JPH10190488A - Data receiver, data communication system and braille clock - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make even a person with disabled eyes capable of recognizing the contents of received data and to make even a seeing person capable of recognizing the received data only by the sense of touch even in a dark place when he/she understands braille by converting the received data to the braille and displaying it to a braille display. SOLUTION: When a user touches the projected pattern of the braille display 5 with fingers and reads the braille, a braille pattern is successively displayed at the braille display. In this case, when the braille pattern is displayed at the braille display 5, when the user does not press a rear character string display pattern 12, whether or not the user presses a front character string display button 11 is judged. When the user presses the front character string display button 11, the seven frames of a front braille string are read from a storage part and displayed. Then, the user touches the projected pattern of the braille display 5 with the fingers and reads the braille.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data receiving apparatus, a data communication system, and a braille clock for displaying received data and time as Braille.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as a wireless portable communication means,
So-called pager (product name: wireless individual calling terminal)
Is becoming more widespread. The pager transmits data by telephone communication, and is provided with a liquid crystal display as a display means, in which received messages and the like are displayed in characters and numerals.

[0003] Liquid crystal displays are also widely used in portable timepieces such as pocket watches, in which the time is displayed by numerals.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional data receiving apparatus and communication system, only characters and numerals are displayed on the display as described above. There is a problem that the display contents cannot be understood by a free person.

[0005] Also, in the conventional timepiece, since only the numbers are displayed on the display as described above,
Similarly, for the visually impaired, the displayed time was unknown.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and enables a visually impaired person to know the content and time of received data, and allows a person who is visually impaired to receive data only by touch. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data receiving device, a data communication system, and a Braille clock capable of knowing the content and time of data.

[0007]

The data receiving apparatus according to the present invention is configured as follows.

(1) There is provided a conversion means for converting received data into Braille, and a Braille display means for displaying the converted Braille.

(2) In the device of (1), the received data is a message of a character string.

(3) In the apparatus of (1) or (2), the portable information terminal is equipped with a braille display.

[0011] Further, a data communication system according to the present invention comprises:
It is configured as follows.

(4) At the time of data transmission, the data is converted into Braille characters and transmitted, and the receiving side converts the characters into Braille and displays it on Braille display means.

(5) In the system of (4), the data is a character string message.

(6) In the system of (4) or (5), the receiving device is configured as a portable information terminal with a braille display.

(7) In the system of (5) or (6), the message is transmitted from an electronic mail.

A braille timepiece according to the present invention has the following configuration.

(8) conversion means for converting time into Braille;
Display means for displaying the converted braille.

[0018]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a receiving apparatus in a data communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Will be described. This pager is a portable information terminal with a braille display.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a receiving unit for receiving a message of a character string transmitted from an electronic mail. The transmitting side analyzes the text of the message in advance, converts it into Braille kana characters, and transmits it. come. 2 is a control unit for controlling the whole, and 3 is a kana-braille conversion unit for converting the received kana characters into braille.
Is used.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a Braille display (display means) for displaying the converted Braille as actual Braille with a convex pattern, 6 denotes various operation units by an operator, and 7 denotes an incoming call by sound or vibration when a message is received. The incoming call notification unit 8 is a storage unit that stores necessary information such as display contents.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the above-mentioned receiving apparatus. In the figure, 10 is a main body having a Braille display 5 at the center, 11 is a front character string display button, 12 is a rear character string display button, and 13 is an operation button for performing other operations.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the Kana-Braille conversion dictionary 4. Here, the correspondence between the kana characters of the Japanese syllabary, the numbers and symbols of 0 to 9, and their braille patterns is stored. One square of Braille is represented by a convex pattern of 3 × 2 (dots). Then, the general 50 sounds are represented by one square of Braille, and the muddy sounds, numbers, symbols, etc. are represented by two squares of Braille.

Next, the flow of the message receiving process in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S1, this pager is received by the receiving unit 1
For example, suppose that a message with a kana character string of “This is a □ Tenji □ @ Superi □□□□□ is available” is received (“□” is one blank space). At this time, the incoming call notification unit 7 generates a sound or vibration to notify that the message has been received. The received message of the kana character string is stored in the storage unit 8.

Next, at step S2, the above-mentioned character message is converted into a character
Is converted into Braille as shown in FIG. 6, and the Braille pattern is stored in the storage unit 8.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the display processing of the received message. First, step S
When the user designates reading of the message with the operation button 13 at 11, the first seven squares of the braille pattern stored in the storage unit 8 are displayed on the braille display 5 as shown in FIG. You.

Here, the Braille display 5 is a pin display of 6 points × 7 cells, and one Braille cell is 3 × 2.
Are represented by a convex pattern. Then, the user reads the braille by touching the convex pattern of the braille display with a finger.

Next, in step S13, it is determined whether or not the user has designated the end of the reading process with the operation button 63. If the user has designated the end of the reading process, the process ends. If the user has not finished the reading process, the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, it is determined whether the user has pressed the rear character string display button 12. If the user presses the backward character string display button 12, step S
Then, the process proceeds to step S15, and the rear seven Braille strings are read from the storage unit 8 and displayed as shown in FIG.

Then, the user touches the convex pattern of the braille display 5 with his / her finger to read braille, and at step S
Move to 13. When steps S13 to S15 are repeated, the braille display shows (a) to (b) of FIG.
Braille patterns as shown in (e) are displayed in order.

Here, if it is assumed that the braille pattern shown in FIG. 7E is displayed on the braille display 5,
At this time, in step S14, if the user does not press the rear character string display pattern 12, the process proceeds to step S16, and it is determined whether the user has pressed the front character string display button 11. When the user displays the front character string display button 11
If the key is pressed, the process proceeds to step S17, where the front seven Braille strings are read from the storage unit 8 and displayed as shown in FIG. 7D.

Then, the user touches the convex pattern of the braille display 5 with his / her finger and reads the braille.
Move to 13. If the user does not press the front character string display button 11 in step S16, step S1 is executed.
Move to 3.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the received message is displayed in a braille convex pattern, so that even the visually impaired person can know the content of the message by touch. In addition, even a person who can see can know the contents of the message only by touch, which is convenient depending on the surrounding situation such as a dark place.

Next, a procedure for sending a message from the above-described electronic mail to the pager will be described. When you send a message by specifying the pager's pager calling number from the e-mail, the sentence of the e-mail containing the kanji and kana is morphologically analyzed and divided into words, and the braille reading is added to the sentence. Break down the phrase.

For example, the sentence “Send a message from an e-mail to a pager in Braille” can be analyzed by morphological analysis to “E-mail / from / pager / ni / braille / de /
send a message/. Is divided into words. Then, if you add Braille readings to them and break them down into braille phrases, you will see that
Send □ Message with the balance. ".

In this way, the message separated by the pseudonym is sent to the pager. The message sent to the pager is displayed in Braille as described above.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a braille timepiece according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The braille clock includes an internal clock 21, a control unit 22 for performing overall control, and a braille display 23 for displaying the time of the internal clock 21 in braille.
And time display button 2 for the user to perform time display operation
And 4.

FIG. 9 shows the external configuration of the timepiece. In FIG.
A main body 25 has a Braille display 23 at the center and a time display button 24 on the side.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a braille pattern when a number is expressed in braille. As in FIG. 3, one square of Braille is represented by a 3 × 2 convex pattern, and a numeral is represented by two squares of Braille with a number sign added immediately before. Since only a numeral is used here as a clock, one square of Braille is represented by a 2 × 2 convex pattern as shown in FIG.

Next, the flow of the time display process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S21, it is determined whether the user has pressed the time display button 24. When the user presses the time display button 24, the time at the time when the user presses the time display button 24 is displayed in step S22.

For example, if “15: 2: 37” is selected as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the time is displayed in a convex pattern on the Braille display 23 of 4 points × 6 cells, and the process returns to step S21. Then, when the user touches the convex pattern with his / her finger and reads the time, it is determined again in step S21 whether or not the user has pressed the time display button 24.

When the user presses the time display button 24, the time at the time when the user presses the time display button 24 is displayed in step S22 in the same manner as described above. For example, if the time is "15: 28: 1", the time is displayed in a convex pattern on the braille display 23 of 4 points × 6 squares as shown in FIG. 13B, and the process returns to step S21.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the time is displayed in a braille convex pattern, so that even the visually impaired person can know the current time by touch.
Also, since a person who can see can know the time only by touch, it is convenient depending on the surrounding situation such as a dark place.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By converting the received data into Braille and displaying it on a Braille display, even blind people can know the contents of the received data. You can know.

Further, according to the present invention, by converting the time into Braille and displaying it on the display in Braille, the time can be known even by a blind person, and the darkness can be obtained even by a blind person if he can understand the Braille. The time can be known only by touch.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data receiving device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the receiving apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a kana-to-braille conversion dictionary

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a message receiving process;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of a message display process;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a message that has been converted into Braille and stored.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a braille pattern displayed on a braille display.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a braille timepiece according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the timepiece of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a braille pattern of general numbers.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a braille pattern of numbers according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of a time display process.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a time display in Braille.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receiving part 2 Control part 3 Kana braille conversion part (conversion means) 5 Braille display (braille display means) 21 Internal clock 22 Control part (conversion means) 23 Braille display (braille display means)

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A data receiving apparatus comprising: a conversion unit for converting received data into Braille; and a Braille display unit for displaying the converted Braille. 2. The data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the received data is a message of a character string. 3. The data receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the data receiving device is configured as a portable information terminal with a braille display. 4. A data communication system, wherein at the time of data transmission, the data is converted into Braille characters and transmitted, and the receiving side converts the characters into Braille and displays it on Braille display means. 5. The data communication system according to claim 4, wherein the data is a character string message. 6. The receiving device is configured as a portable information terminal with a braille display.
Or the data communication system according to 5. 7. The data communication system according to claim 5, wherein the message is transmitted from an electronic mail. 8. A braille clock comprising: a conversion unit for converting time into Braille; and a Braille display unit for displaying the converted Braille.