Method and terminal for presenting in speech format product descriptions attachable to products

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8074875
APP PUB NO 20080283584A1
SERIAL NO

11577869

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The invention is especially intended for visually impaired persons who are not able to read text printed on products or product containers. With the invented method at least a part of a product description, which corresponds to a bar code read and which is fetched from a product information database, is stored in at least one memory accessible to the terminal. After this, in response to a command ordered by a user of the terminal, the RFID identifier attached to the terminal is read and the product description is presented in speech format so that the information readable in the memory and the RFID identifier is utilized in the presentation. The terminal is preferably a mobile station equipped with a speech synthesizer. A visually impaired person can point with the terminal to one or more products and listen via an audio system of the terminal to the product descriptions related to them. When RFID identifiers are attached to the product, the products need to be pointed to as precisely when reading bar codes. The products are, for example, foodstuff or medicine.

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VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS02150 ESPOO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bäckström, Christer Espoo, FI 1 0
Ollikainen, Ville Vihti, FI 22 296
Pursula, Pekka Espoo, FI 8 69

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