G09B21/001

Training method, program and computing device for ameliorating visual field defect
11295627 · 2022-04-05 · ·

Disclosed are training method, program and computing device to ameliorate visual field defect. The method includes presenting, by a computer, a virtual first object on a screen, wherein the first object is presented in an approaching manner toward the subject from a first position to a second position, when a position of the first object reaches the second position, the dividing, by the computer, of the first object into objects and presenting the divided objects on the screen or removing, by the computer, the first object from the screen, when the first object is divided or removed, presenting, by the computer, a virtual second object and a virtual third object on the screen, and receiving, by the computer, an identification input about the second object and the third object from a response input device of the subject.

System, Device and Method for Facilitating Online Exam Proctoring with Adaptive Accommodations
20220103389 · 2022-03-31 ·

Embodiments of a system, device and method facilitate remote proctoring of online examinations for exam takers who may require adaptive accommodations and include suitable programming for verifying identities, verifying physical environments and presenting exam taker display screens in blurred and unblurred modes to a proctor device and an accommodator device, respectively.

WEARABLE DEVICE ENABLEMENT FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USER

A wearable device determines an objective based on analyzing a voice of a user, where the wearable device comprises one or more wearable sensors and one or more wearable actuators. The wearable device identifies objects by the one or more wearable sensors. The wearable device determines an action based on the objective and the identified objects and guides the user to achieve and objective by the one or more wearable actuators.

Generating Relational Charts with Accessibility for Visually-Impaired Users
20220067098 · 2022-03-03 ·

An embodiment may involve data values and metadata defining a relational chart, wherein the relational chart includes one or more symbols, and wherein the symbols each contain a respective plurality of symbol segments. The embodiment may further involve one or more processors configured to: receive a request for the relational chart; generate markup language representing the relational chart, wherein generating the markup language involves, for each respective symbol of the one or more symbols: (i) generating a block of the markup language representing the respective symbol, wherein the block includes a unit of the metadata that defines a label for the respective symbol, and (ii) based on the data values, generating sub-blocks of the markup language that are embedded within the block, wherein the sub-blocks represent symbol segments of the respective symbol; and transmit the markup language representing the relational chart.

VIEWFINDER ASSISTANT FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

In an approach for guiding a visually impaired user to position a mobile device appropriately in relation to a screen so that dynamic information on the screen can be reliably extracted and conveyed to the visually impaired user, a processor receives an image captured by a camera of a mobile device. A processor performs object recognition on the image to identify a digital screen and a location of the digital screen in the image. A processor retrieves a template of the digital screen. A processor performs angle-sensitive optical character recognition (OCR) on the location of the digital screen in the image. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen can be extracted, a processor conveys the text to a user. Responsive to a processor determining text on the digital screen cannot be extracted, a processor guides the user to re-orient the mobile device to capture a better image.

Transaction cards with tactile features and methods of making and using thereof
11144807 · 2021-10-12 · ·

In some embodiments, a product includes a card having a front face, a back face and a payment-enabling mechanism, where the front face is opposite to the back face. Account information is disposed on the front face, the back face, or both, in a tactile writing system, as well as one or more card identification texture strips. The one or more card identification texture strips each comprise at least one region having a texture pattern different from a base texture of the card, where the texture pattern comprises a roughness texture pattern, and where the texture pattern is unique to an issuer of the card.

SECURE COMPUTER PERSONALIZATION
20210279228 · 2021-09-09 ·

Embodiments disclosed herein include methods and apparatuses for providing security to computer users with disabilities, who configure their computers to personalize output in a fashion that enables the user to more easily understand the content of the output. While previously a computer configured to personalize output accordingly may have served as a source of disability information to unauthorized parties accessing the computers, embodiments disclosed herein configure computers for personalization without leaving thereon a record how the personalization was specified during the configuration process. Thus, an unauthorized party gaining access to the user's computer would find it very difficult, if not impossible, to determine the user's disability from an inspection of the computer, so the user is much less likely to become a victim of fraud based on an unauthorized discovery of information regarding vulnerabilities.

Vision Assistive Device with Extended Depth of Field
20210225202 · 2021-07-22 ·

The present disclosure relates to a vision assistive device for use by blind or low vision users. The device includes an imaging unit for viewing objects positioned beneath the device. The device further includes a forwardly facing screen for displaying an enlarged view of the imaged object to the user. The imaging unit is configured to take multiple views of the object, each with a different area of focus. This can be accomplished by digitally changing the imaging sensor's area of focus or by pivoting the sensor via a focus motor. In either event, the resulting images are combined into a single, integrated, focused, and composite image. Combining images with differing areas of focus helps eliminate any blurry regions in the composite image. The device further includes a rearwardly positioned fin that facilitates positioning the device in multiple different orientations. In a first orientation, the device is vertically positioned upon a desktop. In a second orientation, the device is reclined and placed in the user's lap with the fin positioned between the user's legs.

Spatially Aware Computing Hub and Environment
20210286433 · 2021-09-16 ·

Aspects of the disclosure provide for a sensory augmentation system. In some examples, the sensory augmentation system includes a first electro-tactile stimulator comprising at least one user interaction element driven by a driver and contactable to a human body to provide stimulation having a first stimulation waveform and a signal generation and sensing processor configured to receive data corresponding to information to be communicated to the user. The signal generation and sensing processor may generate a first instruction to the driver, the first instruction corresponding to the first stimulation waveform. The driver may generate the stimulation having the first stimulation waveform in response to the first instruction.

Collision avoidance apparatus

Disclosed herein are systems and methods that relate to a modular protective system designed to be worn or incorporated into a helmet that prevent collisions with other stationary or moving objects by providing a visual and/or audible signal to the user. The system is composed of sensors that provide both directional and velocity information related to objects within the device/wearers surroundings. A computer device receives this information and translates it into a collision path and notifies the wearer of a possible collision and its trajectory.