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Speech recognition camera with a prompting display

US6101338A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 9, 1998
Grant dateAug 8, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/38
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A speech recognition camera 10 comprises a camera body 11 for providing a protective housing; a display (20, 25, 30) disposed on the camera body 11; a microphone 15 for receiving voice commands; and a microcontroller 40 disposed in said camera body 11 that signals said display (20, 25, 30) to display initial words or phrases representative of voice commands pre-programmed in said microcontroller 40, and to display a pull-down menu, upon receiving any of the initial words or phrases, containing preprogrammed words or phrases that are voice commands, and that are further descriptive of the initial words or phrases.

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