A wristwatch-shaped wireless refreshable braille display which realizes augmented mobile access for blind persons

Author

Minatani, K.

Author_Institution

Nat. Center for Univ. Entrance Examinations, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

206

Lastpage

210

Abstract

There is a demand for a way for blind persons to receive information at any time and in any place. This is impossible to realize with existing user interfaces using voice output, so this paper introduces the world´s first a wristwatch-style refreshable braille display. This braille display has 8 braille cells and 16 input switches. It is controlled from a host computer via the Bluetooth communication protocol.

Keywords

Bluetooth; biomedical telemetry; body sensor networks; user interfaces; Bluetooth communication protocol; augmented mobile access; blind persons; braille cells; host computer; input switches; user interfaces; voice output; wristwatch-shaped wireless refreshable braille display; Batteries; Bluetooth; Microcomputers; Mobile communication; Watches; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2014 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GCCE.2014.7031195

Filename

7031195

Link To Document

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