RFID tag in display adapter
AssigneeTactile Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAlexander Moon, Thomas Baker, David A. Schleppenbach
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Abstract
An adapter for a tactile display is disclosed. The adapter can be used with a tactile display, such as a display that presents braille characters, to change or modify what is presented to a user. In some embodiments, the braille dots which make up a braille character can be made smaller or larger; spaced closer together or further apart; have a different shape; and/or an image or non-braille characters can be presented to a user of the tactile display using the disclosed adapter.
Claims15
An adapter suitable for modifying the presentation of one or more tactile elements within a braille layer of a tactile display to a user comprising:
- a housing defining an input side with and a presentation side, the input side defining a plurality of openings and the presentation side defining a plurality of openings;
- one or more tactile elements within an adapter layer of the tactile display for presentation to a user on the presentation side of said housing;
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- wherein said input side of said housing is configured to be in mechanical communication between said one or more tactile elements within the braille layer and said one or more tactile elements within the adapter layer.
A method for altering the size, shape, absolute position, relative position, or texture of two or more tactile elements comprising the acts of:
- providing a first surface where two or more tactile elements within a braille layer of a tactile display can be observed;
- providing an adapter defining a second surface where one or more tactile elements within an adapter layer of the tactile display can be observed;
- wherein the adapter is in mechanical communication with the one or more tactile elements from the braille layer that can be observed so that size, shape, absolute position, relative position, or texture of one or more tactile elements from the second surface is different from the size, shape, absolute position, relative position, or texture of the one or more tactile elements from the first surface.
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