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US 2021/0060971 A1Published application
Tactile printing system and method
OwnerNavyansh Malhotra, Surya Somayyajula +2inventors
InventorsNavyansh Malhotra, Surya Somayyajula, Michelle Chang, Micheal Dooley
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Abstract
This invention is a novel method for tactile printing which comprises of a low power energy source to heat temperature sensitive elements within a medium such as microcapsule paper.
Claims4
A novel method for tactile printing by the direct interaction of heat sensitive paper and a focused energy beam;
- the method comprising of
- Providing singular or multiple laser heads, connected to a movable track with 2 degrees of freedom on the x-y plane so as to align the laser beam with the specific location on the paper desired to be ‘raised’;
- The laser head moves along the track in the desired pattern as inputted through the software interface.
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