Patent ID: 6298158
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A method of recognition and translation, stored on a digital storage device with an operating system and running computer applications, said digital storage device capable of recognizing output to the user and input by the user and translating at least one word from one written phrase set to a second written phrase set, said method comprising the steps of:inputting information to the digital storage device, said device having output understandable to a human user;activating the method of recognition and translation;delineating an activated area;connecting between the digital storage device and the activation means,non-optically recognizing character types output by the digital storage device, wherein the step of non-optical character recognition comprises recognizing clipboard applications;translating the at least one word from the one written phrase set to the second written phrase set;automatically recognizing a combination of words;translating a combination of words from the one written phrase set to the second written phrase set;determining and providing words or phrases which are linguistically similar to the displayed word or combination of words if the word or combination of words is not recognized; andcreating and augmenting a user dictionary which stores the displayed word or combination of words and its translation if the word or combination of words cannot be translated.