1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of a Multimedium PC by the Tactile Control and Presentation for the Blind
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09558042
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
情報システム学(含情報図書館学)
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| Research Institution | Tsukubu College of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIMIZU Yutaka Tsukuba College of Technology, Hearing Impaired, Professor, 聴覚部・電子情報学科, 教授 (50231733)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MINAGAWA Hiroki Tsukuba College of Technology, Hearing Impaired, Research Ass., 聴覚部, 助手 (00273285)
SASAKI Tadayuki Ibaraki University, Dept. of Education, Associate Prof., 教育学部, 助教授 (50225877)
NAGAOKA Hideji Tsukuba College of Technology, Visually Impaired, Associate Prof., 視覚部, 助教授 (30227996)
WATANABE Tetsuya Japan Association for Employment of the Disabled, Researcher, 担当研究員
SHINOHARA Masami National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Researcher, 主任研究官
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Keywords | Tactile Information / Visual Information / Personal Computer for the Blind / Tactile Graphic Display / Tactile Mouse / Multimedia |
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| Research Abstract |
An assistive system for a GUI-based PC was designed for blind computer user. Both tactile and auditory devices were applied for user interface.
Two tactile devices were designed for the tactile control and presentation. One is a tactile mouse mounted an 8 x 8 tactor-pin array that captures a visual display terminal. Blind user controls any application software by the tactile mouse. The other is a tactile graphic display. This display was consisted of a 40 x 30 tactor pins with 3-mm interspacing. Blind users perceive graphic image such as the icons, simple images and graphs. In addition a speech synthesizer introduced for auditoryuse. Blind users recognize any text information by this device.
Utility software considered for the Windows 98 that is the most popular in Japan. Most application software such as the word processor, the spreadsheet, and the picture drawing were worked on the developed system.
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