RU215488U1 - DIALOGUE DEVICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to learning and communication tools, in particular to the method of transmitting and receiving information of a sighted-hearing and deaf-blind, blind and blind, deaf-blind and deaf-blind, and can be used, in particular, in situations requiring answers in the form of simple sentences.

The interactive device for people with disabilities includes a base made of sheet material, on the plane of which elements are applied, distributed to the perception zones of people who know and do not know Braille reading technique. The perception zones are made in the form of alternating lines. In alternating lines in the upper and middle parts of the plane of the dialogue device, all the letters of the Russian alphabet are printed in flat-print type, duplicating them in the next line with Braille characters. In a separate line, Arabic numerals from zero to nine are printed in flat-print type, duplicating them in the next line in Braille characters. In the lower part of the plane of the dialog device, in alternating lines, the words and phrases of a given set are printed in flat-printed font, duplicating them in the next line with Braille characters. On the reverse side of the dialogue device, all letters of the Russian alphabet, Arabic numerals from zero to nine, words and phrases of a given set are printed in relief-linear font. May contain several flat elements with applied symbols.

The technical result of the implementation of the proposed utility model is the expansion of the functionality of tactile plates, ensuring prompt communication of people with disabilities, regardless of the availability of expensive electronic equipment, special computer programs and, simply, electrical power.

Description

The utility model relates to learning and communication tools, in particular to the method of transmitting and receiving information of a sighted-hearing and deaf-blind, blind and blind, deaf-blind and deaf-blind, and can be used, in particular, in situations requiring answers in the form of simple sentences.

The VibroBraille communicator is known, which is a device for communicating with people with simultaneous visual, hearing and speech impairments and is made in the form of a gadget with six buttons on the front panel and with built-in tactile elements that transmit signals to the user's fingertips according to the Braille principle (Comprehension Device: a device for full-fledged communication with deaf-blind people - URL: https://misis.ru/university/news/misc/2021-09/7566/ (date of access: 07/26/2022) The well-known device works together with an application on a mobile phone, which is connected to the device via Bluetooth.Due to the dictionary of meanings implemented in the application, where each Braille character corresponds to a letter) of the alphabet, words are converted into tactile signals and vice versa.

The disadvantages of the known solution include the need for a working mobile phone and special applications. In addition, the known device requires electrical power. All this limits the functionality of the known solution, since in practice situations are quite real when the batteries of the device and the mobile phone are discharged, and there is no way to charge them, special applications are not installed on the mobile phone, or, simply, a person with disabilities has no money. to purchase a mobile phone or communicator.

Known tactile plano-convex plates designed for people with limited vision, the height of the letter above the background is 2 mm (Tactile plano-convex plates. - URL:/ https://nko-expert.ru/research/for-the-blind /the-types-of-tactile-signs/tactile-signs.html (accessed 07/26/2022)). The reading of the tablets by visually impaired people is carried out by feeling the surface of the letters and determining their contour with the fingers. Such signs help to orient not only the visually impaired people, but also the sighted. As shown in the illustration to the well-known solution, it assumes information content in the form of finite words or phrases.

The disadvantages of the known solution include the lack of duplication of letters made in relief-tactile or relief-linear font, Braille alphabet, generally accepted for transmitting information to people with visual impairments. In addition, the limitation of the content of records on plano-convex tablets to finite words or phrases a priori limits the amount of information that can be transmitted with their help.

The closest in terms of essential features - the prototype of the claimed utility model - are complex tactile plates, including a base made of sheet material, on the plane of which elements are applied, distributed into several zones: the zone of perception of the visually impaired and totally blind, who do not know the technique of reading in Braille . and the zone of perception of the totally blind, who know the technique of reading in Braille (Complex tactile signs. -URL:/ https://nko-expert.ru/research/for-the-blind/the-types-of-tactile-signs/tactile -signs.html (date of access: 07/26/2022)). As shown in the illustration to the well-known solution, it assumes information content in the form of finite words or phrases.

The disadvantages of the known solution include the limited content of records on plano-convex tablets with final words or phrases, which a priori limits the amount of information that can be transmitted with their help.

The technical problem to be solved by the proposed utility model is to increase the expansion of the functionality of complex tactile plates to the level of an interactive device for people with disabilities, in particular, for transmitting and receiving information of a sighted-hearing and deaf-blind-mute, blind and blind, deaf-blind-mute and deaf-mute.

The solution of the set technical problem is achieved through the joint application of the following design measures:

performing zones of perception in the form of alternating lines.

applying in alternating lines in the upper and middle parts of the plane of the dialogue device in flat-printing all the letters of the Russian alphabet with their duplication in the next line with Braille characters;

applying in a separate line in flat-print Arabic numerals from zero to nine, duplicating them in the next line with Braille characters:

drawing in the lower part of the plane of the dialog device in alternating lines in flat-printing the words and phrases of a given set with their duplication in the next line with Braille characters;

drawing on the reverse side - the second plane - an interactive device in relief-linear font of all letters of the Russian alphabet, Arabic numerals from zero to nine, words and phrases of a given set.

The given set of words and phrases can be any, determined by the situational purpose of the dialog device.

The dialog device proposed as a real utility model includes a base made of sheet material, on which, using technologies known from the prior art, elements are applied - letters and numbers, and the letters are applied not only in the form of a sequence of all letters of the Russian alphabet, but also in the form of words and phrases of a given set.

In the general case, for the sake of compactness, the proposed dialog device can be made in the form of a notebook or a phrasebook, in which individual flat elements with applied symbols, which can be conventionally called situational sheets, are fastened with the possibility of scrolling and are each designed for their own situation. Such situations may include, but not only, a conversation in a medical facility, a conversation on a train, a conversation in a catering establishment, a conversation on the street. The number of situation sheets and the content of the given sets of words and phrases is determined individually in accordance with the terms of reference and is not the subject of protection for this application.

The dimensions and material of the situation sheets, as well as the method of their fastening, are not the subject of protection under this application.

The relative position and characteristic dimensions of all elements applied to the situational sheets must comply with GOST R 58512.

The dialog device proposed as a real utility model does not require mobile communications, Bluetooth technology, and does not depend on power supply.

Proposed as a real utility model, a dialog device for people with disabilities works as follows.

A person with physical disabilities, who for brevity will be referred to as a disabled person, carries a dialogue device with him. If it is necessary to enter into a conversation with another person, the disabled person takes out a dialogue device and opens it on the necessary situational sheet.

The disabled person touches with his fingers the signs of the Braille alphabet under the necessary letters of the alphabet of the Russian language. The interlocutor, if he is sighted, observes the indicated letters of the alphabet, mentally forming words. If the interlocutor of the disabled person also has vision problems, the person touching the Braille characters simultaneously holds the interlocutor's finger in contact with his finger. Thus, both people know which letters are currently indicated. The disabled person may also touch not individual letters, but final words or phrases, for example, by rubbing their fingers over them. This allows you to immediately formulate a question or give a short answer. For example. "What time is it?" or “No complaints”, etc.

The interaction of interlocutors can take place using the reverse side of the situational sheet, where elements are placed, made in relief-linear font.

The technical result of the implementation of the proposed utility model is the expansion of the functionality of tactile plates, ensuring prompt communication of people with disabilities, regardless of the availability of expensive electronic equipment, special computer programs and, simply, electrical power.

Claims (1)

Dialogue device for people with disabilities, including a base made of sheet material, on the plane of which elements are applied, distributed into zones for the perception of visually impaired and totally blind people who do not know how to read Braille, and for the perception of totally blind people who know how to read Braille , characterized in that the elements are applied on both sides of the base, the perception zones are made in the form of alternating lines, while in the alternating lines in the upper and middle parts of the plane of the dialogue device, all the letters of the Russian alphabet are printed in flat-printed font with their duplication in the next line with Braille characters and in a separate line, Arabic numerals from zero to nine are printed in flat-printed font, duplicating them in the next line with Braille characters, and in the lower part of the plane of the dialog device in alternating lines, words and phrases are printed in flat-printing with their duplication in the next line with Braille characters, and on the reverse side of the dialogue device, all the letters of the Russian alphabet, Arabic numerals from zero to nine, words and phrases are printed in relief-linear font, while it may contain several flat elements with printed symbols.