvantages. The conventional dictionary requires a reader to manipulate a relatively cumbersome device and locate the entry by turning pages. The electronic device requires the reader to directly key in the word for which he/she seeks a definition.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is one objective of the present invention to provide a portable handheld device which combines the functions of a scanner with a portable electronic dictionary device with an LCD or other display for displaying the definition of the word that has been scanned in with the device.
It is another objective of the present invention to provide the handheld scanner dictionary with an optional keypad operation which allows the user to physically manipulate a keypad or to utilize a stylus and a graphical user interface keypad in order to key in the word for which a definition is sought.
It is another objective of the present invention to provide a handheld scanner-dictionary which includes an alternative voice operation which utilizes a microphone and a speech-to-text module to receive a word as an input. The handheld scanner-dictionary will then retrieve the definition and either voice-announce the definition or display the definition in an LCD display, or a combination of voice-announce and display.
It is another objective of the present invention to combine the above-identified features of the handheld scanner-dictionary with a conventional pager.
It is another objective of the present invention to provide the above-identified handheld scanner-dictionary with a translation function which fetches a foreign language definition of a particular word that is input into the device.
It is yet another objective of the present invention to provide the above-identified handheld scanner-dictionary with conventional clock and alarm functions.
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Printout of product Specification of The Quicktionary Handheld OCR Pen/Dictionary from www.worldlanguage.com, Sep. 1, 1999.*
Printout of product Specification of The Electronic Deictionary w/speech from www.worldlanguage.com, Sep. 1, 1999.*
1998 Franklin Rolodex Electronics Bookman Catalog.
Hunn Melvin A.
Lee Cheukfan
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