Patent ID: 7357639
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating between a first responder to an event and a person at the event that is voice disabled or language challenged, by pointing to pictograms on a portable visual language translator, said portable visual language translator comprising one of a plurality of adjacent foldable panels that are attached to one another and are foldable to fit inside a pocket of a user's clothes, and a plurality of adjacent regions of a computer display, each of the panels or regions including a plurality of readily identifiable pictograms, wherein the plural pictograms are sequenced so that a set of images are accessible in an order specific to the event, said method comprising the steps of: presenting the language translator to the person; having the person point to plural ones of the pictograms on said language translator indicating an event that may require the first responders assistance; and pointing to said plural pictograms to lay out said order in a logical time dependent sequence to attempt to recreate the event.