Portable computer apparatus for assisting persons with cognitive disabilities
First Claim
1. A method of operating a portable computing apparatus for enabling a cognitively impaired person to function in a living environment, the apparatus including a display which displays output and accepts input, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a plurality of first level virtual buttons on the display, each first level virtual button corresponding to different selectable content domain, the first level virtual buttons being configured to correspond to the abilities and life needs of a particular cognitively impaired person;
detecting selection of one of the first level virtual buttons by the cognitively impaired person; and
modifying the display, in response to detecting selection of one of the first level virtual buttons, to display a second level of virtual buttons or information content to the person.
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Abstract
A portable computer apparatus for assisting a cognitively impaired person to perform tasks in the person'"'"'s particular living environment is disclosed. The portable computer apparatus presents a plurality of first level virtual buttons on a display for selection by the person. Each first level virtual button corresponds to a different selectable domain or selection type. The first level virtual buttons are configured to correspond to the abilities and life needs of a particular person. When selected, a first level virtual button causes a category, sub-category, task, task element or content element to be presented. A hierarchical content structure, custom-tailored to the life needs and abilities of the particular cognitively impaired individual is provided. A means is provided, by an authoring facility hosted on a separate PC, to develop the user'"'"'s content and download it to the portable computer apparatus.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a portable computing apparatus for enabling a cognitively impaired person to function in a living environment, the apparatus including a display which displays output and accepts input, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a plurality of first level virtual buttons on the display, each first level virtual button corresponding to different selectable content domain, the first level virtual buttons being configured to correspond to the abilities and life needs of a particular cognitively impaired person;
detecting selection of one of the first level virtual buttons by the cognitively impaired person; and
modifying the display, in response to detecting selection of one of the first level virtual buttons, to display a second level of virtual buttons or information content to the person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A portable computing apparatus for enabling a cognitively impaired person to function in a living environment comprising:
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a display for conveying output information to the person and for receiving input information from the person;
a processor, coupled to the display, for providing output, information to the display and receiving input information from the display; and
a non-volatile memory, coupled to the processor, for storing program code which, when executed by the processor, presents a plurality of first level virtual buttons on the display for selection by the person, each first level virtual button corresponding to different selectable category, the first level virtual buttons being configured to correspond to the abilities and life needs of a particular person. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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