# US 10,372,210 B2 · Device and method for transmitting and receiving information by Braille > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,372,210 B2 - Document ID: US10372210B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/958,917 - Filed: 2018-04-20 - Published: 2018-10-25 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-22 - Applicants: Fedor Valentinovich Belomoev - Inventors: Fedor Valentinovich Belomoev - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372210B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/014: {Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves} - G09B 21/004: {Details of particular tactile cells, e.g. electro-mechanical or mechanical layout} - G09B 21/025: {wherein one tactile input is associated to a single finger} - G09B 21/04: Devices for conversing with the deaf-blind - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a device in the form of a glove for receiving and transmitting information using Braille comprising contact groups, and to a method for receiving and transmitting information using said device by visually, hearing and voice-impaired people. The device is made of, for example, textile material and comprises contact groups which, when put in contact with each other, generate and transmit signals defined as raised dots in Braille, and vibration signal devices used for receiving signals defined as raised dots in Braille. The device may comprise a control unit for analysis and conversion of data as well as transmitting and receiving signals connected by wires to the contact groups and vibration signal devices. The method for receiving and transmitting information is performed using the device connected to a computer or smartphone having software installed for converting Braille characters into the alphabet or voice and backwards. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device in the form of a glove for receiving and transmitting information using Braille, the device comprising: contact groups positioned on an inner side of five fingers and a palm, of a hand, and used for transmitting signals, where one connection between different contact groups is defined as one raised dot in Braille; and vibration signal devices positioned on a rear side of distal phalanxes of the five fingers and on a rear side of the hand and used for receiving signals, where one vibration signal transmitted to a specific finger of the rear side of the hand corresponds to one in Braille. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the contact groups used for transmitting signals are located on fingertips and the palm of the hand. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, comprising two additional contact groups located on an outer side of an index finger. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the contact groups are made of conductive material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a fixing member located on a wrist. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, comprising a control unit for analysis and conversion of data as well as transmitting and receiving signals, connected by wires to the contact groups and the vibration signal devices. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the control unit is configured to connect to a computer or a smartphone for receiving and transmitting information by the wires or via a wireless connection. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device of claim 7, wherein receiving and transmitting the information is provided by Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. ### Claim 9 A method of transmitting and receiving information by Braille using a device, the method comprising the following: generating transmitted signals, formed by sequential or simultaneous formation of corresponding contacts between contact groups of the device, wherein one connection between different contact groups of the device is defined as one raised dot in Braille; converting received signals, defined as or associated with the raised dots in Braille, into vibrations of corresponding vibration signal devices of the device, wherein a vibration of the vibrations corresponds to the one raised dot in Braille; and converting Braille characters into alphabets or voice, or vice versa, by code installed onto a computer or a smartphone connected to the device. ### Claim 10 A method of transmitting and receiving information by Braille using a device, the method comprising the following: generating first signals, by sequential or simultaneous formation of corresponding contacts between contact groups of the device, wherein one connection between different contact groups of the device is defined as one raised dot in Braille; converting the first or second signals, defined by the control unit as the raised dots in Braille, into vibrations of corresponding vibration signal devices of the device, wherein a vibration of the vibrations corresponds to the one raised dot in Braille; and providing the first or the second signals between the device and a computer or a smartphone by the control unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein conversion of Braille characters into alphabets or voice, or vice versa, is provided by code installed onto the computer or the smartphone connected to the device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the control unit is configured to connect to the computer or the smartphone for receiving and transmitting information by wires or via a wireless connection. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the control unit is configured to connect to the computer or smartphone by Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.