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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:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2007
Lea Kobeli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Evelyne Chaubert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Salazar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gretchen Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ben Foss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Wallace Peterson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lea Kobeli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Evelyne Chaubert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Salazar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gretchen Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ben Foss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Wallace Peterson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Intel-GE Care Innovations LLC, Roseville, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide devices and methods for capturing text found in a variety of sources and transforming it into a different user-accessible formats or medium. For example, the device can capture text from a magazine and provide it to the user as spoken words through headphones or speakers. Such devices are useful for individuals such as those having reading difficulties (such as dyslexia), blindness, and other visual impairments arising from diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma.