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- Patent Title: Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing real-time language translation capabilities between communication terminals
- Patent Title (中): 用于在通信终端之间提供实时语言翻译功能的方法,设备和计算机程序产品
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Application No.: US12355226Application Date: 2009-01-16
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Publication No.: US08868430B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: Henning Burvall , Mikael Salmén
- Applicant: Henning Burvall , Mikael Salmén
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo SE Lund
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Mobile Communications Ab
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Mobile Communications Ab
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo SE Lund
- Agency: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, PA
- Main IPC: G10L21/00
- IPC: G10L21/00 ; G10L25/00 ; G06F17/28 ; G10L15/26 ; G10L15/00 ; H04M3/42

Abstract:
A language translation device includes a network transceiver configured to provide communication between first and second communication terminals, a language recognition unit, and a language translation unit. The language recognition unit is configured to receive a signal representing speech and/or text in a first human language from the first communication terminal and map the received signal to intermediate data. The language translation unit is configured to generate a translated signal representing speech and/or text in a second human language, which is different from the first human language, in response to the intermediate data and provide the translated signal to the second communication terminal. The speech and/or text represented by the translated signal has a meaning corresponding to that of the speech and/or text represented by the received signal. Related devices and methods of operation are also discussed.
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