https://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/index.php?title=First_project:_Braille_tablet&feed=atom&action=historyFirst project: Braille tablet - Revision history2024-03-28T12:44:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.5https://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/index.php?title=First_project:_Braille_tablet&diff=47720&oldid=prevS147499: /* Braille display */2018-02-26T20:57:54Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Braille display</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref></del>. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref></ins>. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ref></del>. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'</<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref11</del>>. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'</<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</ins>>. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[11]]</del>. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ref11></ins>. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td></tr>
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</table>S147499https://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/index.php?title=First_project:_Braille_tablet&diff=47713&oldid=prevS147499: /* Braille display */2018-02-26T20:55:39Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Braille display</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'[11]. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>[11<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>]. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</div></td></tr>
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</table>S147499https://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/index.php?title=First_project:_Braille_tablet&diff=47712&oldid=prevS147499: /* Braille display */2018-02-26T20:52:12Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Braille display</span></span></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In the research for the display multiple ways to portray the Braille were encountered. First of let's look at a purely mechanical way to display the Braille. The issue with this method is that to control every pin individually a big mechanical system is needed. This increases the thickness of the device, making it impractical to use, therefore this is not the best solution. A magnetic system could be a possible solution. The biggest benefit from this is that it is easy to understand and could be implemented by us. Another possible solution is the system that is discussed in 'Computerized microfluidic cell culture using elastomeric channels and Braille displays'[11]. This system of computer-controlled microfluidic cells is a complicated system and more research needs to be done on this to understand it better and if a patent of this system exists. The conclusions from this research will also determine what system would be best for the device. Besides this the way to portray the Braille itself in the system also needs to be researched. This can be done with either simple pins or possible other ways.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>S147499https://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/index.php?title=First_project:_Braille_tablet&diff=47696&oldid=prevS147499: /* Research */2018-02-26T20:12:06Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Research</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the interview we decided to scrap the whole idea in general and focus something we can have a positive impact on, seeing that making an innovative improvement is going to be very hard for this topic.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following the interview we decided to scrap the whole idea in general and focus something we can have a positive impact on, seeing that making an innovative improvement is going to be very hard for this topic.</div></td></tr>
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</table>S147499https://cstwiki.wtb.tue.nl/index.php?title=First_project:_Braille_tablet&diff=47649&oldid=prevS149413 at 12:55, 26 February 20182018-02-26T12:55:59Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We sent an email to Visio expressing our interest in visiting their location in Eindhoven. We got a reply from Erik van Dijk, an employee of Visio, that it would be preferable for them if we first called. We did so, and what followed was a conversation of about 20 minutes in which Erik explained to us that what we were trying to do has already been done in quite a sophisticated manner, and is already being used by blind people, as well as being covered by insurance.<br></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We sent an email to Visio expressing our interest in visiting their location in Eindhoven. We got a reply from Erik van Dijk, an employee of Visio, that it would be preferable for them if we first called. We did so, and what followed was a conversation of about 20 minutes in which Erik explained to us that what we were trying to do has already been done in quite a sophisticated manner, and is already being used by blind people, as well as being covered by insurance.<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He named a couple of products which were not exactly like our idea, but did more or less covered its entire range of functions, while also providing extra applications which make this device a lot more likely to see practical use than our own. One of such devices is called Optalec EasyLink12 Touch (see http://nl.optelec.com/producten/el000003-</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He named a couple of products which were not exactly like our idea, but did more or less covered its entire range of functions, while also providing extra applications which make this device a lot more likely to see practical use than our own. One of such devices is called Optalec EasyLink12 Touch (see http://nl.optelec.com/producten/el000003-easylink12-touch.html), and can be fully integrated with a smartphone. It can present text from a phone in braille, or it can read it out loud depending on the preferences of the user. If someone were to take a picture of a piece of text with their phone, use OCR software on to convert the text in the image to characters that the phone can recognize, this device can do exactly the same as our own device.<br></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We sent an email to Visio expressing our interest in visiting their location in Eindhoven. We got a reply from Erik van Dijk, an employee of Visio, that it would be preferable for them if we first called. We did so, and what followed was a conversation of about 20 minutes in which Erik explained to us that what we were trying to do has already been done in quite a sophisticated manner, and is already being used by blind people, as well as being covered by insurance.<br></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We sent an email to Visio expressing our interest in visiting their location in Eindhoven. We got a reply from Erik van Dijk, an employee of Visio, that it would be preferable for them if we first called. We did so, and what followed was a conversation of about 20 minutes in which Erik explained to us that what we were trying to do has already been done in quite a sophisticated manner, and is already being used by blind people, as well as being covered by insurance.<br></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He named a couple of products which were not exactly like our idea, but did more or less covered its entire range of functions, while also providing extra applications which make this device a lot more likely to see practical use than our own. One of such devices is called Optalec EasyLink12 Touch (see <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https</del>://nl.optelec.com/producten/el000003-</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He named a couple of products which were not exactly like our idea, but did more or less covered its entire range of functions, while also providing extra applications which make this device a lot more likely to see practical use than our own. One of such devices is called Optalec EasyLink12 Touch (see <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http</ins>://nl.optelec.com/producten/el000003-</div></td></tr>
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