Method and apparatus for communicating with people
First Claim
1. A method for communicating with persons who understand the one-hand manual alphabet, consisting of the following steps:
- generating a coded signal for a preselected alphanumeric character, said preselected alphanumeric character being one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters;
converting said coded signal to generate a single output for said preselected alphanumeric character;
moving a mechanical hand in response to said single output to form said preselected alphanumeric character in said one-hand manual alphabet;
reading said preselected alphanumeric character by feeling said mechanical hand.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for communicating with people who are both deaf and blind is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a keyboard controlled electromechanical hand. The electromechanical hand is programmed to form the letters of the standard one-hand manual alphabet through the use of an electronic buffer between the electric typewriter and the electromechanical hand. The buffer converts the electric typewriter code into separate control signals for each letter of the alphabet. Next, the buffer uses the alphabet control signals to move the hand in a manner simulating the one-hand manual alphabet code. Deaf and/or deaf and blind people feel the configurations of the electromechanical hand and are able to identify the letters. This provides an effective means of communication by persons who do not know the one-hand manual alphabet with people who are deaf and blind.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for communicating with persons who understand the one-hand manual alphabet, consisting of the following steps:
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generating a coded signal for a preselected alphanumeric character, said preselected alphanumeric character being one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters; converting said coded signal to generate a single output for said preselected alphanumeric character; moving a mechanical hand in response to said single output to form said preselected alphanumeric character in said one-hand manual alphabet; reading said preselected alphanumeric character by feeling said mechanical hand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for communicating with persons via the one-hand manual alphabet, said apparatus comprising:
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a source of power; means connected to said source of power for generating coded signals for each alphanumeric character, each alphanumeric character being one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters; electronic means receiving and converting said coded signals to separate single output signals in response to each alphanumeric character received; driver means receiving said separate single output signals; mechanical hand means connected to said driver means, said driver means moving said mechanical hand means to form each alphanumeric character in said one-hand manual alphabet. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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