Tactile reading system for data coming from a computer and associated communication device
OwnerPhilippe Soulieinventor
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Abstract
A tactile reading system and a communication device for tactile data reading and input with a computer. It includes a set of sensitive means (13, 13′) located each in the proximity of or inside the input means (12, 12′) and arranged such that they can, under the control of the computer, communicate a binary sensation on each one of the user's finger. To each combination of simultaneous detection of sensations on the fingers, corresponds a read character, the character being the same as the one transmitted by the computer under the simultaneous action on the input keys associated with the active reading keys for the combination concerned. The invention is particularly designed for blind people.
Claims11
Touch-sensitive reading system that enables the user to read or enter data on an electronic calculator, comprising sensitive devices designed to give a sensation to a user, as controlled by the calculator, and devices to enter data onto the calculator, wherein, while said system can be integrated into a case (3) itself of the electronic calculator, said system is comprised of sensitive devices (13, 13′) permitting to give to the user, as controlled by the calculator, at least one binary sensation on each of at least two fingers of said user, with each combination of simultaneous binary sensations being able to be assigned to a character-type information transmitted by the calculator, said sensitive devices (13, 13′) being distributed over each of at least six fingers of the user, with each sensitive device corresponding to one of the dots of a Braille character, each sensitive device being arranged in relation to an entry station enabling the user to transmit binary information to the calculator.
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