HAPTIC READING DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE BRAILLE-PERKINS METHOD

A haptic device for reading using the Braille-Perkins method includes a plate provided with a surface with which the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger of each hand of the user are intended to come into contact, actuators fastened to the plate, a control unit for controlling the act...

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Hauptverfasser:	Pantera, Lucie, Panëels, Sabrina, Hudin, Charles
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ADVERTISING APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE CRYPTOGRAPHY DIAGRAMS DISPLAY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES GLOBES PHYSICS PLANETARIA SEALS
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Zusammenfassung:	A haptic device for reading using the Braille-Perkins method includes a plate provided with a surface with which the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger of each hand of the user are intended to come into contact, actuators fastened to the plate, a control unit for controlling the actuators and computing the control signals implementing an inverse filtering operation, and configured to send control signals to the actuators, the control unit being configured to make n areas of the surface vibrate, n being an integer between 1 and 6, to stimulate the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger of each hand of the user and reproduce by haptic stimulation the Braille characters using the Braille-Perkins method, each area corresponding to a dot of a Braille character.