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KR20070117014A
KR20070117014A KR1020060050645A KR20060050645A KR20070117014A KR 20070117014 A KR20070117014 A KR 20070117014A KR 1020060050645 A KR1020060050645 A KR 1020060050645A KR 20060050645 A KR20060050645 A KR 20060050645A KR 20070117014 A KR20070117014 A KR 20070117014A
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A Braille terminal is provided to enable a blind person to read contents of an electronic document in a Braille type by representing the electronic document to a keypad in the Braille type, and store the electronic document at a recording medium by converting a press signal into the electronic document if the blind person inputs Braille or characters through the keypad. A keypad(10) includes a plurality of Braille pins(12) formed in a pad part. The recording medium(20) stores the electronic documents. A signal converting module(30) reads and converts the electronic document stored in the recording medium into a Braille signal. A pin lifter(40) projects the Braille pins to the surface of a surface of the keypad according to the converted Braille signal. As the contents of the electronic document is represented in the Braille type by using the Braille pins, the blind person reads the contents of the electronic document by recognizing the Braille pints projected in the Braille type with fingers.

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점자 단말기{ELECTRONIC BRAILLE APPARATUS}Braille terminal {ELECTRONIC BRAILLE APPARATUS}

도 1은 본 발명에서 바람직한 실시예로 제안하고 있는 점자 단말기의 평면 구성도이고, 1 is a plan configuration diagram of a braille terminal proposed as a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

도 2a는 본 발명에서 바람직한 실시예로 제안하고 있는 점자 단말기의 단면 구성을 보여주는 것이며, Figure 2a shows a cross-sectional configuration of the braille terminal proposed in a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

도 2b는 상기 도 2a에서 'A'부분을 확대하여 보여주는 것이고, FIG. 2B is an enlarged view of a portion 'A' in FIG. 2A;

도 3은 본 발명 따른 점자 단말기에 있어, 전자문서의 내용을 키패드에 형성된 점자핀을 통하여 점자형태로 표출하는 과정을 순차적으로 나타낸 흐름도이며, 3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a process of expressing the contents of an electronic document in a braille form through a braille pin formed on a keypad in the braille terminal according to the present invention;

도 4는 본 발명에 따른 점자 단말기에 있어, 점자입력에 의하여 생성된 가압신호들이 전자문서로 변환되어서 기록매체에 저장되는 과정을 순차적으로 보여주는 흐름도이다.4 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a process in which a pressurized signal generated by a braille input is converted into an electronic document and stored in a recording medium in the braille terminal according to the present invention.

**** 도면의 주요부분에 대한 부호의 설명 ******** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ****

1. 점자 단말기 10. 키패드1. Braille terminal 10. Keypad

11. 핀홀 12. 점자핀11.Pinhole 12.Braille pin

20. 기록매체 30. 신호 변환모듈20. Recording medium 30. Signal conversion module

40. 핀승강부 41. 솔레노이드40. Pin lift 41. Solenoid

50. 압력센서 60. 인터페이스 모듈50. Pressure sensor 60. Interface module

70. 프린터 출력 포트 100. 외부 기록매체70. Printer output port 100. External recording medium

200. 점자 프린터200. Braille Printer

본 발명은 점자 단말기에 관한 것이며, 기록매체에 저장된 전자문서를 키패드에 점자형태로 표출시켜 시각 장애인들이 전자문서의 내용을 점자형태로 인지할 수 있도록 하는 판독기능과, 시각 장애인들이 점자 또는 일반의 문자를 키패드를 통해 입력하면, 이 입력신호가 전자문서로 변환되어서, 기록매체에 저장되는 기록기능이 겸비된 점자 단말기에 관한 것이다.The present invention relates to a braille terminal, a reading function that enables the visually impaired to recognize the contents of the electronic document in a braille form by displaying an electronic document stored in a recording medium in a braille form on a keypad, and a blind or general practitioner When a character is input through a keypad, the input signal is converted into an electronic document, and relates to a braille terminal having a recording function which is stored in a recording medium.

주지하는 바와 같이 시각장애인들은, 육안을 통한 문자의 판독이 불가능하기 때문에 손가락 끝의 촉각을 이용하여 점자(點字)를 해독하여 문자를 판독하게 된다. As it is well known, the visually impaired are unable to read a character through the naked eye, so they read a character by using a tactile sense of a fingertip to decipher braille.

상기 점자는, 지면에 볼록 튀어나오게 점을 찍어 손가락 끝의 촉각으로 읽을 수 있도록 한 것으로, 일정하게 배열된 크고 작은 6개의 점을 일정하게 조합시켜, 하나의 의미가 내포된 문자를 형성하게 된다. 즉, 상기 점자도 일반의 문자와 같이 일정한 규칙성을 가진다.The braille is a convex protruding point on the ground so that it can be read by the tactile sense of a fingertip. The braille is a combination of six large and small dots arranged in a constant manner to form a letter containing one meaning. That is, the braille also has a regularity as in the case of general characters.

그런데 상기 점자는, 일반의 문자와 규칙성이 다르고, 또 일반의 문자 인쇄 방식으로는 인쇄가 불가능하므로, 그 사용이 그다지 활발하게 이루어지지 못하고 있는 실정이다.However, since the braille is different from regular characters and regular prints, and printing is not possible with the general character printing method, the braille is not actively used.

따라서, 시각장애인들은 책이나 신문 등을 비롯한 다양한 문자매체를 접할 수 있는 기회가 원활히 제공되지 아니하였고, 또 자신의 의사를 문자로 저장하고 이를 추후에 읽는 작업이 사실상 불가능하다.Therefore, the visually impaired are not provided with the opportunity to easily access various text media including books and newspapers, and it is virtually impossible to save their intentions as text and read them later.

상기한 문제점을 해소하기 위해 이루어진 본 발명의 목적은, 전자문서를 키패드에 점자형태로 표출시켜, 시각 장애인들이 전자문서의 내용을 점자형태로 인지할 수 있도록 하는 판독기능과, 시각 장애인들이 점자 또는 일반의 문자를 키패드를 통해 가압하여 입력하면, 이 가압신호가 전자문서로 변환되어서, 기록매체에 저장되는 기록기능이 겸비된 점자 단말기를 제공함에 있다.An object of the present invention made to solve the above problems is to display an electronic document in the form of a braille on the keypad, so that the visually impaired can recognize the contents of the electronic document in a braille form, and the visually impaired people in braille When a user presses and inputs a general character through a keypad, the pressure signal is converted into an electronic document, thereby providing a braille terminal having a recording function which is stored in a recording medium.

상기 목적을 달성하기 위한 본 발명에 따른 점자 단말기의 구성은,The configuration of the braille terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

패드부에 형성된 복수의 점자핀들이 배설된 키패드와;A keypad provided with a plurality of braille pins formed on the pad part;

전자문서가 기록 및 저장되는 기록매체와;A recording medium on which an electronic document is recorded and stored;

상기 기록매체에 저장된 전자문서를 판독하여, 점자 신호로 변환하는 신호 변환모듈과;A signal conversion module reading the electronic document stored in the recording medium and converting the electronic document into a braille signal;

상기 신호 변환모듈에 의해 변환된 점자신호에 따라, 점자핀들을 키패드의 표면에 돌출시키는 핀승강부를 포함하여 구성되어서,In accordance with the braille signal converted by the signal conversion module, comprising a pin lifting portion for protruding the braille pins on the surface of the keypad,

상기 기록매체에 저장된 전자문서의 내용이 키패드에 배설된 점자핀들에 의 해 점자형태로 표출되어서, The contents of the electronic document stored in the recording medium are expressed in braille by braille pins disposed on the keypad.

시각장애인들이 이 점자형태로 표출된 점자핀들을 촉각으로 인지하여, 전자문서에 저장된 내용을 판독할 수 있도록 구성된 것을 특징으로 하고 있다.Visually impaired people are tactilely recognized by the braille pins expressed in this braille form, and are configured to read the contents stored in the electronic document.

그리고 바람직하게는, 상기 키패드에 배설된 점자핀에는 압력센서가 마련되고, 상기 신호 변환모듈에는 압력센서에 의해 생성된 압력신호를 전자문서로 변환하는 기능이 탑재되어서,And preferably, the pressure sensor is provided on the braille pins disposed on the keypad, the signal conversion module is equipped with a function for converting the pressure signal generated by the pressure sensor into an electronic document,

시각장애인들이 키패드에 마련된 점자핀을 가압시키면, 압력센서가 이를 감지하여 압력신호를 생성하고, 이 압력신호는 신호 변환모듈에 의해 전자문서로 변환된 후, 기록매체에 기록되어서,When the visually impaired person presses the braille pin provided on the keypad, the pressure sensor detects this to generate a pressure signal, which is converted into an electronic document by the signal conversion module, and then recorded on the recording medium.

추후 시각장애인이, 자신이 기록한 전자문서를 점자를 통해 판독할 수 있도록 구성한다.Later, the visually impaired person can read the electronic document recorded by the user in Braille.

또한, 본 발명에서는 상기 구성에 인터페이스 모듈을 부가하여, 신호변환 모듈이 외부 기록매체에 저장된 전자문서를 인터페이스 모듈을 통해 인가받아서 점자신호로 변환하도록 구성한 것과, In addition, in the present invention, by adding an interface module to the above configuration, the signal conversion module is configured to convert the electronic document stored in the external recording medium through the interface module to convert into a braille signal,

상기 구성에 신호 변환모듈에 의해 생성된 점자신호를 출력하는 프린터 포트를 마련하여, 상기 기록매체에 수록된 전자문서가 점자 프린터에 의해 점자형태로 출력되도록 구성한 것을 바람직한 실시예로 제안하고 있다.It is proposed as a preferred embodiment that the printer port for outputting the braille signal generated by the signal conversion module is provided in the above configuration so that the electronic document recorded on the recording medium is output in braille form by the braille printer.

이하, 첨부된 도면을 참조하여 본 발명에서 바람직한 실시예로 제안하고 있는 점자 단말기를 상세히 설명하기로 한다.Hereinafter, a braille terminal proposed as a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

도 1은 본 발명에서 바람직한 실시예로 제안하고 있는 점자 단말기의 평면 구성도이고, 도 2a는 본 발명에서 바람직한 실시예로 제안하고 있는 점자 단말기의 단면 구성을 보여주는 것이며, 도 2b는 상기 도 2a에서 'A'부분을 확대하여 보여주는 것이고, 도 3은 본 발명 따른 점자 단말기에 있어, 전자문서의 내용을 키패드에 형성된 점자핀을 통하여 점자형태로 표출하는 과정을 순차적으로 나타낸 흐름도이며, 도 4는 본 발명에 따른 점자 단말기에 있어, 점자입력에 의하여 생성된 가압신호들이 전자문서로 변환되어서 기록매체에 저장되는 과정을 순차적으로 보여주는 흐름도이다.  1 is a plan view of a braille terminal proposed as a preferred embodiment in the present invention, Figure 2a shows a cross-sectional configuration of the braille terminal proposed as a preferred embodiment in the present invention, Figure 2b is shown in Figure 2a 3 is an enlarged view of part 'A', and FIG. 3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a process of expressing the contents of an electronic document in a braille form through a braille pin formed on a keypad in FIG. In the braille terminal according to the present invention, a pressure signal generated by the braille input is a flow chart sequentially showing a process of being converted into an electronic document and stored in the recording medium.

도 1을 참조하면, 본 발명에 따른 점자 단말기(1)는, 기본적으로 기록장치에 저장된 전자문서의 내용을 키패드(10)에 마련된 점자핀(12)을 통해 점자형태로 표출시켜, 시각장애인들이 전자문서의 내용을 점자를 통해 인지하도록 하는 판독기능을 가진다.Referring to FIG. 1, the braille terminal 1 according to the present invention basically expresses the contents of an electronic document stored in a recording device in a braille form through the braille pins 12 provided on the keypad 10, so that visually impaired people It has a reading function to recognize the contents of an electronic document through Braille.

이를 위해 본 실시예에서는 상기 점자 단말기(1)를, 도 1과 도 2에서 보는 바와 같이 복수의 점자핀(12)들이 배설된 키패드(10)와; 전자문서가 저장된 기록매체(20)와; 상기 기록매체(20)에 저장된 전자문서를 판독하여, 점자 신호로 변환하는 신호 변환모듈(30)과; 상기 신호 변환모듈(30)에 의해 변환된 점자신호에 따라, 점자핀(12)들을 키패드(10)에 정형화되게 돌출시키는 핀승강부(40)를 포함하여 구성하고 있다.To this end, in the present embodiment, the braille terminal 1 includes a keypad 10 in which a plurality of braille pins 12 are disposed, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2; A recording medium 20 storing electronic documents; A signal conversion module 30 for reading an electronic document stored in the recording medium 20 and converting the electronic document into a braille signal; In accordance with the braille signal converted by the signal conversion module 30, it comprises a pin lifting portion 40 for projecting the braille pins 12 to the keypad 10 to be shaped.

도 2b를 참조하면, 상기 키패드(10)에는 복수의 핀홀(11)이 형성되어 있고, 각 핀홀(11)에는 핀승강부(40)의 구동에 의해 승강되는 점자핀(12)이 각각 배설되 어 있다.Referring to FIG. 2B, a plurality of pinholes 11 are formed in the keypad 10, and each of the pinholes 11 is provided with braille pins 12 that are elevated by driving of the pin lifter 40. There is.

그리고, 상기 점자핀(12)의 하단에는 핀승강부(40)를 구성하고 있는 솔레노이드(41)가 각각 마련되어서, 솔레노이드(41)의 구동에 의하여 점자핀(12)의 승강이 이루어지도록 구성되어 있다.In addition, solenoids 41 constituting the pin lift portions 40 are provided at the lower ends of the braille pins 12, and the braille pins 12 are lifted and lowered by driving the solenoids 41. .

따라서, 핀승강부(40)의 구동에 의해 점자핀(12)이 상승하게 되면, 키패드(10)의 표면에는 점자핀(12)의 단부가 돌출되고, 또 핀승강부(40)의 구동에 의해 점자핀(12)이 하강하게 되면 키패드(10)의 표면에는 점자핀(12)이 노출되지 아니한다.Therefore, when the braille pin 12 is raised by the driving of the pin elevating portion 40, the end of the braille pin 12 protrudes from the surface of the keypad 10, and the pin elevating portion 40 is driven by the pin elevating portion 40. When the braille pin 12 is lowered by the braille pin 12, the surface of the keypad 10 is not exposed.

이러한 점자핀(12)의 택일적인 승강작용은, 기록매체(20)에 저장된 전자문서를 판독하여 점자 신호로 변환시키는 신호 변환모듈(30)의 제어로 이루어지며, 이때, 키패드(10)에 배설된 점자핀(12)들은 점자신호에 따라 개별적으로 승강되어, 키패드(10)의 표면에 정형화된 점자를 형성하게 된다.An alternative elevating action of the braille pin 12 is made by the control of the signal conversion module 30 to read the electronic document stored in the recording medium 20 and convert it into a braille signal, which is disposed on the keypad 10. The braille pins 12 are lifted individually according to the braille signal, thereby forming a modeled braille on the surface of the keypad 10.

따라서, 도 3에서 보는 바와 같이 상기 기록매체(20)에 저장된 전자문서의 내용이, 키패드(10)에 배설된 점자핀(12)들에 의해 점자형태로 표출되고, 이 점자형태로 표출된 점자핀(12)들을 시각장애인들이 촉각으로 인지함으로써, 시각장애인들은 기록매체(20)에 저장된 전자문서의 내용을 손쉽게 판독할 수 있게 되는 것이다.Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the contents of the electronic document stored in the recording medium 20 are expressed in braille by the braille pins 12 disposed on the keypad 10, and the braille is expressed in braille. By visually recognizing the pins 12 by the visually impaired, the visually impaired can easily read the contents of the electronic document stored in the recording medium 20.

그리고 본 발명에서는 상기한 장치(1)에, 시각장애인이 키패드(10)상에 돌출된 점자핀(12)을 가압하여서 내용을 입력하면, 이 입력된 가압신호가 전자문서로 변환되어 기록매체(20)에 저장되도록 하는 기록기능을 부가하여, 추후에 자신이 기 록한 내용을 점자형태로 열람할 수 있도록 하고 있다.In the present invention, when the visually impaired presses the braille pins 12 protruding on the keypad 10 and inputs the contents, the input pressure signal is converted into an electronic document and the recording medium ( It adds a recording function to be stored in 20), so that it can be read later in braille form.

이를 위해, 본 실시예에서는 상기 키패드(10)에 배설된 점자핀(12)의 움직임을 감지하는 압력센서(50)를 마련하고, 상기 신호 변환모듈(30)에는 압력센서(50)에 의해 생성된 압력신호를 전자문서로 변환하는 기능을 탑재하고 있다.To this end, in the present embodiment, a pressure sensor 50 for detecting the movement of the braille pin 12 disposed on the keypad 10 is provided, and the signal conversion module 30 is generated by the pressure sensor 50. It is equipped with a function to convert the pressure signal into an electronic document.

따라서, 도 4에서 보는 바와 같이 시각장애인들이 키패드(10)에 마련된 점자핀(12)을 점자형태 또는 일반 문자형태로 가압시키면, 압력센서(50)가 이를 감지하여 압력신호를 생성하고, 이렇게 생성된 압력신호는 신호 변환모듈(30)에 의해 전자문서로 변환된 후, 기록매체(20)에 기록된다.Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, when the visually impaired presses the braille pin 12 provided on the keypad 10 in a braille form or a general character form, the pressure sensor 50 detects this to generate a pressure signal, and thus generates the pressure signal. The pressure signal is converted into an electronic document by the signal conversion module 30 and then recorded on the recording medium 20.

그리고, 이렇게 기록매체(20)에 저장된 전자문서들은, 전술한 판독과정을 통하여 시각장애인에게 점자형태로 열람될 수 있다.In addition, the electronic documents stored in the recording medium 20 may be read in braille form to the visually impaired through the above-described reading process.

한편, 본 실시예에서는 상기 장치(1)에 인터페이스 모듈(60)을 부가시켜, 신호변환 모듈(30)이 장치에 자체적으로 탑재된 기록매체(20)에 저장된 전자문서에 한하지 아니하고, 외부 기록매체(100)에 저장된 전자문서를 인가받아서, 키패드(10)상에 점자형태로 표출할 수 있도록 구성하고 있다.On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the interface module 60 is added to the device 1 so that the signal conversion module 30 is not limited to an electronic document stored in the recording medium 20 mounted on the device itself, and is not externally recorded. The electronic document stored in the medium 100 is authorized to be displayed on the keypad 10 in braille.

즉, 본 실시예에서는, 외부 기록매체(100)에 저장된 전자문서를 인터페이스 모듈(60)을 통해 인가받아서 점자신호로 변환하고, 이 점자신호에 의해 핀승강부(40)가 점자핀(12)을 돌출시켜, 외부 기록매체(100)에 저장된 전자문서들을 키패드(10)에 점자형태로 표출할 수 있도록 구성하고 있다.That is, in the present embodiment, the electronic document stored in the external recording medium 100 is applied through the interface module 60 to be converted into a braille signal, and the pin elevating unit 40 is connected to the braille pin 12 by the braille signal. Protrude so that the electronic documents stored in the external recording medium 100 can be displayed on the keypad 10 in braille.

이렇게 구성하게 되면, 개인용 PC나 인터넷을 통해 제공되는 다양한 전자문서를, 시각장애인들은 본 장치(1)를 통하여 점자형태로 열람할 수 있게 된다.When configured in this way, a variety of electronic documents provided through a personal PC or the Internet, the visually impaired can be read in braille form through the device (1).

그리고, 본 실시예에서는 상기 장치(1)에 신호 변환모듈(30)에 의해 생성된 점자신호를 외부로 출력하는 프린터 출력 포트(70)를 마련하고 있으며, 이 프린터 출력 포트(70)에 점자 프린터(200)를 연결하고 있다.In the present embodiment, the printer 1 has a printer output port 70 for outputting the braille signal generated by the signal conversion module 30 to the outside, and the printer output port 70 has a braille printer. (200) is connecting.

따라서, 상기 기록매체(30)에 기록된 전자문서는, 신호 변환모듈(30)을 통해 점자신호로 변환되고, 이렇게 변환된 점자신호는 프린터 출력 포트(70)를 통해 점자 프린터(200)로 인가되어서, 점자형태로 종이에 출력되게 된다.Therefore, the electronic document recorded on the recording medium 30 is converted into a braille signal through the signal conversion module 30, and the converted braille signal is applied to the braille printer 200 through the printer output port 70. It is output on paper in braille form.

이러한 기능을 탑재하게 되면, 시각장애인들의 생각을 책자나 문서형태로 출력 및 배포할 수 있는 이점을 가질 수 있다.Equipped with such a function, the visually impaired idea can be printed and distributed in the form of a book or a document.

전술한 바와 같이 본 발명에서는 기본적으로 전자문서의 판독기능을 가진 점자 단말기를 제공하고 있으며, 특히 점자입력을 통하여 전자문서의 생성이 가능한 기록기능을 겸비한 점자 단말기를 제공하고 있다.As described above, the present invention basically provides a braille terminal having a reading function of an electronic document. In particular, a braille terminal having a recording function capable of generating an electronic document through braille input is provided.

이러한 점자 단말기가 실지 상용화되면, 시각장애인들이 종래 접하기가 어려웠던 다양한 전자문서들을 접할 수 있게 되고, 또 자신의 생각을 기록하여 재열람할 수 있게 된다.When such a braille terminal is commercially available, it is possible for the visually impaired to access various electronic documents that have been difficult to access in the past, and to record and re-view their thoughts.

그리고, 본 발명에서와 같이 인터페이스 모듈을 마련하게 되면, 외부 기록매체로부터의 전자문서의 인가가 가능하게 되어서, 시각장애인들이 보다 많은 양의 점자문서를 접할 수 있고, 또 프린터 출력포트를 마련하게 되면, 전자문서의 내용을 문서형태로 출력할 수 있는 이점을 가지게 되므로, 그 활용도가 증대될 수 있다.In addition, if the interface module is provided as in the present invention, the electronic document can be authorized from an external recording medium, so that the visually impaired person can access a larger amount of braille documents and provide a printer output port. In addition, since the content of the electronic document can be output in the form of a document, its utilization can be increased.

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패드부에 형성된 복수의 점자핀들이 배설된 키패드와;A keypad provided with a plurality of braille pins formed on the pad part; 전자문서가 기록 및 저장되는 기록매체와;A recording medium on which an electronic document is recorded and stored; 상기 기록매체에 저장된 전자문서를 판독하여, 점자 신호로 변환하는 신호 변환모듈과;A signal conversion module reading the electronic document stored in the recording medium and converting the electronic document into a braille signal; 상기 신호 변환모듈에 의해 변환된 점자신호에 따라, 점자핀들을 키패드의 표면에 돌출시키는 핀승강부를 포함하여 구성되어서,In accordance with the braille signal converted by the signal conversion module, comprising a pin lifting portion for protruding the braille pins on the surface of the keypad, 상기 기록매체에 저장된 전자문서의 내용이 키패드에 배설된 점자핀들에 의해 점자형태로 표출되어서, The contents of the electronic document stored in the recording medium are expressed in braille by braille pins disposed on the keypad. 시각장애인들이 이 점자형태로 표출된 점자핀들을 촉각으로 인지하여, 전자문서에 저장된 내용을 판독할 수 있도록 구성된 것을 특징으로 하는 점자 단말기.Braille terminal, characterized in that the visually impaired to read the contents stored in the electronic document by tactilely recognize the braille pins expressed in the braille form. 제 1항에 있어서, 상기 키패드에 배설된 점자핀에는 압력센서가 마련되고, 상기 신호 변환모듈에는 압력센서에 의해 생성된 압력신호를 전자문서로 변환하는 기능이 탑재되어서,According to claim 1, wherein the embossed pin disposed on the keypad is provided with a pressure sensor, the signal conversion module is equipped with a function for converting the pressure signal generated by the pressure sensor into an electronic document, 시각장애인들이 키패드에 마련된 점자핀을 가압하면, 압력센서가 이를 감지하여 압력신호를 생성하고, 이 압력신호는 신호 변환모듈에 의해 전자문서로 변환된 후, 기록매체에 기록되어서,When the visually impaired press the braille pin provided on the keypad, the pressure sensor detects this and generates a pressure signal. The pressure signal is converted into an electronic document by the signal conversion module, and then recorded on the recording medium. 추후 시각장애인이, 자신이 기록한 전자문서를 점자를 통해 판독할 수 있도 록 구성한 것을 특징으로 하는 점자 단말기.Braille terminal, characterized in that the visually impaired later configured to read the electronic document recorded by the braille. 제 1항에 있어서, 인터페이스 모듈이 부가되어, 신호변환 모듈이 외부 기록매체에 저장된 전자문서를 인터페이스 모듈을 통해 인가받아, 점자신호로 변환하도록 구성된 것을 특징으로 하는 점자 단말기.The braille terminal of claim 1, wherein an interface module is added so that the signal conversion module receives an electronic document stored in an external recording medium through the interface module and converts the electronic document into a braille signal. 제 1항에 있어서, 신호 변환모듈에 의해 생성된 점자신호를 출력하는 프린터 포트가 장착되어, 상기 기록매체에 수록된 전자문서가 점자 프린터에 의해 점자형태로 출력되도록 구성된 것을 특징으로 하는 점자 단말기.The braille terminal of claim 1, further comprising a printer port for outputting a braille signal generated by the signal conversion module so that the electronic document contained in the recording medium is output in a braille form by a braille printer.
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