Device especially for a display for visually impaired people and display comprising such a device

• US 10,324,532 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2015
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inside Visions
• Original Assignee: Inside Visions
• Inventors: Le Rouzo, Denis, Mauduit, Damien
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Ruay
• Application Number:
  US15/504,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20170242489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• Field of Search: 715702, 345163, 345168, 345173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04809 Textured surface identifying touch areas, e.g. overlay structure for a virtual keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/003 using tactile presentation of the information, e.g. Braille displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/005 Details of specially-adapted software to access information, e.g. to browse through hyperlinked information
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/007 using both tactile and audible presentation of the information
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/008 using visual presentation of the information for the partially sighted
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/025 wherein one tactile input is associated to a single finger

Abstract

Device especially for a display for visually impaired people and display including such a device. The device includes a tactile screen, especially for a display for visually impaired people, said screen including, on one of the edges thereof, a line of icons that each correspond to a piece of software. The surface of the said tactile screen is divided at least into as many columns as icons, and the device includes an element for determining the position of the finger of a user on said tactile screen in order to control the implementation of the software corresponding to the determined position of the user'"'"'s finger.

Claims

1. A device comprising

a tactile screen, for a display for visually impaired people,

spaced-apart means for determining a position of fingers of right and left hands of a user, said tactile screen including imprints corresponding to said fingers.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the tactile screen includes, along one of edges thereof, a line of icons each corresponding to a piece of software.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the tactile screen is divided at least into as many columns as icons, and said device further comprises means for determining the position of the user'"'"'s finger imprints of the tactile screen.

4. The device according to claim 2, wherein the tactile screen includes a next column in order to scroll through the icons.

5. The device according to claim 2, wherein the tactile screen includes a previous column in order to scroll through the icons.

6. The device according to claim 4, further comprising a voice emitter to identify each icon determined by the position of the user'"'"'s finger.

7. The device according to claim 4, further comprising a braille display to identify each icon determined by the position of the user'"'"'s finger.

8. The device according to claim 2, wherein the tactile screen is gridded at least in a zone of the imprints.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the tactile screen includes imprints corresponding to routine cursors.

10. A display for visually impaired people comprising the device according to claim 1.