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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Bryan D Bernardi, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas M Stephany, Churchville, NY (US);
Jeffery R Hawver, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A speech recognition camera 10 comprises a camera body 11 for providing a protective housing; a display (20, 25, 30) disposed on the camera body 11; a microphone 15 for receiving voice commands; and a microcontroller 40 disposed in said camera body 11 that signals said display (20, 25, 30) to display initial words or phrases representative of voice commands pre-programmed in said microcontroller 40, and to display a pull-down menu, upon receiving any of the initial words or phrases, containing preprogrammed words or phrases that are voice commands, and that are further descriptive of the initial words or phrases.