KR200194320Y1 - Potable electronic braille points reader - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable electronic point seat further comprises a case; A central processing unit for converting character information of a storage medium into a character code in the case; A code converter for receiving a character code from the central processing unit and converting the character code into a braille code; It characterized in that it comprises a display unit for receiving and displaying the braille code from the code converter. The portable electronic point holder according to the present invention, which converts the characters stored in the storage media in various ways into braille, enables the blind to easily read the characters stored in the CD-ROM or diskette. . Therefore, if only the storage medium is supplied enough, the visually impaired people may not only rely on conventional paper type braille books, but also have more access to information in various fields. In addition, since the external power source and the battery can be used in combination, there is an effect that can be used freely not only indoors but also outdoors.

Description

Portable electronic braille pointsMore {Potable electronic braille points reader}

The present invention relates to a portable electronic point reader, and more particularly, to a portable electronic point reader configured to convert text information stored in various storage media into braille that can be recognized by the visually impaired. .

In general, braille systems have been used as means of reading characters in the visually impaired. The embossing method using the braille system is a method of forming a braille code by forming irregularities on a paper by using a braille printer. A braille book may also be manufactured by binding a paper having irregularities formed thereon. However, as the Braille books produced by the above method are repeatedly used, the irregularities formed on the paper may be damaged, and the Braille books containing more than a certain amount of information are very inconvenient to carry because the books themselves become very large. It was. In addition, the visually impaired are unable to read sentences stored in various storage media used in a computer, for example, a CD-ROM or a diskette, so that the visually impaired are gradually alienated from various information.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic point holder configured to read Braille sentences stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a diskette.

1 is a circuit diagram of a portable electronic dot seater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a portable electronic point seat further in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a rear view of the portable electronic dot seater observed from the A side of FIG. 2.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing a braille code for the blind.

5 is a partial perspective view illustrating the braille head installed in the portable electronic dot seat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

8: Function key 10,38: Storage medium

12: central processing unit 14: code converter

15: display unit 16: relay

18: Braille head 18a: Secondary braille head

18b: main braille head 20: case

22: braille head 24a: secondary display window

24b: Main display window 26: Home

28: palm rest 30: touch pad

32: Terminal 34: Function control key

35: Numeric Key 36: Battery Mounting Section

40, 42: Drive 44: On-off switch

In order to solve the above object, the present invention provides a case, a central processing unit installed inside the case and converting character information of a storage medium into a character code under external control, and receiving a character code from the central processing unit. In the portable electronic dot seat further comprising a code converter for converting to a code, and a display unit for receiving and displaying the braille code from the code converter, the display unit 15 is a plurality of relays 16 having an electromagnet, and A plurality of braille head portions 18a and 18b driven by the relay 16, and the braille head 22 of the braille head portions 18a and 18b moves up and down by the operation of the relay 16, At this time, the electromagnet operates the relay 16 according to the braille code information received from the code converter 14, and each of the braille heads 22 is installed at each of the braille heads 18a and 18b. Each of the main display window 24b and the auxiliary display window 24a on which the main braille head portion 18b and the auxiliary braille head portion 18a are mounted are provided on the upper surface of the case 20. The main display window 24b is further provided with a touch pad 30, and a groove 26 is formed in a direction parallel to the main display window 24b, and the groove 26 slides. Wrist rest 28 is installed to enable, the case 20 is provided with a plurality of function control keys 34 and numeric keys 35, and also the terminal 32 and the battery installation unit that can be connected to an external power source 36 is provided, and the side of the case 20 is characterized in that it further comprises at least one drive (40, 42) for loading the storage medium 38 in the case (30).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a portable electronic dot seater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the mobile phone according to the present embodiment ?? The electronic point holder further includes a central processing unit 12 which reads the character information stored in the storage medium 10 such as a CD-ROM or a diskette inserted into the case (20 of FIG. 2) and converts the character information into a character code through internal calculation. Equipped. At this time, the CPU 12 reads a variety of character information stored in the storage medium 10 in units of bytes. Since one byte is composed of eight bits, various characters are coded separately by eight bits. As is well known, the braille system of Korean and English consists of six dots, the Japanese consists of four dots, and the Chinese consists of eight dots. Can represent any foreign language character in Braille.

The character code generated by the central processing unit 12 is transferred to the code converter 14 so that the character code is converted into a braille code. As described above, since various characters are divided into eight bits, one character is formed of eight codes, such as a braille code and a character code.

Characters of the storage medium 10 converted into braille codes by the code converter 14 are transmitted to the display unit 15. The display unit 15 includes a relay 16 and a braille head 18.

The relay 16 has an electromagnet (not shown) and is operated by an electromagnet, and the braille head portion 18 has a plurality of braille heads 22 (FIG. 5), and each braille head 22 has the relay ( As a result of the operation of 16), the braille code corresponding to each character is implemented. That is, the electromagnet that receives the coded signal from the code converter 14 operates the relay 16, and the electromagnet that does not receive the signal does not operate the relay so that the braille according to the operation of the selected relay 16 is implemented.

As described above, since the eight braille heads 22 are provided in the braille head portion 18, the braille head 22 of the braille head portion 18 is raised by the braille code generated by the code converter 14, and the external The braille code is expressed so that the user can read the sentence through the braille code.

The central processing unit 12 receives control signals from various function keys 8 and controls the storage medium 10 and the code converter 14 so that the user can freely select the contents of the storage medium 10. .

2 is a perspective view schematically showing an external structure of a portable electronic point holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the portable electronic point holder according to the present embodiment includes a case 20 having an overall rectangular structure and various means installed in the case 20. That is, a main display window 24b and an auxiliary display window 24a are formed on an upper surface of the case 20, and a main braille head portion 18b and an auxiliary display inside the main and auxiliary display windows 24b and 24a. Braille head portions 18a are mounted respectively. In the braille head portions 18a and 18b mounted on the two display windows 24a and 24b, the main braille head portion 18b provides the user with the contents of the braille coded storage medium 38 as a braille code. The auxiliary braille head 18a provides page information at that time as a braille code.

Meanwhile, the main display window 24b is provided with a touch pad 30. The touch pad 30 is installed at the right end of the main braille head 18b and provided by the user to read the contents expressed in the main braille head 18b and then proceed to the next line. The touch pad 30 When pressed, the touch pad 30 is pressed downward to send a control signal to the central processing unit 12 and cause the central processing unit 12 to encode subsequent sentences in the storage medium 38.

Therefore, after the user reads the main braille head portion 18b from the left side to the right side, the central processing unit 12 operates while the touch pad 30 is pressed and moved to the initial position of the main braille head portion 18b. Subsequently, subsequent sentences in the storage medium 38 are coded and output to the main braille head 18b. In addition, the touch pad 30 may be installed at another position close to the main display window 24b.

On the other hand, the groove 26 is formed to be spaced apart and parallel to the main braille head (18b). The length of the groove 26 is preferably formed longer than the main braille head 18b, the wrist rest 28 is provided on the upper portion of the groove 26. The wrist rest 28 is guided by the groove 26 and moves in the direction of arrow a so that the user can mount the wrist on the wrist rest 28 and read the main braille head 18b with a finger in a comfortable position. To be installed. In addition, a lower portion of the wrist rest 28 may be provided with a roller (not shown) to more effectively perform a sliding motion in the groove 26.

On-off switch 44, various function control keys 34 and numeric keys 35 are provided on the left side of the upper surface of the case 20. Braille (not shown) is formed on the on-off switch 44 and the upper surfaces of the keys 34 and 35 so that the user can read and recognize the keys and use them. The on-off switch 44 is provided to turn on and off the power of the present seat, and the function control key 34 functions as a line up or down line to give the front sentence or the back sentence of the currently output sentence. It outputs to the braille head portion 18b. In addition, the numeric key 35 functions to designate a page, and when an arbitrary page is inputted, the braille head 18b displays the contents of the corresponding page in the storage medium 38 under the control of the CPU 12. Output to To this end, the function control key 34 and the numeric key 35 are connected to the central processing unit 12 as a matter of course.

On the other hand, the side of the case 20 is provided with drives (40, 42). In this embodiment, a CD-ROM drive 40 for inserting a CD-ROM as a storage medium 38 into the case and a diskette drive 42 for inserting a diskette are provided. In addition, a terminal 32 for connecting with an external power source is provided so that the external power source can be used when used indoors.

3 is a view showing the other side of the case of the portable electronic dot seat according to the present embodiment.

As shown, a battery mounting portion 36 is provided on one side of the case 20. Therefore, if you want to use the portable electronic dot seater of the present invention in the open air, the battery can be inserted into the battery installation unit 36 can be used as a portable without external power input.

4 is a diagram illustrating a braille code for a blind person.

5 is a partial perspective view illustrating the braille head 18 applied to the portable electronic dot seater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, one braille head portion 18 has eight liftable braille heads 22 in a substantially square plate. Each braille head 22 is independently lifted by an electromagnet according to the above-described method. That is, eight braille heads 22 are provided so that a user can read codes corresponding to each character converted by the central processing unit 12 and the code converter 14 from the outside through tactile senses. The heads 22 each independently lift by an electromagnet. In addition, English or Korean consists of six braille codes, but Chinese consists of eight braille codes. In this design, eight braille heads 22 are provided for each braille head 18 in preparation for the use of various kinds of foreign languages. Install. Therefore, for Korean or English using only six braille codes, one line of braille head 22 is reserved and only the remaining three lines are used. In this embodiment, the upper one row h1 is reserved. Referring to FIG. 4, the braille code shown in this drawing is a diagram representing a, b, c, d, e, f, and g in order from the left.

The present invention has been described in detail through specific embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

The portable electronic point holder of the present invention made as described above outputs a character stored in various ways in a storage medium as a braille code, so that a blind person can easily read a character stored in a CD-ROM or a diskette. Therefore, if only the storage medium is supplied enough, the visually impaired people may not only rely on conventional paper type braille books, but also have more access to information in various fields. In addition, the battery can be operated using not only an external power source, but also has the effect of being used freely indoors as well as outdoors.

Claims (1)

A case, a central processing unit installed inside the case and converting the character information of the storage medium into a character code under external control, a code converter receiving the character code from the central processing unit and converting it into braille code; In the portable electronic dot seat further comprising a display unit for receiving and displaying the braille code from the code converter, The display unit 15 includes a plurality of relays 16 having electromagnets and a plurality of braille heads 18a and 18b driven by the relays 16, but the relay 16 The braille head 22 of the braille head portion 18a, 18b moves up and down, and the electromagnet operates the relay 16 according to the braille code information received from the code converter 14, and each of the braille heads 22 are provided in each of the braille head portion (18a, 18b) is provided so that each can be elevated independently, The main display window 24b and the auxiliary display window 24a on which the main braille head 18b and the auxiliary braille head 18a are mounted are formed on the upper surface of the case 20, and the main display window 24b is provided. It further has a touch pad 30, In addition, the groove 26 is formed in a direction parallel to the main display window 24b, the groove 26 is provided with a wrist rest 28 to be slidable, The case 20 is provided with a plurality of function control keys 34 and numeric keys 35, and also provided with a terminal 32 and a battery installation unit 36 that can be connected to an external power source, The side of the case 20 further comprises at least one drive (40, 42) for loading the storage medium (38) in the case (30).