Text-to-Touch Techniques
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsLing Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Abstract
Text-to-touch techniques, in accordance with embodiment of the present technology, include apparatuses and methods for receiving content including textual portions and non-textual portions. The textual portions include letters, select words, numbers and punctuation having recognized Braille codes. The non-textual portions may include metadata, graphics, formatting, decorations, hyperlinks, radio buttons, submit buttons, check boxes, windows, icons, fields and/or the like. The systems and methods convert the textual portion to Braille codes and select non-textual portions to haptic feedback. The Braille code may then be output to a user. In addition, the haptic feedback associated with various Braille codes may also be output to the user along the associated Braille codes.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a Braille encoder to convert textual portions of a content to a plurality of Braille codes;
- a haptic output controller to convert non-textual portions of the content to haptic feedback;
- and
- a plurality of Braille cells or a Braille wheel to output the Braille codes and selectively output the haptic feedback with corresponding Braille codes.
A method comprising:
- receiving content including textual portions and one or more non-textual portions;
- converting the textual portions to one or more Braille codes;
- converting a given non-textual portion to a given haptic feedback;
- outputting the Braille codes on a plurality of Braille cells or a Braille wheel;
- and
- outputting the given haptic feedback with corresponding Braille codes.
A Braille device comprising:
- a means for receiving content including textual portions and one or more non-textual portions;
- a means for converting the textual portions to Braille codes;
- a means for converting the non-textual portions to haptic feedback;
- a means for outputting the outputting the Braille codes;
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- a means for outputting the haptic feedback with corresponding Braille codes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.