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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2005
Kentaro Murase, Ashiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Kentaro Murase, Ashiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An information presenting apparatus, based on display status on a screen, estimates text blocks that a user is likely to classify as poor-legibility blocks and is likely to wish to be read aloud. A simple device that allows selecting from the text blocks is provided. A poor-legibility-block extractor divides text to be displayed on the screen into blocks corresponding to individual text blocks, classifies blocks including characters of sizes less than or equal to a predetermined size as poor-legibility blocks, and assigns block numbers to the poor-legibility blocks. A document display unit displays areas of the respective poor-legibility blocks as distinguished from other areas, with block numbers assigned to the respective poor-legibility blocks. When the user presses a numeric key corresponding to a block number, text in the corresponding block is read aloud.