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7306463 Pseudo-cuneiform tactile display  
This is an entirely new type of tactile display based upon cuneiform writing concepts which is an alternative to Braille. This invention uses electromechanical components to display a tactile...
7271707 Device and method for producing a three-dimensionally perceived planar tactile illusion  
A tactile communications device includes a two dimensional surface configured to be positioned in contact with a wearer for tactual stimulation. A plurality of actuators are positioned on the...
7170428 Electronic device and method of managing its keyboard  
The invention relates to an electronic device and a method of managing a virtual keyboard of the electronic device. The device comprises a touch pad ( 106 ), a processing unit ( 600 ) and a...
7148789 Handheld device having multiple localized force feedback  
An electronic device ( 100 ) comprises a housing ( 112 ), an input ( 118, 122 ) coupled mechanically to the housing for receiving data, an output ( 114, 118 ) coupled mechanically to the housing...
7139623 Method and apparatus for use of multiple control systems  
A method and apparatus for simultaneously controlling multiple control systems is provided. The resulting hybrid control system provides for sharing of inputs and outputs on a control surface...
7098776 Methods and apparatus for vibrotactile communication  
A device for enhancing interpersonal communication over distance through use of touch. A vibrotactile (touch-and-vibration) interface is used to improve existing remote communication by allowing...
7046136 Portable transmitter having tact switches with front film  
An ID code is wirelessly sent to a device, such as a keyless-entry system or a keyless-starter system mounted on an automobile, from a portable transmitter. Electronic components including tact...
7012593 Glove-type data input device and sensing method thereof  
A glove-type data input device and a sensing method thereof. In the data input device shaped into a glove, a sensor unit senses the change of a glove shape or a position change, and the resulting...
6937124 Plane plate vibration device and switch employing the same  
A plane plate vibration device includes a plane plate, a coil portion having a first coil and a second coil, the first coil being wound on a circumference of the plane plate in parallel with the...
6861946 Motion-based input system for handheld devices  
A motion-based input system including a motion sensor coupled to a device. The motion sensor provides a motion signal corresponding to the movement of the device. The system further includes a...
6861945 Information input device, information processing device and information input method  
An information input device worn on a user's body or finger, an information processing device and an information input method are provided. The information input device which is capable of being...
6816049 Actuator  
An actuator has a first yoke plate, a second yoke plate, magnets, coils, a haptic feel providing member, and a coil fixing member. The first yoke plate and the second yoke plate each assume a...
6781574 Apparatus and method for preventing poor operation of key due to chattering noise  
An apparatus and method for preventing poor operation of a key due to chattering noise are provided. The apparatus includes a control button section for generating a key signal to control a display...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
6636202 Interactive tactile display for computer screen  
Apparatus for converting a visual image into a tactile image. The apparatus comprises imaging means for converting incident light from the visual image into electrical signals that are proportional...
6617711 Hand-held electric appliance power-saving switch control mechanism  
A power-saving switch control mechanism for hand-held electric appliance comprises a sensor to detect the approaching hand of user and then continuously transmit signals to activate a switch into a...
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...
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...
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...
6307465 Input device  
The invention provides a thin and small input device that improves a tactile operation sensation and a luxurious appearance. An input device to which an operator enters a desired command by...
6271764 Incoming call alerting method for a radio communication apparatus connected to an external apparatus  
A radio communication apparatus which has plural incoming call informing methods including at least an incoming call informing method by vibration, the radio communication apparatus being available...
6255938 Device for the input and read-out of data  
The invention relates to a data input/read-out device, including at least one output element, more particularly a Braille element, for outputting Braille data by correspondingly changing the...
6181022 Keyboard in stationary vehicle control units  
A keyboard means in stationary control units (23) in a vehicle. The keys (24) thereof are arranged at an outer edge portion of the unit (23), which has the shape of a thin plate (23), which may be...
6163280 Workstation comprising a braille reading line  
A workstation comprising a keyboard for inputting data, a braille reading line having a number of braille cells located side by side, and a first switch device comprising a number of switch...
6140913 Apparatus and method of assisting visually impaired persons to generate graphical data in a computer  
In order to assist a visually impaired person to generate digital image data in a computer, a plurality of graph components are provided each of which is tactually recognized by the visually...
6008721 Method of conveying information to nervous system of a person  
A method of conveying information to a nervous system of a person has the steps of disintegrating an initial information into separate streams; coding each of the streams as a sequence of signals;...
5977867 Touch pad panel with tactile feedback  
A touch pad such as a keypad or a touch screen is mounted with at least one vibrator to produce a tactile feedback sensed by the user as the pad is touched with a finger or a pointer. The vibrator...
5969320 Keyboard  
A keyboard includes a keyboard membrane where the membrane comprises a top layer, a spacer layer and a bottom layer. The spacer layer has interconnecting voids that are connected to the atmosphere...
5894271 Private alert system for muscle flexing regimen  
A wafer-like alert unit is disclosed which is affixed to a body surface in a private and discrete manner and provides a private or silent stimulus such as a vibrational signal to the user at...
5832074 Intelligent telephone system  
The present invention relates to an intelligent telephone system, operating methods related to the system are also disclosed. The intelligent telephone is capable of programming operating...
5812050 Electrical control apparatus with unidirectional tactile indicator  
A control apparatus produces an electrical signal representative of the position of a manually-operable control member, such as an accelerator pedal. The apparatus includes a rotary member which...
5811694 Force Transducer  
A force transducer having a post connected to an underlying substrate having a plurality of strain gauges, is protected from otherwise damaging static electric discharge current using a grounding...
5663703 Silent wrist pager with tactile alarm  
A wrist-worn paging receiver provides an incoming message alarm by contacting the wrist of the user by the use of rotating cam lobes that reside inside the paging receiver and that are separated...
5660488 Ergonomically condensed QWERTY keyboard  
An ergonomically improved, reduced size keyboard having a QWERTY keyboard layout allows maintenance of the same typing speed and accuracy associated with conventional keyboards. In one embodiment,...
5636038 Apparatus for converting visual images into tactile representations for use by a person who is visually impaired  
A device for converting the visual and/or auditory into tactile representations includes imaging equipment for converting light and/or sounds, including spoken text, into electrical signals,...
5619180 Apparatus for providing vibrotactile sensory substitution of force feedback  
A feedback apparatus for an operator to control an effector that is remote from the operator to interact with a remote environment has a local input device to be manipulated by the operator....
5603065 Hands-free input device for operating a computer having mouthpiece with plurality of cells and a transducer for converting sound into electrical control signals  
An input device for a computer includes a mouthpiece and a interface for coupling the mouthpiece to the computer. The mouthpiece includes a plurality of air cells arranged in rows for entering...
5600777 Method and system for spatial accessing of time-based information  
A method and system for permitting a user to spatially access and playback time-based information having a plurality of segments. Each of the plurality of segments are mapped to a corresponding one...
5574576 Coherent light driven display device  
An optical display device to allow a person or a device to physically sense various images. The device includes an image sensor having at least one image input portion adapted to be directed at a...
5506605 Three-dimensional mouse with tactile feedback  
A three-dimensional mouse is disclosed for interfacing with a central processing unit. The mouse comprises a hand-held housing adapted to be used in free space. The housing has a generally vertical...
5451924 Apparatus for providing sensory substitution of force feedback  
A feedback apparatus for an operator to control an effector that is remote from the operator to interact with a remote environment has a local input device to be manipulated by the operator....
5389849 Tactility providing apparatus and manipulating device using the same  
A detecting portion outputs a contact state signal in accordance with a contact state with respect to an object to be manipulated. The contact state signal represents at least one of information of...
5329078 Elevator car position indicator for use by visually impaired persons  
An elevator car position indicator utilizes a plurality of indicating pins whereby a visually impaired passenger in the elevator car is able to determine the actual car position by touch. The pins...
5233662 Oral controller method and apparatus  
An oral controller and related method for lingual control of remote apparatus are disclosed. Preferably, the controller includes a mouthpiece having an intraoral structure and lingual transducer...
5189390 Method for stimulating the finger of an operator acting on a static keyboard and a device for implementing this method  
A method and device for stimulating the finger of an operator acting on a static keyboard, which method consists in making at least part of the keyboard mobile on which the finger of the user bears...
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