Method and system for looking up words on a display screen by OCR comprising a set of base forms of recognized inflected words
US9031831B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L15/26
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a dictionary lookup method and an electronic device that implements the dictionary lookup method. The dictionary lookup method allows a user to quickly obtain meanings and translations of words from electronic dictionaries while reading a text on a display screen of the electronic device, wherein reading text is utilized by performing an optical character recognition comprising of determining a set of base forms of each inflected recognized word. Advantageously, in one embodiment the meanings (e.g., the base forms) and translations may be displayed in a balloon, in a pop-up window, as subscript, as superscript, or in any other suitable manner when the user touches a word on the display screen, in one embodiment.
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