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7627142 |
Gesture processing with low resolution images with high resolution processing for optical character recognition for a reading machine
A portable reading machine that operates in several modes and performs image preprocessing to prior to optical character recognition. The portable reading machine receives a low resolution image...
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7598976 |
Method and apparatus for a multisensor imaging and scene interpretation system to aid the visually impaired
An apparatus and method for aiding a visually impaired or blind person to detect, identify and avoid objects in the field of vision of the surroundings. The apparatus includes electro-optical...
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7446669 |
Devices for use by deaf and/or blind people
A device for use by a deafblind person is disclosed. The device comprises a first key for manually inputting a series of words in the form of a code, a second key for manually inputting an action...
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7231066 |
System and method for interpretation of visual information
In a system ( 10 ) and a method for interpreting visual information and transmitting it to a human being through tactile influence of sensorial organs in its body, the system has a sensor module (...
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7230538 |
Apparatus and method for identifying surrounding environment by means of image processing and for outputting the results
The present invention relates to an apparatus for identifying surrounding environment by means of image processing, so as to be used by blind people or unmanned vehicles. The said apparatus...
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6985524 |
Apparatus and method for adjusting real time video to compensate for color blindness
An apparatus and a method are provided for adjusting real time video to compensate for color blindness. A video system includes a decoder that receives and decodes a video signal into original...
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6963656 |
Method and device for visualizing images through sound
A method enabling a person to visualize images including encoding spatial information relating to a feature or features contained within an image into the form of one or more musical sequences, and...
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6597346 |
Hand held computer with see-through display
The present invention is a fully functional hand held computer having a see through display. An external viewing arrangement, such as a monocular scope, is used to view the operator's immediate...
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6591008 |
Method and apparatus for displaying pictorial images to individuals who have impaired color and/or spatial vision
A method for displaying a digital color image to a visually impaired person, includes the steps of: measuring the visual response of the person and specifying a set of enhancement profiles relating...
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6362830 |
Method and apparatus for color display with color transformation to improve perception for people with impaired color sight
A method and equipment for displaying a computer generated color image on which a color transformation is carried out so that a person with normal color vision is able to perceive the colors in a...
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6335694 |
Airborne audio flight information system
An audio system that may include a flight-worthy electronics package that connects into the airborne electronics of a passenger aircraft, and to that aircraft's passenger system. The audio system...
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6160576 |
Image compensating device based on age-related characteristics
An image processing device compensates an original image for helping deteriorated human vision characteristics and displays the compensated image. Declines in a spectral sensitivity characteristic...
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6115482 |
Voice-output reading system with gesture-based navigation
An optical-input print reading device with voice output for people with impaired or no vision in which the user provides input to the system from hand gestures. Images of the text to be read, on...
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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;...
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5982911 |
Braille recognition system
In a braille recognition system according to the present invention, light is obliquely irradiated onto the surface of a document in braille, and its reflected light is received by imaging means, to...
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5900908 |
System and method for providing described television services
An apparatus for providing described television services includes a receiver for receiving description data corresponding to an audiovisual program; a text-to-speech converter for converting the...
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5878154 |
Method and apparatus for image recognition for blind and severely visually handicapped persons
An apparatus enables the blind and the severely visually handicapped to recognize images by way of the tongue. Optical image information, in the form of video images, is processed electronically...
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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,...
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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...
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5467123 |
Apparatus & method for enhancing color images
Color image enhancement apparatus comprising apparatus for receiving signals representing a color image, image processing apparatus, employing the received signals, for image processing of the high...
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5461416 |
Method and apparatus for variable video magnification
A video camera including a stopped down lens diameter. An opaque material with a small aperture size is placed over the camera lens. The small aperture allows the user to vary the image size of the...
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5359675 |
Video spectacles
A spectacle mounted display is used in conjunction with a digitally enhanced imager for capturing, enhancing and projecting images to improve readability by individuals with impaired vision. The...
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5267331 |
Digitally enhanced imager for the visually impaired
The invention consists of an apparatus and method for creating high resolution, high contrast images to enhance the functional vision of visually impaired individuals. The apparatus includes an...
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5227886 |
Optical imaging/display CCD light valve and method
A combined optical imaging/display device employs a liquid crystal light valve (LCLV) with a charge coupled device (CCD) input, and a photosensitive CCD or charge injection device (CID) array for...
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5191411 |
Laser driven optical communication apparatus
A laser driven optical communication apparatus for permitting verbally impaired or disabled individuals having limited physical mobility to communicate with others. A laser device generating a...
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5159927 |
Visual prosthesis apparatus and method
A visual prosthesis apparatus for operative insertion in the optical pathway to the brain of an individual who has an eye which is blind or partially blind. The prosthesis apparatus utilizes a...
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5097326 |
Image-audio transformation system
In a device for converting visual images into representative sound information especially for visually handicapped persons an image processing unit is provided with a pipelined architecture with a...
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5060062 |
Electronic vision aid device
A visual sensory aid system for the partially sighted, designed to be worn around the eyes in a manner similar to that of eyeglasses. Light incident to the image source is detected by receptors...
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4992865 |
Teletext receiving device for the blind
A teletext receiving device for converting a teletext letter information into Braille for the blind users. The device includes a Braille head for converting a letter similar to the teletext letter...
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4802756 |
Low vision apparatus and device and method for enabling the visually handicapped to view television
There is disclosed a system for improving the visual field of a handicapped person which utilizes a wide angle lens which is placed in front of an object such as a screen of a television set to be...
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4658427 |
Sound production device
A sound production device has at least one generator for producing a video signal and an analog-to-digital converter if the video signal is not already digital. The video is converted to a...
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4378569 |
Sound pattern generator
An apparatus for providing an audible representation of any data which can be represented in a format of M×N individual datum. Each datum can have individually specified properties. One...
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4322744 |
Virtual sound system for the visually handicapped
A system for utilizing sensing abilities of human hearing, including horizontal and vertical directional acuity, to represent visual aspects of the environs by converting incoming signals to audio...
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4000565 |
Digital audio output device
An apparatus is disclosed for converting silent digital visual display characters into sequentially enunciated audible tones which are digitally coded in serial form. Blind or visually handicapped...
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3993407 |
Polysensory mobility aid
A polysensory mobility aid comprising first and second signal generating means which produce audio frequency signals, respectively, these signals being coupled to two electrically operable...
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3914800 |
Fluid mechanical tactile oscilloscope to augment the five senses
A tactile imaging interface to the human body is disclosed for operation in combination with an input transducer (typically a solid-state image sensor), and suitable conversion electronics. A fluid...
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3907434 |
Binaural sight system
The invention relates to a sight system for producing binaural sound representative of the location of a visible object with respect to a listener. It includes means for generating first and second...
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3800082 |
AUDITORY DISPLAY FOR THE BLIND
A system for providing an auditory display of two-dimensional patterns as an aid to the blind includes a scanning device, such as a slow scan television camera, for producing first and second...
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3766311 |
SENSORY SUBSTITUTION SYSTEM
There is disclosed apparatus for converting electrically-coded information into selective, intelligible, localized cooling of a receptive heat-producing medium, e.g., a human body. In combination...
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3704378 |
VIEWSCOPE FOR THE BLIND
A light-weight headworn scanning system of concave mirrors on a wheel, with a detector-capsule for both visible and infrared radiation, the generated signals from incoming radiation being used to...
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3628193 |
TACTILE IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM
A tactile image converter for blind subjects comprises a television camera device the output of which modulates a commutating cathode-ray tube comprising a conductor array sealed in one face...
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3594787 |
SCENE SCANNER AND TACTILE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR THE BLIND
A scene scanner and display device is provided which utilizes a plurality of electrically energizable pins to provide a tactile stimulus to a blind person, representing the shape or outline of an...
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3592965 |
APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING CATHODE RAY PORTRAYABLE INFORMATION TO SPACIAL IMAGES
This invention relates to apparatus for converting an optical image or electrical signals obtained from scanning an image, or from other information, into an electromechanical or sensory image...
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3562408 |
HAPTICON VISUAL SUBSTITUTION SYSTEM
A multiple anode photomultiplying image tube is provided employing an image intensifier structure and an array of anodes for converting visible information into patterned electrical signals. A...
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