公开(公告)号：US08589067B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-19

申请号：US13303366

申请日：2011-11-23

申请人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Susumu Harada

发明人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Susumu Harada

IPC分类号： G01C21/36 ,  H04N13/02 ,  G09B21/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G01S15/00

CPC分类号： G09B29/007 ,  A61H3/061 ,  A61H2201/5007 ,  A61H2201/5048 ,  A61H2201/5064

摘要： A method and apparatus for mapping a moving direction by using sounds for people with visual impairments, in which a moving direction can be expressed multi-dimensionally by using sound information and can effectively assist people with visual impairments and the like in navigation tasks. A moving direction of a person carrying a device configured to output sounds is mapped by using a combination of sounds outputted from the device. A plurality of different sound information pieces are stored in association with three or more predetermined directions, respectively, a current position of the moving target device is identified, and then a moving direction of the device is identified. A sound obtained by combining two sounds in a ratio according to the identified moving direction is outputted on the basis of sound information pieces associated respectively with two adjacent directions sandwiching the identified moving direction among the predetermined directions.

摘要翻译： 通过使用具有视觉障碍的人的声音来映射移动方向的方法和装置，其中通过使用声音信息可以多维地表达移动方向，并且可以有效地帮助人们在导航任务中具有视觉障碍等。 通过使用从设备输出的声音的组合来映射携带被配置为输出声音的设备的人的移动方向。 分别与三个或更多个预定方向相关联地存储多个不同的声音信息，识别移动目标设备的当前位置，然后识别设备的移动方向。 根据所识别的移动方向按照比例组合两个声音而获得的声音是基于分别与在预定方向上夹持所识别的移动方向的两个相邻方向相关联的声音信息来输出的。

公开(公告)号：US20120136569A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-31

申请号：US13303366

申请日：2011-11-23

申请人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Susumu Harada

发明人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Susumu Harada

IPC分类号： G01C21/34

CPC分类号： G09B29/007 ,  A61H3/061 ,  A61H2201/5007 ,  A61H2201/5048 ,  A61H2201/5064

摘要： A method and apparatus for mapping a moving direction by using sounds for people with visual impairments, in which a moving direction can be expressed multi-dimensionally by using sound information and can effectively assist people with visual impairments and the like in navigation tasks. A moving direction of a person carrying a device configured to output sounds is mapped by using a combination of sounds outputted from the device. A plurality of different sound information pieces are stored in association with three or more predetermined directions, respectively, a current position of the moving target device is identified, and then a moving direction of the device is identified. A sound obtained by combining two sounds in a ratio according to the identified moving direction is outputted on the basis of sound information pieces associated respectively with two adjacent directions sandwiching the identified moving direction among the predetermined directions.

摘要翻译： 通过使用具有视觉障碍的人的声音来映射移动方向的方法和装置，其中通过使用声音信息可以多维地表达移动方向，并且可以有效地帮助人们在导航任务中具有视觉障碍等。 通过使用从设备输出的声音的组合来映射携带被配置为输出声音的设备的人的移动方向。 分别与三个或更多个预定方向相关联地存储多个不同的声音信息，识别移动目标设备的当前位置，然后识别设备的移动方向。 根据所识别的移动方向按照比例组合两个声音而获得的声音是基于分别与在预定方向上夹持所识别的移动方向的两个相邻方向相关联的声音信息来输出的。

公开(公告)号：US20080040115A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-14

申请号：US11686389

申请日：2007-03-15

申请人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Daisuke Sato ,  Hironobu Takagi

发明人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Daisuke Sato ,  Hironobu Takagi

IPC分类号： G10L13/08

CPC分类号： G10L13/00

摘要： A system is provided for evaluating the degree of difficulty a user is likely to encounter when trying to understanding the contents of one or more document pages by listening to a voice output from a screen reader. An evaluation value representing the likely degree of difficulty is generated based on a feature amount representing a feature of the page. A collection section collects the user's actual evaluation value of the difficulty and the feature amount of one or more pages where the generated evaluation value is inconsistent with the user's evaluation of the difficulty. A first update section updates the evaluation function on the basis of the feature amount and the evaluation value collected from the user.

摘要翻译： 提供一种系统，用于评估用户通过收听来自屏幕阅读器的语音输出来尝试理解一个或多个文档页面的内容时可能遇到的难度。 基于表示页面的特征的特征量，生成表示难易度的评价值。 收集部分收集用户对难度的实际评估值和一个或多个页面的特征量，其中生成的评估值与用户对难度的评估不一致。 第一更新部分基于从用户收集的特征量和评估值来更新评估功能。

公开(公告)号：US07058695B2

公开(公告)日：2006-06-06

申请号：US09682145

申请日：2001-07-26

申请人： Hironobu Takagi ,  Chieko Asakawa

发明人： Hironobu Takagi ,  Chieko Asakawa

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/30905

摘要： A technique for the simplification of Web pages in order to access necessary information rapidly, when displaying or outputting Web pages using a small screen device or a voice browser. A method for simplifying Web contents includes the steps of acquiring a target page subject to simplification, acquiring adjoining pages that adjoin the target page and performing a difference operation to delete objects that are common among the target page and the adjoining pages from the target page to generate a simplified page.

公开(公告)号：US08244541B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-14

申请号：US12171068

申请日：2008-07-10

申请人： Hironobu Takagi ,  Chieko Asakawa

发明人： Hironobu Takagi ,  Chieko Asakawa

IPC分类号： G10L21/00 ,  G06F3/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/30017 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F17/2247 ,  G10L13/00 ,  H04M3/4938 ,  H04M2201/42

摘要： The present invention relates to creating a web page and voice browsing of the web page, and more particularly, it improves accessibility for the voice browsing of the web page through a synthetic voice, efficiently with high reliability.A content creation system 20 of the present invention is used for creating a content which may be viewed through the synthetic voice, the system including: a database 22 for storing a structured document; and an information process section 24 for creating a speech node series 18 from the structured document, and calculating a reaching time from starting voice synthesis of the speech node series 18 until each node is outputted as the synthetic voice. The information process section 24 includes a support process section 36 to determine a graphic display corresponding to the reaching time, and to visually display the reaching time to a predetermined node by the voice synthesis on a screen of a display section 26.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及创建网页和网页的语音浏览，更具体地说，它以高可靠性有效地通过合成语音提高了对网页的语音浏览的可访问性。 本发明的内容创建系统20用于创建可以通过合成语音观看的内容，该系统包括：数据库22，用于存储结构化文档; 以及用于从结构化文档创建语音节点序列18的信息处理部分24，并且从开始语音节点序列18的语音合成计算到每个节点作为合成语音输出的到达时间。 信息处理部分24包括支持处理部分36，用于确定对应于到达时间的图形显示，并且通过在显示部分26的屏幕上的语音合成来可视地显示到预定节点的到达时间。

公开(公告)号：US07913191B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-22

申请号：US11681908

申请日：2007-03-05

申请人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Tatsuya Ishihara ,  Takashi Itoh ,  Hironobu Takagi

发明人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Tatsuya Ishihara ,  Takashi Itoh ,  Hironobu Takagi

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F9/451

摘要： A user interface through which multiple application programs can be operated in common. An information processing apparatus provides a common input/output interface to multiple application programs. The apparatus includes a section which converts an application-specific document generated by each of the plurality of application programs and represented in a data structure specific to the application program to a common document represented in a common data structure; a section which presents the common document to a user; a section which inputs an operation performed by the user on the common document; an interface adapter which converts an object contained in the common document to an object used in the output section; a section which modifies the common document in accordance with an operation by the user; and a section which reflects modifications to the common document in the application-specific document.

摘要翻译： 多个应用程序可以共同操作的用户界面。 信息处理装置向多个应用程序提供公共输入/输出接口。 该装置包括将由多个应用程序中的每一个产生的并且以应用程序专用的数据结构表示的应用专用文档转换为以公共数据结构表示的公共文档的部分; 向用户呈现共同文件的部分; 输入由用户对公共文档执行的操作的部分; 接口适配器，其将包含在所述公共文档中的对象转换为在所述输出部分中使用的对象; 根据用户的操作来修改公共文档的部分; 以及在应用程序特定文档中反映对共同文档的修改的部分。

公开(公告)号：US07600185B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-06

申请号：US10807983

申请日：2004-03-24

申请人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Kentaro Fukuda ,  Junji Maeda ,  Hironobu Takagi

发明人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Kentaro Fukuda ,  Junji Maeda ,  Hironobu Takagi

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30905

摘要： Digest screen display content deciding means selects display elements belonging to respective regions of a document based on display priorities of the display elements, which are obtained by digest screen display priority information creating means, and decides selected display elements as display content of a digest screen under a condition where a total display area does not exceed a required display area. A merging relationship among the regions is set based on layout information for the regions, created by digest screen region layout information creating means. Display content deciding means decides the display content of a detail screen based on the merging relationship among the regions, and creates a digest of the detail screen based on control information created by control information creating means. Moreover, digest screen display content changing means changes the display content of the digest screen in response to an operation of a user.

摘要翻译： 摘要画面显示内容决定单元根据由摘要画面显示优先级信息生成单元获得的显示要素的显示优先级，选择属于文档的各个区域的显示要素，并将选择的显示要素判定为摘要画面的显示内容 总显示区域不超过所需显示区域的条件。 基于由摘要画面区域布局信息生成单元生成的区域的布局信息来设定区域之间的合并关系。 显示内容决定单元基于区域之间的合并关系来决定详细画面的显示内容，并且基于由控制信息生成单元创建的控制信息来创建详细画面的摘要。 此外，摘要画面显示内容改变装置响应于用户的操作来改变摘要画面的显示内容。

公开(公告)号：US20090100328A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-16

申请号：US12238787

申请日：2008-09-26

申请人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Hisashi Miyashita ,  Daisuke Sato ,  Hironobu Takagi

发明人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Hisashi Miyashita ,  Daisuke Sato ,  Hironobu Takagi

IPC分类号： G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/211

摘要： A method for obtaining accessibility information in a content of a rich internet application and a computer program and an accessibility information device. The method for obtaining accessibility information includes the steps of executing an object of the content displayed on a display screen, estimating a role of the object using reference model information prepared beforehand concerning a plurality of objects, and outputting the estimated role of the object as the accessibility information.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在富互联网应用程序和计算机程序和可访问性信息设备的内容中获取可访问性信息的方法。 用于获得可访问性信息的方法包括以下步骤：执行在显示屏幕上显示的内容的对象，使用关于多个对象预先准备的参考模型信息来估计对象的角色，并将该对象的估计角色输出为 辅助功能信息。

公开(公告)号：US06985147B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-10

申请号：US10013881

申请日：2001-12-11

申请人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Hironobu Takagi ,  Hiroshi Nomiyama

发明人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Hironobu Takagi ,  Hiroshi Nomiyama

IPC分类号： G06T11/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30684 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F17/2223

摘要： The present invention provides effective information search means, and/or effective acquired information submission means, without overtly expressing an intent (e.g., through the depression of a search button) to acquire information. In an example embodiment, the kana-kanji conversion routine is activated, and a character string is input using voice, a keyboard or a graphic entry process. Then, a conversion key is depressed to convert the input character string into kanji. Upon the depression of the conversion key, the homonym candidate selection routine is initiated, and the conversion candidate is presented. In response to the depression of the conversion key, or the change of the conversion candidate in the homonym candidate selection routine, the information access routine is activated. Then, the information access procedure is performed, and the search results are acquired. Thereafter, the search results are presented.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了有效的信息搜索装置和/或有效的获取信息提交装置，而没有明确地表达意图（例如，通过按下搜索按钮）来获得信息。 在示例性实施例中，启动假名汉字转换程序，并且使用语音，键盘或图形输入处理输入字符串。 然后按下转换键将输入的字符串转换成汉字。 当按下转换键时，启动同音异义候选者选择例程，并呈现转换候选。 响应于转换键的按下或在同音异义候选选择例程中转换候选的改变，信息访问例程被激活。 然后，执行信息访问过程，并且获取搜索结果。 此后，显示搜索结果。

公开(公告)号：US20050089824A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-28

申请号：US10923939

申请日：2004-08-23

申请人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Tohru Ifukube ,  Shuichi Ino ,  Hironobu Takagi

发明人： Chieko Asakawa ,  Tohru Ifukube ,  Shuichi Ino ,  Hironobu Takagi

IPC分类号： G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G09B21/00 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L13/08

CPC分类号： G09B21/007 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G09B21/006

摘要： A device, computer program and method for outputting linguistic information. The voice output device, for example, includes an output information acquisition unit acquiring linguistic information and attribute information. Attribute information includes an attribute added to each linguistic element included in the linguistic information. A tactile pattern storage unit stores a predetermined tactile pattern corresponding to each linguistic element. A tactile pattern acquisition unit acquires the tactile pattern from the tactile pattern storage unit. A voice output unit reads aloud the linguistic elements and a tactile pattern output unit outputs, in parallel with reading aloud each linguistic element, the tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to the linguistic element, thereby allowing a user to sense the tactile pattern by the sense of touch.

摘要翻译： 一种用于输出语言信息的装置，计算机程序和方法。 语音输出装置例如包括获取语言信息和属性信息的输出信息获取单元。 属性信息包括添加到包含在语言信息中的每个语言元素的属性。 触觉图案存储单元存储对应于每个语言元素的预定触觉图案。 触觉图案获取单元从触觉图案存储单元获取触觉图案。 语音输出单元朗读语言元素，并且触觉图案输出单元与朗读每个语言元素平行地输出与添加到语言元素的属性对应的触觉模式，从而允许用户通过该语言元素感知触觉模式 触觉。