公开(公告)号：US10469660B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US14988407

申请日：2016-01-05

Applicant: ULTRATEC, INC.

Inventor： Robert M Engelke ,  Kevin R Colwell ,  Troy D Vitek

IPC: H04M3/42 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/247 ,  H04M1/253 ,  H04M3/533

Abstract: A communication system and method for displaying text captions corresponding to voice communications between an assisted user's mobile wireless device and a separate hearing user's device includes at least one communication component configured to enable the appliance to communicate with a relay, a display, and a processor operably coupled to the at least one communication component and the display. The processor is configured to enable the assisted user to establish an association between the appliance and the mobile device, receive text originating at the relay, the text corresponding to a transcript of the hearing user's voice signal originating at the hearing user's device, and cause text captions corresponding to the received text to be displayed on the display.

公开(公告)号：US10021229B1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15145449

申请日：2016-05-03

Applicant: Ultratec, Inc.

Inventor： Robert M. Engelke ,  Kevin R. Colwell ,  Troy D Vitek

IPC: H04W4/22 ,  H04M1/247 ,  H04M3/51 ,  H04M3/42

CPC classification number: H04M1/2475 ,  H04M3/42153 ,  H04M3/42391 ,  H04M3/5116 ,  H04M2203/256 ,  H04W4/16 ,  H04W4/90

Abstract: A system and method for use with an assisted user's communication device that includes a display and a speaker, the method comprising the steps of providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, upon placement of an emergency call to a hearing user, recognizing the call as an emergency call, automatically initiating a captioning service to provide text transcription of voice messages from the hearing user and providing some indication to the assisted user that captioning has been automatically commenced and, upon placement of a non-emergency call, only starting the captioning service after a request for the captioning service from the assisted user is received.

公开(公告)号：US11005991B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16677293

申请日：2019-11-07

Applicant: Ultratec, Inc.

Inventor： Robert M Engelke ,  Kevin R Colwell ,  Troy D Vitek

IPC: H04M3/42 ,  H04M11/06

Abstract: A captioning system includes an assisted user's communication system, including a display screen, a microphone, a speaker, an input device for specifying a calling number of a hearing user's communication device, and a processor linked to the display screen microphone, speaker and input device. The processor is programmed to perform the steps of: (i) upon entry of a calling number via the input device, scanning the calling number, (ii) identifying a type of the calling number; (iii) where the type is a first type, performing a first process to initiate a remote captioning service; and (iv) where the type is a second type, performing a second process to initiate a remote captioning service where the second process is different than the first process.

公开(公告)号：US11190637B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US17097827

申请日：2020-11-13

Applicant: Ultratec, Inc.

Inventor： Robert M Engelke ,  Kevin R Colwell ,  Troy D Vitek

IPC: H04M3/42 ,  H04M11/06

Abstract: A method of operating a captioned telephone call in which an assisted user's (AU's) captioned device is connected by a first line to a hearing user's (HU's) device and by a second line to a relay providing captioning for a conversation is disclosed. The method includes capturing an AU's voice signal via a microphone, transmitting the voice signal from the captioned device to the HU's device on the first line, obtaining a combined voice signal including both users' voice signals from the first line at the captioned device, cancelling the AU's voice signal from the combined signal to generate an independent HU voice signal, broadcasting the HU's voice signal via a speaker, transmitting the independent HU's voice signal to the relay, receiving captions at the captioned device from the relay corresponding to the HU's voice signal, and presenting the captions as text on a display screen.

公开(公告)号：US10587751B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-10

申请号：US13950860

申请日：2013-07-25

Applicant: Ultratec, Inc.

Inventor： Robert M Engelke ,  Kevin R Colwell ,  Troy D Vitek

IPC: H04M11/00 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M11/06

Abstract: A method of operating a captioned telephone call in which an assisted user is connected by a captioned telephone device that is connected both by a first line to a remote user and a second line to a relay providing captioning for a conversation, the method comprising the steps of: when a start of an incoming call is detected by the captioned telephone device on the first line, the captioned telephone device automatically calling the relay on the second line to initiate captioning service set up; the captioned telephone device passing spoken words received on the first line to the second line; and the relay then providing text captions of the spoken words back to the captioned telephone device on the second line.