CN1700710A - Apparatus and method for helping blind use mobile phone - Google Patents
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This invention relates to one mobile phone dial disc, which has the following parts: each key surface to each protruding object; one key impulse receiving circuit connected to mobile telephone dial disk to send out one key signal when pressed; one sound chip to receive the key signal and to send the relative sound signal; one sound receiving signal to send out relative sound.
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Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of portable telephone device, and particularly use the device and method of mobile phone relevant for a kind of assisting blind.
Background technology
Mobile phone (mobile te1ephone) briefly just is meant, is installed on the vehicles such as car, ship, or carries, moves radio telephone set freely with the people.Mobile telephone system and general telephone radio extension, or length is different apart from wireless tranceiver, because mobile telephone system is the some of public telephone system, it can allow the user obtain and enjoy the function the same with the fixed telephone that is contained in family from mobile phone, and uses more easily.Cooperate international direct dial, the mobile phone user can be in the effective range of system, obtains directly with all over the world Any user and gets in touch.
Along with the progress of communication network technology and the reduction of manufacturing cost and communication cost, mobile phone has become one of present modal means of communication.Just there is 8,700,000 blind person in China, and in response to the demand that the blind person makes a living, hunts for a job, starts an undertaking, how conveniently allowing them utilize modern means of communication to carry out communication links is very urgent problems.Traditional mobile phone has only numerical key 5 surfaces to have protrusion to point out the user in its keyboard, other button then almost has nothing tangible protrusion, and really be difficult to distinguish its difference if simple armrest refers to differentiate each button this moment.Moreover the prompt tone of each button is very dull, and is merely able to the volume of key prompting voice is set.For blind person user, these designs have all brought very big use difficulty to them.
Summary of the invention
Therefore purpose of the present invention is exactly at the device that provides a kind of assisting blind to use mobile phone, improves existing mobile phone keyboard and sound-producing device, and is not only simple in structure, easy to use, and can satisfy blind person's special use needs.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of assisting blind to use the method for mobile phone, giving full play to the advantage of blind touch sensitivity, and utilize voice to confirm to assist the blind person to use mobile phone to call.
According to above-mentioned purpose, the present invention proposes the device that a kind of assisting blind uses mobile phone.This device comprises the keypad for cellular phone with a plurality of buttons, and each keytop has the protrusion corresponding with this button meaning; One key pulse is accepted circuit and is connected with this keypad for cellular phone, when one of those buttons are pressed the button that be pressed is sent a keying signal; One speech chip receives this keying signal, and sends the speech sound signal corresponding with this keying signal; And one sound-producing device receive this speech sound signal, and send and the corresponding voice of this speech sound signal.
According to above-mentioned purpose, the present invention proposes the method that a kind of assisting blind uses mobile phone again.This method is to find out a selected button with a plurality of button guiding blind persons with protrusion.And after this selected button was pressed, this mobile phone sent voice and confirms for this blind person whether this selected button is correct.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those buttons comprise a plurality of digital keys and a plurality of function button, and the material of those buttons is a soft plastic.Those protrusions are 6 braille symbols, and each button has more the printing type face corresponding with this button meaning.In addition, this sound-producing device comprises a loud speaker.
The present invention utilizes the sense of touch and the sense of hearing advantage of blind person's sensitivity, in conjunction with steps such as protrusion and voice, finds out button with protrusion guiding blind person earlier, sends voice again and confirms for this blind person whether this button is correct.The present invention does improvement to prior mobile phone, and it is simple in structure, and is easy to use, and conforms with blind person's daily life use habit.
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For above-mentioned and other purposes, feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, a preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and conjunction with figs. are described in detail below:
Fig. 1 has illustrated the schematic diagram of the keypad for cellular phone of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 A has illustrated the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of device of the present invention;
Fig. 2 B has illustrated the flow chart of a preferred embodiment of method of the present invention; And
Fig. 3 has illustrated the flow chart of the voice operating of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 has illustrated the schematic diagram of the keypad for cellular phone of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.Keypad for cellular phone 100 has a plurality of function buttons 102 and a plurality of digital keys 104.Each function button 102 is represented " L ", " menu ", " R respectively from left to right from first row; Second row is represented " OK ", " directionkeys ", " NO " from left to right respectively.Each digital keys 104, from first row to fourth line also represent 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 from left to right respectively, *, 0 and #.As shown in Figure 1, function button 102 and digital keys 104 all have each protrusion 106 corresponding with its button meaning, promptly are positioned at the solid stain of button central authorities shown in the 1st figure.
The pattern of those protrusions 106 can design according to the pattern rule that known blind person's braille symbolic rule or other mobile phone manufacturers plan voluntarily.In this preferred embodiment, 6 braille symbols that those protrusions 106 can be understood for the blind person and Global Access is used are looked for its button to be selected to make things convenient for the blind person by touching those protrusions 106.
Button 102 and 104 material are soft plastic, and such design has taken into full account health factor in order to be effective basis, can not feel that because the quality of soft plastic can guarantee the long-time operation keyboard hand turns sour.Moreover in this preferred embodiment, button 102 or 104 and according to the design of common mobile phone button adds the printing type face corresponding with this button meaning, makes domestic consumer also can use this mobile phone easily like this.
After blind person user is familiar with the special button design of the present invention, then can dial telephone number corresponding by the protrusion design of keytop.Because blind person user's sense of touch is very sensitive,, this protrusion design imports correct telephone number so can guiding blind person user well.Yet, because blind person user can't see the literal of actual input on the mobile phone screen, so in button, blind person user but can't confirm whether the word content of being imported is correct via the demonstration of screen.Moreover, because keypad for cellular phone is less, also may take place often because have gentle hands is light once trembling repetition of figures input situation for several times.
Take place for fear of this problem, the present invention more provides the key-press and voice of mobile phone to confirm that function cooperates above-mentioned protrusion design, to improve blind person user's use situation.Fig. 2 A has illustrated the schematic diagram of one of device of the present invention preferred embodiment, and Fig. 2 B then illustrates the flow chart of one of method of the present invention preferred embodiment, and below explanation please be simultaneously with reference to Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B.
Mobile phone with device of the present invention, the operation of its push-button dialing and common mobile phone are similar, all must press a certain button in the keypad for cellular phone 202 earlier.After pressing a certain button of keypad for cellular phone 202, circuit 204 is accepted in key pulse can make dial action (step 212) by the corresponding button that be pressed at this moment.But at the same time, circuit 204 meeting voice activated chips 206 (step 214) are accepted in key pulse.Speech chip 206 receives the signal of accepting circuit 204 from key pulse, can and send corresponding speech signal with its processing, send the operation (step 218) that the user confirmed in corresponding voice by sound-producing device 208 then to sound-producing device 208 (step 216).
In this preferred embodiment, send the voice suggestion of corresponding mobile telephone key-press by its loud speaker by mobile phone.Press digital keys 1 when for example making a phone call, then having accordingly, ' 1 ' sound pronunciation provides.After blind person user hears that the button of oneself selecting is confirmed by voice suggestion, can carry out button next time.After all buttons finish, then can converse by the call function button, also have the voice suggestion user at the same time.
Fig. 3 has illustrated the flow chart of the voice operating of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, with button of explanation the invention described above and the operating process between voice.At first dispose the mobile phone (step 302) of device of the present invention, judge then whether the user is carrying out numeric keypad dialing (step 304) by keyboard operation.If then carry out the voice prompt operation (step 306) of respective digital, provide voice suggestion (step 308) by sound-producing device at last.Perhaps, when step 304 judgement is not the dial-up operation of numerical key, then changes into and judge whether it is " OK " key or " NO " key, just talk key or dropped calls key (step 314).If be " OK " key, then give the prompting of talkthrough in when beginning conversation, if be " NO " key, then provide the prompting of dropped calls, can't confirm that so as not to blind person user real the conversation interrupted and waste call rate (step 316).Judge that when step 314 it is non-during for conversation or dropped calls key, then the respective keys according to the user provides corresponding operation indicating, for example the menu processing of menu button prompting (step 324).
Though the present invention discloses as above with a preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to limit the present invention; anyly be familiar with present technique field person; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can being used for a variety of modifications and variations, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking accompanying the claim person of defining.
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1. an assisting blind uses the device of mobile phone, comprises at least:
One keypad for cellular phone, this keypad for cellular phone has a plurality of buttons, and each keytop has the protrusion corresponding with this button meaning;
Circuit is accepted in one key pulse, is connected with this keypad for cellular phone, when one of those buttons are pressed the button that be pressed is sent a keying signal;
One speech chip receives this keying signal, and sends and the corresponding speech sound signal of this keying signal; And
One sound-producing device receives this speech sound signal, and sends and the corresponding voice of this speech sound signal.
2. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the material of those buttons is a soft plastic.
3. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, these protrusions are 6 braille symbols.
4. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, these buttons comprise a plurality of digital keys and a plurality of function button.
5. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, each button has more the printing type face corresponding with this button meaning.
6. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this sound-producing device comprises a loud speaker.
7. an assisting blind uses the method for mobile phone, comprises at least:
Find out a selected button with a plurality of button guiding blind persons with protrusion; And
After this selected button was pressed, this mobile phone sent voice and confirms for this blind person whether this selected button is correct.
8. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that this method also comprises
To should selected button, a key pulse be accepted circuit and is sent keying signal to a speech chip;
This speech chip sends speech sound signal to a sound-producing device according to this keying signal; And
This sound-producing device sends this voice according to this speech sound signal.
9. method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that this sound-producing device comprises a loud speaker.
10. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, the material of these buttons is a soft plastic.
11. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, these protrusions are 6 braille symbols.
12. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, these buttons comprise a plurality of digital keys and a plurality of function button.
13. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, each button has the printing type face corresponding with each button meaning.
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