Tactile interface system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFrancois-Dominique Armingaud, Fernando Pedrazzoli, Jose Barbero
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Abstract
A tactile interface system is disclosed comprising a information transmission unit and a tactile interface. The information transmission unit may be located in any information system and transmits information for reception by the tactile interface. The tactile interface has a plurality of tactile character reproduction devices which are controlled by a reception unit to reproduce the information transmitted by the information transmission unit to a user of the tactile interface. In a preferred embodiment the tactile interface is a Braille interface.
Claims20
A tactile interface comprising:
- an attaching means for attaching the tactile interface to at least one digit of a user;
- at least one tactile character reproduction device, located on the attaching means and proximal to a sensitive region of the at least one digit;
- and
- a reception means for receiving transmitted information, wherein the reception means provides the received information to the at least one tactile character reproduction device.
An information transmission unit comprising a transmission means for transmitting information to a tactile interface including an attaching means for attaching the tactile interface to at least one digit of a user;
- at least one tactile character reproduction device, located on the attaching means and proximal to a sensitive region of the at least one digit;
- and
- a reception means for receiving transmitted information, wherein the reception means provides the received information to the at least one tactile character reproduction device.
A tactile interface system comprising:
- an information transmission unit having a transmission means for transmitting information to a tactile interface including an attaching means for attaching the tactile interface to at least one digit of a user;
- at least one tactile character reproduction device, located on the attaching means and proximal to a sensitive region of the at least one digit;
- and
- a reception means for receiving transmitted information, wherein the reception means provides the received information to the at least one tactile character reproduction device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.