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6491523 Sign language instruction system and method  
A system and method for teaching sign language to a student. The method includes pre-recording a presentation on a medium. The presentation has an instruction portion wherein instruction related to...
6489605 Device to aid the orientation of blind and partially sighted people  
The invention relates to a device to aid the orientation of blind and partially sighted people. The device comprises a long cane and an additional device comprising a laser measuring system. By...
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...
6460056 Method and apparatus for displaying sign language images corresponding to input information  
In order to provide an image display method and apparatus capable of displaying images corresponding to document data or speech data, image data (such as sign language images) are stored in an...
6449460 Teaching method and kit  
A method and kit for teaching disabled students, such as children with developmental delays and disabilities such as autism, through music. The method makes extensive use of an illustrated song...
6447298 Sketching device for use by a blind person  
A sketching device for use by a blind person includes a pen body which is hollow and which has a writing end; a bobbin spool encloser which is secured to the pen body, which has slots provided in...
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...
6441779 System and method of carrier-phase attitude determination  
A system and a method for determining a satellite antenna attitude are disclosed. Radio signals from a satellite, such as a GPS satellite, are received by a plurality of coupled antenna elements...
6390820 System for treatment of developmental verbal apraxia  
A system or kit for treating developmental verbal apraxia is provided. The system or kit includes a plurality of picture cards in which each card identifies in written, spelled-out form a selected...
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...
6375467 Sound comprehending and recognizing system  
A graphical representation regarding one or more words. The design includes a horizontal axis and a vertical axis. The vertical axis has all of the letters of the alphabet arranged vertically in...
6357940 Configurable keyguard for use with touch sensitive keyboard  
A configurable touch sensitive keyboard system is used to adjust or control the interface to a computer or other electronic device, particularly, for disabled individuals. The configurable touch...
6354839 Refreshable braille display system  
A refreshable Braille display comprising a plurality of Braille dots that extend and retract arranged in Braille characters such that the Braille dots are operable as a personal computer monitor...
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...
6320496 Systems and methods providing tactile guidance using sensory supplementation  
A tactile guidance system and method provides a user with navigational assistance through continuous background communication. This continuous background communication is realized through tactile...
6292713 Robotic telepresence system  
A robotic telepresence system has a user station at a first geographic location and a robot at a second geographic location. The user station is responsive to a user and communicates information to...
6289301 System and methods for frame-based augmentative communication using pre-defined lexical slots  
The invention pertains to the field of Augmentative Communication Technology. The invention addresses the problem of providing a communication device for producing message output reflecting a...
6278944 Navigation system  
A navigation system, used for example to navigate visually handicapped people, uses a satellite system such as the GPS system to locate the user via a user held receiver (14). A two-way...
6267598 Touch activated audio module and sign  
The present invention is directed to an audio sign adapted to provide an aural message once the sign is tactilely actuated. The invention typically includes a graphical information section, a...
6236306 Tactual annunciating device for notifying vehicle or machinery status or condition  
An apparatus for supplying tactile signals to the user of a vehicle or other machine to indicate the operational status or condition of the vehicle or machine, or a functional part thereof. A cam...
6217338 Braille cell and display comprising a plurality of braille cells, as well as a method for controlling a plurality of pins of a braille cell  
A Braille cell having a pressure-exerting member in the form of a bar or leaf spring, of which one end can be displaced with the aid of a first displacement mechanism in a direction that is...
6170750 Reading aid member having code pattern and code pattern reading aid member  
A reading aid member is formed by fixedly overlaying on a hard substrate a scan guiding plate-like member having substantially the same shape as that of the hard substrate with use of adhesive or...
6162059 Problem solving skills development system using tactile recognition  
The problem solving skills development system is used, for example, as a puzzle or game, to develop problem solving or analytical skills in visually impaired individuals. The system includes a...
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...
6159013 Portable reading device for the blind  
A portable reading device for the blind consisting of a miniature housing (2) attached to a sleeve to be fitted over the tip of the user's index finger like a thimble. The housing (2) includes an...
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...
6129550 Educating special needs children about place settings  
An apparatus for educating children with special educational needs about how to set a table includes a mat having emblems thereon indicative of the locations for proper placement of a napkin, a...
6111976 System and method for handwritten character recognition and qualification  
The invention provides implementation of the pedagogic method of the Orton-Gillingham Approach by providing orthographic handwriting recognition, that is recognizing and pedagogically evaluating...
6059575 Tactile recognition input device and overlay for use with an input device  
A tactile recognition input device is used by a visually impaired individual, for example, to interact with an electronic device, such as a computer. The input device includes a plurality of...
6056549 Communication system and associated apparatus  
A communication and teaching aid for increasing the communication skills of a nonverbal, speech and/or language impaired individual comprising a collection assembly preferably in the form of a book...
6050824 Representations of letters of an alphabet  
Representations of letters of the alphabet have surfaces which have a feel on being touched which are different from the feel of surfaces of other letters. The letters may be presented in a book...
6042383 Portable electronic device for assisting persons with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders  
A portable electronic device assists persons with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders in performing daily living tasks. These tasks can include, e.g., making a bed, applying...
6033224 Reading machine system for the blind having a dictionary  
A reading machine for a blind or visually impaired person includes a computer system that causes the computer to load a definition file in accordance with the current word whose definition a user...
6022220 Memory wire braille tactile system  
A memory wire Braille tactile system for continuously replicating a plurality of Braille characters on a single display which is substantially less costly than conventional prior art and allows the...
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;...
5993217 Learning apparatus  
A learning apparatus for use with a computer comprising a set of tactile flash cards, each individual card having a tactilely perceptible pattern embossed on a surface of the card and two...
5989099 Tactile device  
A hand operated tactile device including a tactile body positionable in a hand of a user. The tactile body includes at least one articulated member movable relative to the remainder of the body in...
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...
5920303 Dynamic keyboard and method for dynamically redefining keys on a keyboard  
pe1 A dynamic keyboard includes a plurality of keys, each with an associated symbol, which are dynamically redefinable to provide access to higher level keyboards. Based on sequenced symbols of...
5917326 Guidance system for a moving person  
The guidance system of the invention includes at least two spaced, permanently magnetized regions that each produce a magnetic field. The two permanently magnetized regions can be provided at...
5902112 Speech assisted learning  
A braille teaching tool that audibly pronounces each braille character as it is touched by the student is comprised of a touch pad having a rectangular matrix of touch sensitive areas each...
5887069 Sign recognition apparatus and method and sign translation system using same  
In continuous sign language recognition, reference sign language patterns of good quality are generated. Continuous sign language patterns and reference sign language patterns are efficiently...
5870741 Information management device  
An information management device is provided which is capable of performing a flexible search of input information, without the need to attach user-specified keywords or search information and...
5810597 Touch activated audio sign  
The present invention is directed to an audio sign adapted to provide an aural message once the sign is tactilely actuated. The invention typically includes a graphical information section, a...
5807111 Orientation aid  
The invention relates to an orientation aid for visually impaired and particularly blind persons. In this connection, at least one signal device (5, 6) for the indicating of a change in the...
5803740 Learning and assessment aid for a severely visually impaired individual  
A learning and assessment aid (10) for helping visually impaired individuals develop desirable ambulatory motion habits. The learning aid includes a housing (14) designed to be attached to an...
5769642 Audio-book player  
An audio-book player includes a member capable of indicating to a blind person that a recording medium is loaded in or unloaded from the body proper. The audio-book player, which reproduces written...
5767764 Binary information display apparatus, linear cam for the binary information display apparatus, and method of generating shape patterns of the linear cam  
There is provided a binary information display apparatus capable of generating all appearance/disappearance patterns of a plurality of corresponding braille pins, which binary information display...
5766014 Binary information display apparatus  
A binary information display apparatus displays braille information with high accuracy by means of four braille pins, which are actuated by a stepping motor having a stepping angle of 45° and,...
5725379 Braille learning apparatus  
A braille learning apparatus for use with a computer comprising a set of tactile flash cards, each individual card having a pattern of braille dots embossed on a surface of the card and two...
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