Samsung patents translation method using sensors to pick the right word
Samsung has been granted a patent for an electronic device that uses built-in sensors to gather data about its surroundings. The device uses this environmental data, along with specific translation settings, to narrow down the most likely meaning of a word before translating it. This helps the system choose the correct candidate word from multiple options based on context.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes one or more sensors, a display device, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to control receiving an input, control translating the input based on at least one of a surroundings factor or a translation factor, and control providing a translation result based on at least one of the surroundings factor or the translation factor.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: one or more sensors; at least one processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: receive an input, based on the input, generate a translation factor used for limiting a meaning of a word to be translated, in response to receiving the input, collect data regarding a surrounding environment of the electronic device by using the one or more sensors, based on the collected data, generate a surrounding environment factor, determine plural candidate words to be translated, determine a correlation between each of the plural candidate words and one of the translation factor or the surrounding environment factor, based on the correlation, determine a candidate word having a highest correlation value, the determining of the candidate word including determining a difficulty level corresponding to the candidate word based on one of the translation factor or the surrounding environment factor, translate the determined candidate word and the input, and output a translation result of the input through at least one of a display or a speaker of the electronic device.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Electronic device and method for translating language
- Patent number
- US12737567B2
- Application number
- 18748991
- Filed
- Jun 20, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
G06F 40/58 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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