| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 382114000 | Reading aids for the visually impaired | 6 |
| 20080226134 | FINGERTIP VISUAL HAPTIC SENSOR CONTROLLER - Systems, methods and devices for capturing environmental image data and providing tactile feedback about the visual environment to a user. One or more image sensing devices are mounted on various appendages of a user and are used to sense the environment. The image data is sent to a computer vision system where it is processed in order to identify specific objects within the environment. When the computer vision system makes such an identification it may send a signal to a haptic stimulator mounted on a user's appendage or may be used to control an object in the environment. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080260210 | TEXT CAPTURE AND PRESENTATION DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention provide devices and methods for capturing text found in a variety of sources and transforming it into a different user-accessible formats or medium. For example, the device can capture text from a magazine and provide it to the user as spoken words through headphones or speakers. Such devices are useful for individuals such as those having reading difficulties (such as dyslexia), blindness, and other visual impairments arising from diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090034802 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION FOR AIDING THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - A method for tracking paper currency in a holder, includes: scanning paper currency deposited or removed from a holder; determining the total number of each individual denomination of paper currency contained within the holder based on the scanned paper currency deposited and removed from the holder; recording the total number of each individual denomination of paper currency; determining the total value of the paper currency within the holder; outputting the denomination of paper currency when the paper currency is scanned during depositing or removal from the holder; outputting the recorded number of each individual denomination of paper currency and the total value of the currency within the holder; and wherein the recorded number of each individual denomination of paper currency and the total value of the currency within the holder is dynamically tabulated based on the scanning of paper currency deposited or removed from the holder. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090169061 | READING DEVICE WITH HIERARCHAL NAVIGATION - In some embodiments, disclosed is reading device that comprises a camera, at least one processor, and a user interface. The camera scans at least a portion of a document having text to generate a raster file. The processor processes the raster file to identify text blocks. The user interface allows a user to hierarchically navigate the text blocks when they are read to the user. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20140037149 | Navigation Using Portable Reading Machine - Navigation techniques including map based and object recognition based and especially adapted for use in a portable reading machine are described. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140270398 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIBLY PRESENTING TEXTUAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN IMAGE DATA - An apparatus and method are provided for identifying and audibly presenting textual information within captured image data. In one implementation, a method is provided for audibly presenting text retrieved from a captured image. According to the method, at least one image of text is received from an image sensor, and the text may include a first portion and a second portion. The method includes identifying contextual information associated with the text, and accessing at least one rule associating the contextual information with at least one portion of text to be excluded from an audible presentation associated with the text. The method further includes performing an analysis on the at least one image to identify the first portion and the second portion, and causing the audible presentation of the first portion. | 09-18-2014 |
