公开(公告)号：US06553341B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-22

申请号：US09300319

申请日：1999-04-27

申请人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Craig Ardner Swearingen ,  Alan Richard Tannenbaum

发明人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Craig Ardner Swearingen ,  Alan Richard Tannenbaum

IPC分类号： G06F1727

CPC分类号： G06F17/2705 ,  G06Q10/107 ,  G10L13/00

摘要： A method and apparatus for announcing receipt of an electronic message. When a message including text is received, the message is filtered determine what will be announced. Text from the filtered message is selectively combined with announcement text to create modified announcement text in which filtered text is selectively placed into the announcement text. The modified announcement text is then transformed into synthesized speech.

摘要翻译： 一种用于宣布接收电子消息的方法和装置。 当接收到包含文本的消息时，消息被过滤确定将被宣布的内容。 来自经过滤的消息的文本被选择性地与通知文本组合以创建经修改的公告文本，其中过滤的文本被选择性地放置在公告文本中。 然后将修改后的公告文本转换为合成语音。

公开(公告)号：US06295056B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-25

申请号：US09204915

申请日：1998-12-03

申请人： Scott Anthony Morgan ,  John Martin Mullaly ,  Craig Ardner Swearingen ,  Alan Richard Tannenbaum

发明人： Scott Anthony Morgan ,  John Martin Mullaly ,  Craig Ardner Swearingen ,  Alan Richard Tannenbaum

IPC分类号： G06F1520

CPC分类号： G06T3/40

摘要： A computer controlled user interactive display system with an implementation for displaying within a defined display space a plurality of objects having dimensions proportionally representative of physical parameters of elements respectively represented by said objects, but this system is provided with a further implementation for nonlinearly modulating at least one dimension of at least one of said displayed objects so as to conform the object dimension to the dimensional limitations of the defined display space without affecting the dimensional status of the object with said modulated dimension relative to the other objects.

摘要翻译： 一种具有实现的计算机控制的用户交互式显示系统，其用于在定义的显示空间内显示具有与所述对象分别表示的元件成比例地代表元素的物理参数的尺寸的多个对象，但是该系统被提供有至少非线性调制的另外的实现 至少一个所述显示对象的一个​​维度，以便使对象维度与所定义的显示空间的尺寸限制一致，而不会相对于其他对象以相对于所调制的维度影响对象的维度状态。

公开(公告)号：US06195640B1

公开(公告)日：2001-02-27

申请号：US09240500

申请日：1999-01-29

申请人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Winslow Scott Burleson

发明人： John Martin Mullaly ,  Winslow Scott Burleson

IPC分类号： G10L1308

CPC分类号： G06F3/013 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L13/08

摘要： The present invention provides a method for allowing a user's reading to dictate the speed and position at which content is converted to audio in an audio reader. The method includes determining a position of a user's eye gaze, identifying a content displayed at the position of the user's eye gaze, determining an audio corresponding to the content, and outputting the audio. The method of the present invention allows the user's reading to drive the text to speech conversion, resulting in the computer reading what the user is currently reading. The user may then read text at a variable rate and at different positions, with the text to speech conversion following the user. The method of the present invention may be used to help raise users' literacy levels, to help users learn to read faster, to help boost reading comprehension, to help users scan documents, and to provide feedback for positioning and control. The present invention is thus flexible and has a range of utilities.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于允许用户的阅读来规定在音频读取器中将内容转换成音频的速度和位置的方法。 该方法包括确定用户的眼睛凝视的位置，识别在用户的眼睛凝视的位置处显示的内容，确定与内容相对应的音频，以及输出音频。 本发明的方法允许用户的阅读将文本驱动到语音转换，导致计算机读取用户正在读取的内容。 然后，用户可以以可变速率和在不同位置读取文本，随着用户之后的文本到语音转换。 本发明的方法可以用于帮助提高用户的识字水平，帮助用户学习阅读更快，帮助提高阅读理解力，帮助用户扫描文档，并为定位和控制提供反馈。 因此，本发明是灵活的并且具有一系列实用性。

公开(公告)号：US6054985A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-25

申请号：US789030

申请日：1997-01-27

申请人： Scott Anthony Morgan ,  John Martin Mullaly ,  Craig Ardner Swearingen

发明人： Scott Anthony Morgan ,  John Martin Mullaly ,  Craig Ardner Swearingen

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/543 ,  G06F9/4443

摘要： A data processing system and method is provided for performing "drag and drop" operations of compound objects using system platforms, such as JAVA, which do not support compound objects or nested containment interface designs. In the data processing system and method of operating said system, a container object will include software and logic necessary to call up a contained object in a separate window. The second window is then handled by a window associated with the container object and a modified parent-child relationship. A size and a position of the second window are defined relative to the first window. Therefore, the second window associated with the contained object can be super imposed and precisely positioned over the window associated with the container object. Furthermore, when the window associated with the container object is dragged or resized, the position and size of the second window are modified and moved in unison. However, it should be noted that the second window associated with a contained object can be dragged independently. Thus, the contained object may be dragged from the container object.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种数据处理系统和方法，用于使用不支持复合对象或嵌套容纳接口设计的系统平台（例如JAVA）来执行复合对象的“拖放”操作。 在操作所述系统的数据处理系统和方法中，容器对象将包括在单独的窗口中调用所包含的对象所需的软件和逻辑。 然后，第二个窗口由与容器对象相关联的窗口和修改的父 - 子关系来处理。 相对于第一窗口定义第二窗口的大小和位置。 因此，与所包含的对象相关联的第二窗口可以超级加载并精确地定位在与容器对象相关联的窗口上。 此外，当与容器对象相关联的窗口被拖动或调整大小时，第二窗口的位置和大小被一致地修改和移动。 然而，应当注意，与所包含的对象相关联的第二窗口可以被独立地拖动。 因此，可以从容器对象拖动包含的对象。