Uniplan develops tactile PC image display for blind

Uniplan develops tactile PC image display for blind

MATSUE, Japan - Uniplan Ltd., a maker of welfare service equipment, said on Nov. 27 it has developed a ''tactile display'' (photo) that enables the blind and people with severely impaired vision to recognize images and characters formed by protruding pins in response to data input with a personal computer. The horizontal display creates images and characters by raising or lowering by one millimeter the 3,000 plastic pins on its surface which the blind can recognize by touch.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001100190
  • Registered date
  • 2003/11/27 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2003 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1458 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 802.81(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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    Uniplan develops tactile PC image display for blind

    Uniplan develops tactile PC image display for blind

    MATSUE, Japan - Uniplan Ltd., a maker of welfare service equipment, said on Nov. 27 it has developed a ''tactile display'' (photo) that enables the blind and people with severely impaired vision to recognize images and characters formed by protruding pins in response to data input with a personal computer. The horizontal display creates images and characters by raising or lowering by one millimeter the 3,000 plastic pins on its surface which the blind can recognize by touch. (Kyodo)