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6765558 Multiple touch plane compatible interface circuit and method  
A method of determining a type of touch plane operator input device comprises sensing the impedance across first and second terminals of a touch plane operator input device to distinguish the touch...
6747550 Leg position indicator for braking  
A tactile feedback device such as a bumper or prod located to give the operator of a wheeled vehicle tactile feedback when the leg of the operator is in operable position to depress the brake...
6738489 Vibration speaker  
A vibration speaker is configured to selectively supply an input current in accordance with the frequency of the input current in response to an incoming call, thereby allowing the incoming call to...
6734785 Tactile display system  
A tactile display system includes a housing containing a tactile pin movable axially transverse of a reference surface and an actuator mechanism engageable therewith for selective movement between...
6724298 Individual discreet prompting device with remote  
A remotely activated sensory stimulation device comprised of a case, a tactile stimulatory means, a receiving unit, a transmitting unit and a controller. The amplitude and frequency of the tactile...
6714123 Electronic device incorporating vibration generator  
An electronic device including a vibration generator having an eccentric weight member attached to the output of a motor. The motor is accommodated into a bracket made from elastic material, and...
6710707 Vehicle-mounted input device  
A vehicle-mounted input device for controlling by a single manual control section the function of air conditioner, radio, television, CD player, car navigation system, etc. mounted on a motor...
6710706 Spatial awareness device  
A spatial awareness device comprising at least one receiver adapted to receive a selected form of radiation and operatively coupled thereto at least one tactile responsive element. The received...
6703924 Tactile display apparatus  
A tactile display reads out information corresponding to at least a portion of an image appearing on a computer screen comprising a 2-dimensional array of pixels. The tactile display comprises at...
6700553 Braille computer monitor  
A tactual computer monitor includes rows and columns of rectangular cells. Each cell includes four rows and two columns of movable pins which are felt and read by a blind person. The pins are...
6696926 Audible floor call recording method and braille information notification device  
A method for inputting a voice message recording for a particular floor served by an elevator car includes the steps of sensing elevator car positions ( 21 ), sensing that a selected car operating...
6693516 Electro-mechanical transducer suitable for tactile display and article conveyance  
A tactile transducer is able to provide a tactile display or serve as a tactile input sensor. Paired contactors having contactor tips separated by a gap are connected to transducer means (an...
6691000 Robot-arm telemanipulating system presenting auditory information  
A robot-arm telemanipulating system that presents an operator auditory information converted from a part of information on operating status of the robot arm (hereinafter referred to as “telemetry...
6674197 Electromagnetic sound generator  
An electromagnetic sound generator is proposed that can be easily and inexpensively fabricated for producing an indicating sound to enable use in an automobile or other similar environment. A spool...
6657617 Method, apparatus and computer program product for three dimensional text creation  
Information for receiving by a computer system has attributes which the computer system is capable of interpreting for displaying on a two-dimensional display device. The information includes...
6657614 Detecting apparatus, input apparatus, pointing device, individual identification apparatus, and recording medium  
The present invention provides a detection apparatus, an input apparatus, an individual identification apparatus, and a recording medium that utilize information about users' bodies which disables...
6650231 Personal electronic device notification system  
Systems and methods for alerting users of personal electronic devices are provided. In a first aspect of the invention, these systems and methods alert a user to the occurrence of an event in one...
6639510 Tactile reading system for data coming from a computer and associated communication device  
A tactile reading system and a communication device for tactile data reading and input with a computer. It includes a set of sensitive means ( 13, 13 ′) located each in the proximity of or inside...
6628195 Tactile stimulation device for use by a deaf person  
The tactile stimulation device designed to be used by a deaf person includes, in particular, an electroacoustic transducer. The invention is noteworthy in that the device consists of a case which...
6608541 Electromagnetic actuator  
An electromagnetic actuator comprises: a magnet; a pole piece mounted to the magnet; a yoke facing the pole piece; a coil base having a vibration coil; leaf springs for supporting the coil base and...
6600937 Vibrator assembly for mobile telephone  
A vibrator assembly for use in a mobile telephone includes a contact plate and a vibrator motor electrically connected to the contact plate with flexible wires. The contact plate has positive and...
6597928 Portable telephone maraca which produces musical tones in synchronization of the swings and vibration of the user  
A portable telephone is designed to realize portable telephone functions and game device functions, particularly music games, which are embodied by a vibration device such as a vibration sensor and...
6570994 Field layer speaker for consumer products  
A technique and apparatus for integrating a speaker with button (or keyboard) components such as a tactile membrane and/or PCB. The tactile membrane conventionally used between buttons and switch...
6563426 Warning method and apparatus  
This invention provides methods and apparatus for a special object such as a handicapped individual and/or special equipment with access to and from telecommunications and computer controlled...
6563422 Non acoustic alarm device  
The invention concerns a non acoustic alarm device, intended to be fitted to a unit worn in contact with the body, such as a timepiece or a portable telephone, including a case, a moving mass...
6552652 Rescue device  
A rescue device with a GPS receiver, a computer, and vibration sensors. The device detects and distinguishes vibrations and sends a radio message to a Low Earth Orbit satellite that relays messages...
6549122 Portable orientation system  
A portable orientation system which, when for example the human sense of vision fails, can make information gathered from the surroundings available to another human sense. The portable orientation...
6546081 Telephone security system  
A telephone security system for providing an alarm system connected to the telephone. The telephone security system includes a telephone being adapted to be connected to a telephone line and having...
6535201 Method and system for three-dimensional topographical modeling  
A method and system for three-dimensional topographical modeling. A control surface that is adjustable provides a tactile-detectable graphical representation of a three-dimensional graphical image...
6529125 Automotive control panel  
The invention relates to a vehicle control panel for an automotive vehicle having at least one multifunctional setting switch and a mode selector for setting the control panel to operate in any one...
6529122 Tactile sensor apparatus and methods  
The tactile sensor has at least two conductive workpieces which bear on one another at a bearing area, at least one workpiece of which is produced from elastomer, with the result that it is...
6492899 Electromagnetic converter having superior anti-shock property  
An electromagnetic converter in which a mobile magnetic pole body supported by a thin spring is driven by an exciting coil. A restricting member limits movement of the spring so the spring is not...
6486784 Process and system enabling the blind or partially sighted to find their bearings and their way in an unknown environment  
The invention concerns a method and a system enabling the blind and the partially sighted to direct themselves and find their way in unknown surroundings. Said method consists in teletraining using...
6487300 Vibration speaker  
A vibration speaker layout is disclosed to maximize vibration quantity as vibration member is made feasible of resonation in vertical direction by individually furnishing signal input devices for...
6466911 Electrotactile vocoder using handset with stimulating electrodes  
An electrotactile vocoder includes a handset ( 3 ) carrying stimulating electrodes ( 9 ) positioned adjacent openings ( 8 ) in the handset and electrically contacting the fingers when the handset...
6459364 Internet browser facility and method for the visually impaired  
A method of communicating electronic information via a display device having a matrix of movable tactile elements. The method includes displaying a representation of a file containing hypertext...
6445284 Electro-mechanical transducer suitable for tactile display and article conveyance  
A tactile transducer is able to provide a tactile display or serve as a tactile input sensor. Paired contactors having contactor tips separated by a gap are connected to transducer means (an...
6435794 Force display master interface device for teleoperation  
A force display master interface is provided for interaction with teleoperated robotic slave manipulators or virtual slave entities. The device provides a de-coupled actuator that permits selective...
6424064 Electromagnetic vibrator and device incorporating the same  
An electromagnetic vibrator includes a vibration generating mechanism; a case for containing at least part of the vibration generating mechanism; a power supply terminal for supplying power to the...
6420965 Vibrator  
In a method of controlling a vibrator, the vibrator is first driven towards a first frequency during a first interval and then is driven towards a second frequency during a second interval. In a...
6411195 Data transmission system and components thereof  
A data transmission system ( 1 ) suitable for use with an impact transmissive body ( 4 ) and including a data transmitting device ( 6 ) having a reciprocable impact impeller head ( 3 ) for...
6392540 Non-auditory sound detection system  
A non-auditory sound detection system for changing sound into non-auditory signals that stimulate a user to alert the user of the presence of a pre-determined sound. The non-auditory sound...
6384724 Smoke alarm  
An alarm system for alerting persons within a monitored area as to an emergency situation. The alarm system includes a monitoring unit strategically placed within said monitored area, a vibrating...
6384743 Touch screen for the vision-impaired  
A touch screen system for the vision-impaired provides a speed list in which each of the virtual buttons on a screen are duplicated in a line along one edge of the screen to provide rapid access to...
6359550 Personal communication device and call process status signalling method  
An array of stimulators associated with a personal communications device for providing the user with tactile messaging respecting call processing or call network status. The array is positioned on...
6344795 Method and apparatus for generating temperature based alerting signals  
An apparatus for providing a temperature based alerting signal to a user to alert the user to the occurrence of a particular or predetermined event. The temperature based alerting device may be...
6340936 Accessible pedestrian signal system  
An accessible pedestrian signal system to assist visually impaired persons to cross a signal controlled intersection. The signal system has a push button which is pressed by the pedestrian....
6326901 Tactile communication device and method  
A device and method for use in tactile communications adaptable for use by anyone able to recognize messages written in a language known to them. The devise uses a series of sequentially firing...
6323757 Vibration motor assembly  
In a vibration motor assembly for use in, e.g., a portable phone, a weight is mounted on the output shaft of a motor and has a hermetically closed bore filled with a magnetic fluid. A magnetic body...
6323758 Vibration generating unit  
A vibration generating unit of the present invention includes a magnetic field generating device including a magnetic field generating section for generating a magnetic field in response to a...
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