Touch language
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1. A method for communicating visual images to a handicapped person, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one device for physically transmitting information to said handicapped person;
providing information about said visual images to said handicapped person using said at least one device; and
said information providing step comprising delivering a physical signal representative of a key word describing a portion of a visual image to a first part of a body of said handicapped person using said at least one device and further comprising transmitting at least one physical input describing a dynamic element associated with said key word to a second part of the body of said handicapped person; and
wherein Dividing the fingers of a hand of said handicapped person into a first group consisting of a pointer finger and a middle finger and into a second group consisting of a ring finger and a pinky and said transmitting step comprises transmitting information about a bad character to one of said fingers of said first group and transmitting information about a good character to one of said fingers of said second group.
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Abstract
A touch language to be used by handicapped persons, such as deaf people, blind people, and deafblind people, is provided by the present invention. A method for communicating visual images, such as those of a television program, to a handicapped person comprises the steps of providing at least one device for physically transmitting information about the visual images to the handicapped person and delivering a key word describing a portion of the visual images to the handicapped person using the at least one device.
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1. A method for communicating visual images to a handicapped person, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one device for physically transmitting information to said handicapped person; providing information about said visual images to said handicapped person using said at least one device; and said information providing step comprising delivering a physical signal representative of a key word describing a portion of a visual image to a first part of a body of said handicapped person using said at least one device and further comprising transmitting at least one physical input describing a dynamic element associated with said key word to a second part of the body of said handicapped person; and wherein Dividing the fingers of a hand of said handicapped person into a first group consisting of a pointer finger and a middle finger and into a second group consisting of a ring finger and a pinky and said transmitting step comprises transmitting information about a bad character to one of said fingers of said first group and transmitting information about a good character to one of said fingers of said second group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for communicating visual images to a handicapped person, said system comprising:
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at least one device for physically transmitting information about said visual images to said handicapped person; and said at least one device including means for delivering a physical signal representative of a key word associated with said visual images to a first part of a body of said handicapped person, wherein said at least one device further comprises means for delivering at least one physical input describing a dynamic element associated with said key word to a palm of said handicapped person; and wherein Dividing the fingers of a hand of said handicapped person into a first group consisting of a pointer finger and a middle finger and into a second group consisting of a ring finger and a pinky and said transmitting step comprises transmitting information about a bad character to one of said fingers of said first group and transmitting information about a good character to one of said fingers of said second group. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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