Development of Wearable Braille Reader

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350690
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Nagano National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: ITO Shoichi 長野工業高等専門学校, 電子情報工学科, 准教授 (10369978)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ウェアラブルデバイス / 点字

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed an wearable device to read Braille via natural voice using fingertip-attached sensor. We initially collaborated a company which possess very high resolution pressure sensor technologies, but the company quits this business at very close to the end of the research project. We must find another company that posses same technology. We established fundamental features required for the device except for the pressure sensor. We construct a prototype of the wearable Braille reader. Once user take a picture of Braille text with a web camera, this device translates into Japanese and reads out in natural voice.

Free Research Field

福祉工学