Patent ID: 8538087
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G09B,G10L

Abstract:
1. Aiding device for reading a printed text, comprising: a pointer which a user can manually move over the printed text; a data acquisition peripheral comprising a camera mounted on the pointer; a processing unit; communication means between the data acquisition peripheral and the processing unit; and a vocal reproduction device; wherein said processing unit comprises an image pre-processing module which is programmed to acquire a sequence of images framed by the camera, and to detect, by comparing said images, when the user has stopped on a selected word in the text, and a word processing module which recognizes the selected word, and causes the vocal reproduction unit to reproduce the sound of the selected word, wherein said peripheral is mounted on the pointer in a position such as to frame the selected word without impeding the user's view of the word and without hindering the pointer grip, and the image pre-processing module compares sequential images, and when by doing so detects that the user has stopped on a word, automatically activates the word processing module without requiring further user input.