Improved Braille printers and Braille printer components for embossing Braille characters onto a paper substrate are disclosed. Methods of making using Braille printers and Braille printer components to form Braille characters on a paper substrate are also disclosed.

Improved Braille printers and Braille printer components for embossing Braille characters onto a paper substrate are disclosed. Methods of making using Braille printers and Braille printer components to form Braille characters on a paper substrate are also disclosed.

Disclosed are a braille printing method and a system thereof. The system includes: an instruction control system (300) connected to a computer host and configured to receive a signal including a printing instruction and transmitted by the computer host and send a control instruction; a control panel (200) configured to transmit an operation instruction for implementing printing to the instruction control system; a paper feeding system (400) configured to receive the control instruction and feed paper for printing; a mechanical motion system (500) configured to control a printing system (600) to move in a two-dimensional plane and drive the paper feeding system in response to receiving the control instruction; and the printing system (600) configured to implement printing in response to receiving the control instruction.

Disclosed are a braille printing method and a system thereof. The system includes: an instruction control system (300) connected to a computer host and configured to receive a signal including a printing instruction and transmitted by the computer host and send a control instruction; a control panel (200) configured to transmit an operation instruction for implementing printing to the instruction control system; a paper feeding system (400) configured to receive the control instruction and feed paper for printing; a mechanical motion system (500) configured to control a printing system (600) to move in a two-dimensional plane and drive the paper feeding system in response to receiving the control instruction; and the printing system (600) configured to implement printing in response to receiving the control instruction.

A system is configured for converting an unstandardized architecture diagram into a braille language diagram is disclosed. The system receives the unstandardized architecture diagram which includes a plurality of architecture components. The system receives a standardized model that includes features to depict the architecture components of the unstandardized architecture diagram in a standard format. The system determines the architecture components, their connections, and their sequences from the unstandardized architecture diagram. The system determines the features to depict the architecture components of the unstandardized architecture diagram in the standard format. The system applies the identified features on the identified architecture components in the unstandardized architecture diagram. The system determines a standardized graphical representation of the unstandardized architecture diagram. The system converts the standardized graphical representation of the unstandardized architecture diagram into a braille language diagram.

A radial spacing, between two rotating cylindrical embossing tools, is adjustable, in an embossing device (14) having: an armature (19, 21); a first structure (16, 24, 26, 27, 29) which is movably mounted in translation relative to the armature (19, 21), which has a first rotating cylindrical tool (16); a second structure (17, 22, 28, 31) mounted in a fixed manner on the armature (19, 21) and which is provided with a second rotating cylindrical tool (17). A method includes steps of: pushing (T) on the first structure to move it closer to the second structure by leaning on the armature (19, 21) to adjust a radial space, or pulling (P) on the first structure (16, 24, 26, 27, 29) in order to move it away from the second structure (17, 22, 28, 31) by leaning on the armature (19, 21) in order to finely adjust the radial spacing between the first and the second tools (16, 17).

A radial spacing, between two rotating cylindrical embossing tools, is adjustable, in an embossing device (14) having: an armature (19, 21); a first structure (16, 24, 26, 27, 29) which is movably mounted in translation relative to the armature (19, 21), which has a first rotating cylindrical tool (16); a second structure (17, 22, 28, 31) mounted in a fixed manner on the armature (19, 21) and which is provided with a second rotating cylindrical tool (17). A method includes steps of: pushing (T) on the first structure to move it closer to the second structure by leaning on the armature (19, 21) to adjust a radial space, or pulling (P) on the first structure (16, 24, 26, 27, 29) in order to move it away from the second structure (17, 22, 28, 31) by leaning on the armature (19, 21) in order to finely adjust the radial spacing between the first and the second tools (16, 17).

A first pattern P1 is formed with a first material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a first surface BS of a print medium M including an expansion layer M2 that expands by heating. A second pattern P2 for expanding the expansion layer M2 to complement expansion of the expansion layer M2 by the first pattern P1 is formed with a second material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a second surface FS which is an opposite surface of the print medium

M to the first surface BS and is closer to the expansion layer M2 than the first surface BS. The first material forming the first pattern P1 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the first surface BS. The second material forming the second pattern P2 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the second surface FS.

A system is configured for converting an unstandardized architecture diagram into a braille language diagram is disclosed. The system receives the unstandardized architecture diagram which includes a plurality of architecture components. The system receives a standardized model that includes features to depict the architecture components of the unstandardized architecture diagram in a standard format. The system determines the architecture components, their connections, and their sequences from the unstandardized architecture diagram. The system determines the features to depict the architecture components of the unstandardized architecture diagram in the standard format. The system applies the identified features on the identified architecture components in the unstandardized architecture diagram. The system determines a standardized graphical representation of the unstandardized architecture diagram. The system converts the standardized graphical representation of the unstandardized architecture diagram into a braille language diagram.

The present invention is directed to a haptic system of rotating cylindrical shafts topped with caps to create a virtual sensation of Braille text by integrating a microprocessor with microdrive motors. The micro drive's shafts are crowned with plastic cylindrical caps, the top face of which are precisely flush or level with the device's display surface thereby emulating the standard diameter and feel of a Braille dot or Braille space in two dimensions. It is the rotation of the drive's shaft that spins the caps and simulates the sensation of a Braille dot that is felt with the fingertips. This sensation of a two dimensional rotating dot is the result of the top face of the capped shafts positioned flush with the device's display surface. Motors that alternate between rotating shafts and shafts at rest produce Braille cell dots and spaces, respectively.