Patent ID: 9484013
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F,G09B,G10L

Claim Text:
1. A speech simulation system for a user to communicate with others via a sequence of word choices selected by the user, comprising: a first sensor positionable at a first body part of the user and configured to generate sensor data instances, each sensor data instance being indicative of a controlled action of the first body part by the user; a second sensor positionable at a second body part of the user and configured to generate sensor data instances, each sensor data instance being indicative of a controlled action of the second body part by the user, the second body part being different from the first body part; memory configured to store the word choices and prerecorded sounds, each of the prerecorded sounds being associated with at least one word choice, the prerecorded sounds including at least one of: words, phrases and sentences; a first audio device positionable at the ear of the user and configured to present audio to the user; a second audio device separate from the first audio device and configured to present audio to the others; a computer processor coupleable to the first and second sensor, the memory, the first audio device and the second audio device, the computer processor configured to: present a first word from a first list of word choices to the user via the first audio device; while presenting the first word from a first list of word choices to the user, receive a first data instance from the first sensor corresponding to a controlled action by the user indicating a user selection to skip the first word of the word choices in the first list of word choices; in response to determining that the user selected to skip the first word from the first list of word choices, present a second word from the first list of word choices to the user; while presenting the second word from a first list of word choices to the user, receive a first sensor data instance from the second sensor corresponding to a controlled action by the user indicating a user selection of the second word from the first list of word choices; in response to determining that the user selected one of the word choices of the first list of word choices based on the first sensor data instance, present a first word from a second list of word choices to the user via the first audio device; while presenting the first word from a second list of word choices to the user, receive a first data instance from the first sensor corresponding to a controlled action by the user indicating a user selection to skip the first word from the second list of word choices; in response to determining that the user selected to skip the first word from the second list of word choices, present a second word from the second list of word choices to the user; while presenting the second word from the second list of word choices to the user, receive a second sensor data instance from the second sensor corresponding to a controlled action by the user indicating a user selection of the second word from the second list of word choices; after determining that the user selected one of the word choices of the second list of word choices based on the second sensor data instance, present, via the second audio device, the one of the prerecorded sounds associated with at least the second word from the first list of word choices and the second word from the second list of word choices selected by the user.