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7592901 |
Input device
There are provided an input means 2 that allows information to be input as touched by an operator, a vibration application means 3 disposed on a back side of the input means 2 , and a control...
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7497687 |
Display device of braille points
The present invention relates to a display device of braille points. In the device, a coating layer 40 is formed on the upper surface of a receiving holes 120 , a recognition stick 130 is...
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7484960 |
Printed matter for joint reading by a visually impaired and a sighted person
The present invention provides a print lay-out of conventional textual characters and corresponding Braille characters that facilitates concurrent reading of the textual and the Braille characters,...
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7471280 |
Tactile device
The invention relates to a tactile device provided with a number of fluid elements ( 1 ) containing an electrically conducting fluid ( 3, 4 ). The fluid level in each element is movable by actuator...
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7407335 |
Braille display for use with a notetaker and with personal computers for blind and low vision users
A Braille display for use by blind and low vision users. The Braille display can be detachably mounted on a notetaker which includes either a Braille keyboard or a conventional QWERTY keyboard and...
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7405651 |
Operating element for a heating and air conditioning system
The invention relates to an operating element for a heating and air conditioning system for the setting of air conditioning parameters in a vehicle interior, the setting being fed back to the...
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7316566 |
Method for accessing interactive multimedia information or services from Braille documents
System and method to enable blind people to detect and access hyperlinks within Braille documents. A proximity sensing foil placed under a Braille page senses the position of a reader's fingertips...
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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...
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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...
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7207467 |
Identifying devices for the visually handicapped
Devices which contain tactile and visually readable identifying indicia to assist the visually handicapped in identifying room numbers and the contents of items such as condiment shakers and liquid...
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7134457 |
Method of weaving braille and woven braille textile
A method of weaving Braille and/or the resulting woven Braille textile may assist sighted persons in determining the woven Braille cells by differentiating the colors of each number 1 through...
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7118135 |
Embossed paper
A sheet of embossed paper including a sheet-like body portion, at least one embossed or depressed line located on the body portion, and at least one printed line located on and extending at least...
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7083416 |
Contaminant-tolerant Braille pins
A Braille pin has three parts sharing a common longitudinal axis. A first part has a first breadth and includes a rounded tip felt by a user. A second part has a noncircular transverse...
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7066085 |
Method of manufacturing operation panel for printer
A molded product for an operation panel 1 is produced by injection molding or the like. A set of characters 7 indicative of the type of each operation switch 17 is formed, by a screen...
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7051292 |
Information input/output device for visually impaired users
The present invention provides an information input/output device for visually impaired users whereby the visually impaired users can easily obtain information for the operation and perform the...
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7021340 |
Method of and loom for teaching Braille
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method of and loom for teaching Braille by weaving with a loom, wherein the levers to move the harnesses are shaped and spaced like the levers on a Perkins...
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7020840 |
Relating to Braille equipment
A apparatus and method are provided which assist the use of electronic documents in both a word processor ( 17 ) and Braille environment ( 16 ). The apparatus and methods facilitate conversion of...
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6990435 |
Tactile sensing method and system
A system for detecting tactile information includes strain-gauge touch sensors and a controller. Based on the sum output from each of tough-sensor sensor units, an analyzer in the controller...
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6948937 |
Portable print reading device for the blind
A portable print reading device includes a high resolution digital camera to which the following additional functions have been added:
image centering by tactile or sound information,...
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6930590 |
Modular electrotactile system and method
This application relates to an electrotactile system and method for delivering tactile stimuli to a skin surface of a user. The system includes one or more electrotactile modules each comprising an...
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6908009 |
Handheld apparatus for semi-automatically feeding and inserting members into Braille signs
An apparatus is disclosed for semi-automatically feeding and inserting spherically and non-spherically shaped members into pre-drilled holes on an architectural sign face corresponding to the...
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6893263 |
Single dot tactile reading module driven by a shape memory wire
Single dot tactile reading module including a tactile dot, driven by a rotation of a cam around its axis, either directly or through a pair of levers. A shape memory alloy wire is attached on one...
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6877986 |
Element with expansible relief
An element ( 10 ) comprises sealed cavities ( 24 ) arranged according to a regular pattern. Each cavity ( 24 ) contains a product such as a wax which changes in volume, in reversible fashion, when...
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6831630 |
Key input device having Braille input function
A plane keyboard equipped with a usual key input function and Braille input function is disclosed. The keyboard comprises a key input circuit in the form of a key matrix. In the key matrix, no two...
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6827512 |
Refreshable Braille display unit
A refreshable display unit with a housing, a plurality of refreshable cells housed in the housing, the cells having a guide block with at least six holes, six motors each with a coupler which may...
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6819228 |
Scanning braille presentation
A Braille reading apparatus has a base unit presenting a planar upfacing surface and a traveling Braille character carriage. A cover unit is engaged with the base unit and provides a flexible...
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6776619 |
Refreshable braille reader
Apparatus and method for refreshable tactile display are disclosed, the apparatus being preferably embodied as a rotating-wheel refreshable Braille reader. The reader includes a housing having a...
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6743021 |
Refreshable braille display system with a flexible surface
The present invention is further directed to a refreshable display system with a flexible surface, with one application being a refreshable Braille display systems for use as a monitor for computer...
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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...
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6712613 |
Display device suited for a blind person
A display device which displays image information in a form perceivable by a blind person. For this purpose, the display device has a plurality of areally arranged elements ( 1 ), which are...
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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...
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6694652 |
Three dimensional signage
A raised surface sign with a Braille portion ( 8 ) has a reference notch ( 13 ) or elevation along its outside border to serve as a Braille locator. The visual presence of the notch or elevation is...
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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...
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6692255 |
Apparatus and method utilizing bi-directional relative movement for refreshable tactile display
A refreshable Braille reader apparatus and method are disclosed, the apparatus preferably utilizing a rotating cylinder having endless rows of openings defined therethrough to a display surface...
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6675028 |
Mobile station user interface, and an associated method, for facilitating usage by a visually-impaired user
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating use of a mobile station by a visually-impaired user. A data message, such as a SMS (Short Message Service) message provided to the mobile...
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6650338 |
Haptic interaction with video and image data
The methods and systems of the present invention receive video or image data, for example via television broadcast, cable, or satellite television signal, or directly from a video player, and...
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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...
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6537071 |
Apparatus for automatically feeding and inserting members into braille signs
An apparatus is disclosed for automating the insertion of spherically and non-spherically shaped members on an architectural sign face into pre-drilled holes in the sign corresponding to the...
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6481134 |
Tag for attaching to a garment having an attribute and identifying the attribute to a person unable to visually identify the attribute
A tag for attaching to a garment having an attribute and identifying the attribute to a person unable to visually identify the attribute. The tag includes a strip for attaching to the garment, and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6237524 |
Position flag for manually usable means
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for flagging the position of manually usable means (11,14) in a manually operable device (10). In order to guide a user to the location of...
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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...
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6227572 |
Durable tactile indicia for banknotes/documents and method of making same
A sheet material, such as a bank note, having tactile indicia therein, the tactility of which is resistant to deterioration and useful for assisting persons with impaired vision to identify one or...
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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...
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6170184 |
Indicator device
An indicator device includes a support member formed by two coupled flat panels made of metal or synthetic material, a plurality of holes formed in the exposed panel according to the pattern of...
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