Education and demonstration – Communication aids for the handicapped – Tactile reading aid
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
Frisby, Kesha Y. (Department: 3715)
Education and demonstration
Communication aids for the handicapped
Tactile reading aid
C434S115000, C715S252000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07871271
ABSTRACT:
A user system for detection and access of hyperlinks within a Braille document. A hyperlink table is generated and includes for each touched item on a page of the Braille document: identification of the touched item, a hyperlink associated with the touched item, and spatial coordinates of the touched item on the page of the Braille document. After the hyperlink table is generated, a proximity sensing foil placed under a Braille page senses the position of a user's fingertips and provides coordinates of the sensed position on the Braille page. A distance between the sensed position and spatial coordinates stored in the hyperlink table is determined to be less than a predetermined distance, resulting in alerting the user via a signal, identifying a hyperlink in the hyperlink table associated with the sensed position, retrieving information from a destination address associated with the identified hyperlink, and displaying the retrieved information.
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Carro Fernando Incertis
Sanchez, legal representative Rita Asuncion Jarillo
Frisby Kesha Y.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Schmeiser Olsen & Watts
Steinberg William H.
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