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Hand held scanner for the visually impaired

  • US 5,971,279 A
  • Filed: 12/19/1996
  • Issued: 10/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hand held object identifying device, comprising:

  • scanning means for reading scannable code symbols;

    conversion means for converting scanned code symbols into an electrical signal unique to a particular code symbol;

    recording means for recording an identifying marker corresponding to the electrical signal for a particular code symbol;

    memory means for storing the code symbol electrical signals and corresponding identifying markers;

    search means for searching the memory to locate the particular identifying marker of a particular code symbol; and

    ,audio means for displaying a particular identifying marker when a matching code symbol is located by the search means,whereby code symbols are read by the scanning means and converted into an electrical signal unique to the particular scanned code symbol, a search means then searches the memory to locate the corresponding identifying marker for the scanned code symbol, if a correlating identifying marker is located, the audio means plays back the recording of the identifying marker, and if no corresponding identifying marker is located by the search means, a user is prompted to record an identifying marker for the code symbol, the identifying marker being stored in the memory means.

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