WO2020254182A1 - Appareil destiné à la réflexion et à la force de l'imagination - Google Patents

Appareil destiné à la réflexion et à la force de l'imagination Download PDF

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WO2020254182A1
WO2020254182A1 PCT/EP2020/066188 EP2020066188W WO2020254182A1 WO 2020254182 A1 WO2020254182 A1 WO 2020254182A1 EP 2020066188 W EP2020066188 W EP 2020066188W WO 2020254182 A1 WO2020254182 A1 WO 2020254182A1
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Rebar Abdullah M. SADEEQ
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    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
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  • the invention relates to a thinking and imagining device for better thinking, expanded imagination and the enhancement of intellectual skills.
  • the thinking and imagining device enables, in particular, visual and / or audio-visual digital content to be displayed on a tablet and / or smartphone in such a way that it can be detected with a sense of touch.
  • Braille also called braille or braille
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to eliminate the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a device which displays digital content displayed visually and / or aurally on a tablet and / or smartphone in such a way that it can be detected with a sense of touch so that the Learning content is simplified or supported and / or people with a
  • Visually impaired can record information values on a tablet / smartphone.
  • the invention relates to a thinking and
  • Imagination device / tablet for learning and training, especially for deep thinking, expanding imagination and strengthening the thinking skills of users and practitioners, preferably children and adults as well as people with special needs (disabled people), characterized in that the thinking and imagining device consists of two Parts that complement each other, with the front part is a visual screen for viewing, suggesting topics and questions as well as entering the answers; and the rear hidden part is for users who can solve the tasks of the device by touching and feeling.
  • the thinking and imagining device / tablet is characterized in that the thinking and imagining device consists of two parts, the front part being a visual screen.
  • the thinking and imagining device / tablet is characterized in that the visual screen is set up to be seen by a user, to suggest topics and questions and to act as an input means for a user's answers, the rear part being for a user concealed and set up for this is the release of the visual screen
  • the inventive concept includes
  • Presentation device / tablet prefers a front and a back.
  • the front side is preferably the side that faces a user while the user is holding the device according to the invention in one or both hands.
  • the back of the thinking and imagining device / tablet is accordingly the side facing away from the user and is concealed from a user or not visible when the device is being operated.
  • the surface of the concealed side can preferably be changed so that it can be adapted to the respective information on the visual screen.
  • the visual sense of a user is claimed by the front screen and, on the other hand, the sense of touch by the invisible part of the device.
  • the device can be suitable for converting (translating) and / or reproducing the information content of the visual screen into a haptic or tactile representation on the rear part of the device, so that the visual screen information (or parts thereof), etc. can be recorded by users who have a reduced
  • information can also be generated in a haptic or tactile representation on the rear part of the device, which goes beyond the information content of the visual screen.
  • sounds can be converted into a haptic or tactile representation on the rear part of the device.
  • a defined tactile pattern can stand for a specific tone.
  • answers to a question can also be felt so that the information content can be felt
  • Patterns / characters or the like acts in addition to the screen information.
  • the thinking and imagining device / tablet according to the invention enables a large number of new interactive application possibilities compared to devices (for example smartphones / tablets) from the prior art.
  • a device according to the invention improve or train the memory of a user. It is known - as already discussed in this document - that the human brain can remember new content (e.g. when learning a foreign language) better if a second sense, for example the sense of touch, is used at the same time.
  • the visual screen is preferably a conventional screen that is used in smartphones, preferably a capacitive touch screen.
  • Such touchscreens include in particular at least one active circuit, which is preferably referred to as a touch controller, which can be connected to a structure of electrodes.
  • this electrode structure is preferably also referred to as an “electrode grid”. This can be, for example, transmitting and receiving electrodes, which can be arranged in a particularly preferred arrangement in column and row form, i.e. in particular form nodes or intersections at which at least one transmitting and one receiving electrode meet
  • crossing transmission and reception electrodes are preferably aligned with one another in the area of the nodes in such a way that they essentially enclose a 90 ° angle with one another.
  • An electrostatic field which reacts sensitively to changes or capacitive interactions, is preferably formed between the transmitting and receiving electrodes of the touchscreen. These changes can be brought about, for example, by touching the surface of the touchscreen with a finger, a conductive object and / or an electrically conductive structure. Capacitive interaction, for example a discharge of charges to the finger or a conductive object, leads in particular to local
  • Receiving electrodes is locally reduced. Such a change in the
  • Potential relationships are preferably detected and further processed by the electronics of the touch controller. In a further preferred embodiment, this is thought and
  • Presentation device / tablet characterized in that the rear part of the thinking and presentation device / tablet comprises movable buttons (protrusions) that form a prominent shape that depicts a question or the like, the solution being found by touching with the fingers is then also found on the front screen.
  • the movable buttons according to the invention advantageously enable information to be displayed.
  • these buttons are designed in such a way that they are movable and can each be set in at least two positions. In a first indented one
  • buttons which are arranged in a first or second position
  • buttons can be used on the one hand for displaying and on the other hand for receiving information.
  • a button or several buttons
  • Presentation device / tablet capture a signal and process it as input from a user.
  • buttons comprise a sensor, as a result of which signals by touching the buttons are recorded as input for solutions to tasks by the tablet.
  • Presentation device / tablet characterized in that the rear hidden part is a haptic and / or tactile display. Basically, a distinction can be made between a tactile and a haptic output of information, whereby this can be recorded by the sense of touch via the hands of a user.
  • Tactile perception refers to the absorption of stimuli that affect the
  • Hand / hands act. Haptic perception refers to taking in Stimuli that arise from actively touching things with the hand / hands. In other words, tactile means “to be touched” and haptic means “to touch”. In contrast, passive perception of mechanical stimuli is called tactile perception.
  • Such displays can preferably be used in order to reproduce information supplementing the information content of the visual screen and / or the information content of the visual screen and / or also a sound signal in a tactile representation.
  • a tactile display can fulfill its purpose in a very small configuration. For example, it would be sufficient if a button is moved rhythmically (for example Morse code) from a first to a second position and a force acts on the hand of a user.
  • User interfaces for visually impaired users in particular
  • displayed on a visual screen can be of two main types
  • a preferred haptic display covers both areas in order to be able to dispense with the use of additional devices such as a conventional Braille display. Textures, contours and global shapes are the most important properties for displaying graphics. Braille is the most effective way of conveying textual information about the sense of touch for blind people.
  • it can be a mixed form of tactile and haptic display, so that some areas have to be actively felt by a finger and / or a hand of a user and other areas exert a force on the hand and / or fingers.
  • Presentation device / tablet characterized in that the movable buttons (projections) are designed as plungers, which are connected to piezo elements and / or polymer actuators.
  • the movable buttons are designed as plungers, which are connected to piezo elements and / or polymer actuators.
  • Piezo elements and polymer actuators are sufficiently known from the prior art, so that the procurement of these Displays elements in a simplified manner and the functionality has also been tested.
  • the thinking and imagining device / tablet according to the invention therefore advantageously has only a low susceptibility to errors.
  • buttons are designed spherically.
  • Spherical buttons are particularly advantageously robust, since no bending moment can act on them, which could, for example, kink the plunger. In addition, they do not have any sharp edges that could injure the user.
  • buttons (protrusions) or plungers have a geometric body shape, selected from the group: cube, cuboid, prism, sphere, cylinder.
  • the mobility of the buttons or plungers or balls is based on the piezoelectric effect of specially drawn crystals, which bend when an electrical voltage is applied and thus a plunger or ball (which lie on the piezo element or are connected) as Let the point protrude from a surface, electronically controlled in order to build up the characters, for example in Braille or similar scannable information content.
  • the users can feel the characters with their fingertips and / or fland surfaces.
  • piezo crystals instead of piezo crystals
  • EAP electroactive polymers
  • Polymer actuators are polymers that change their shape when an electrical voltage is applied. Polymer actuators can advantageously achieve high elongation. Furthermore, the polymers have a low density (leads to a low weight) and free formability.
  • buttons designed in this way can be moved from a first to a second position within milliseconds. This enables information values of the visual screen to be displayed simultaneously.
  • the plungers can also be attached to mechanical, electromechanical, pneumatic actuators, which control the movement of the individual buttons or plungers or balls from a first to a second position.
  • the buttons (projections) have an electric drive (electric motor or also electromechanical actuator) which controls the buttons in a defined position.
  • Presentation device / tablet characterized in that the haptic and / or tactile display has a plunger matrix.
  • a plunger matrix makes it possible
  • tactile patterns, symbols, characters, graphics and / or different types of writing can be generated by the interaction of several plungers.
  • the thinking and imagining device / tablet is set up to control each individual ram of the matrix individually.
  • a plunger matrix is preferably designed over a large area over the back of the thinking and imagining device / tablet, so that, similar to individual pixels in a visual image, they define individual display information in a tactile pattern / characters through their positioning (extended or retracted).
  • the plunger matrix preferably comprises 1x1 to 1000x1000 plungers, more preferably 50x50 to 500x500 plungers, and in particular 80x80 to 200x200 plungers.
  • the matrix is not necessarily designed to be square.
  • the matrix can also have a rectangular configuration, for example.
  • a plunger matrix can also be a plunger field.
  • Variants of the tappet field are possible so that it has a design selected from of the group: round, oval, triangular, pentagonal and any other polygons.
  • the plungers of the field are arranged in such a way that in particular the outermost plungers have the described geometric shapes in an imaginary connecting line and define the shape contour of the field. All shape combinations and variants imaginable to the person skilled in the art can be described by a plunger field.
  • Embodiments depending on the total size of the area of the rear of the device and the number of plungers results from the size and arrangement of the plungers to one another.
  • the matrix defines the resolution of the tactile or haptic display on the back.
  • the tappet has a tappet diameter of 0.5 to 50 mm, more preferably 0.7 to 5 mm and in particular 1 to 2 mm.
  • the plungers have a diameter of 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1, 0, 1, 5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5 , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22,
  • Embodiments are the ram sizes in the range from 0.5 to 5 mm
  • Diameter and can be felt particularly advantageously with a fingertip of a user, so that a user can feel each individual plunger individually.
  • the tappets have a
  • the plungers are arranged in the matrix in rows and columns arranged at right angles to one another, each plunger preferably being at a uniform distance from the adjacent plungers in its row and preferably its column.
  • the rams are arranged in adjacent parallel rows, so that each ram with the closest ram of the adjacent row lies in a column which is perpendicular to the adjacent parallel rows.
  • the tappets are arranged in mutually offset parallel rows, so that each tappet with the closest tappet of the adjacent row lies in a column that is at an angle of less than 90 ° to the
  • the plungers are arranged in mutually offset parallel rows so that each plunger with the closest plunger of the
  • next but one row is in a column that is perpendicular to the adjacent parallel rows.
  • Such embodiments with offset rows of tappets are particularly advantageous for the representation of round or rounded contours.
  • the distance between the tappets of a row or column corresponds approximately to the diameter of the tappet.
  • this is the stroke height with which the ram can be moved from a first to a second position, preferably 0.3 to 8 mm, more preferably 0.5-5 mm and particularly preferably 0.7 mm to 3 mm .
  • the tappets are also able to be controlled into a third, fourth, fifth and / or sixth position. These positions are preferably between the first and second positions, which reflect the lifting height.
  • the individual plungers (buttons) of the matrix can preferably be moved individually to a precise position, so that the
  • Positions in which a button or a plunger can be brought depends on the lifting height. With a lifting height of 3 millimeters, the ram can be moved into 3 different positions. With a lifting height of 8 mm, see 8 different positions. Other gradations of the lifting height are possible, as is apparent to the person skilled in the art.
  • Presentation device / tablet characterized in that the haptic and / or tactile display is configured to enable graphic outputs and text outputs.
  • the text output can preferably be displayed in Braille or in any other font. Because the rear part of the thinking and imagining device / tablet is designed as a tactile and / or haptic display with a plunger matrix, all text-based
  • Characters can be shown palpably for a user. For example too
  • the level of detail of the tactile graphic output depends on the ram matrix. The larger the ram matrix, the higher the possible level of detail, so that even more sophisticated geometries can be represented with a very large matrix.
  • Presentation device / tablet characterized in that the haptic and / or tactile display is configured to display information values of the visual screen simultaneously, so that the information values displayed can be continuously changed corresponding to the visual screen.
  • the simultaneous display advantageously enables current information values on the visual screen for, for example, people who suffer from poor eyesight or who are unable to read textual content because they suffer from dyslexia, to be grasped in a different display form via the sense of touch do.
  • Presentation device / tablet characterized in that the haptic and / or tactile display is configured to function as an operating / input means for a user.
  • this embodiment advantageously enables people without visual capabilities to operate the thinking and imagining device / tablet.
  • different buttons or plungers can be provided with pressure sensors, whereby these can be configured separately or the pressure can be detected via the piezo elements or polymer actuators. The pressure can accordingly be converted into an electrical signal, which in turn acts as an input signal for the thinking and imagining device / tablet.
  • the thinking and imagining device / tablet according to the invention is characterized in that the device has a
  • a screen reader is preferably an application or a computer program product which evaluates and analyzes the information content of the visual screen.
  • the screen reader is preferably installed on the thinking and imagining device / tablet. Based on the evaluated data, an output signal is sent to the tactile and / or haptic display, whereby the individual plungers of the matrix are controlled into a defined position, which a user recognizes as a pattern / character / symbol and / or the like.
  • the thinking and imagining device / tablet is characterized in that the haptic and / or tactile display is attached to a conventional smartphone and / or tablet and interacts with it via existing interfaces in the hardware and software.
  • Existing smartphone / tablet hardware solutions can therefore be expanded in a simple manner with a haptic and / or tactile display, so that this can be used as an inventive thinking and
  • Presentation device / tablet can act.
  • Exercises are accompanied by the touchable buttons in the rear part and thus not only the conventional senses, such as only visual stimuli, as with conventional devices, are used. In a further preferred embodiment, this is thought and
  • the formation and appearance of shapes on the back are controlled by downloaded / using programs and the internal electromechanical mechanisms.
  • the applications can include various question and answer programs, puzzles, games, exams, etc.
  • the questions can be based on age, target groups, response time, etc. Criteria are developed.
  • the invention is used to improve mental abilities, thinking skills and the
  • the invention can be used by all people of all ages: people who need it, students, those who want to train their thinking, the mentally handicapped, those who strengthen the nervous system, and those suffering from brain damage.
  • the invention aids in developing the by practicing the applications
  • Invention can be achieved by adding speech sounds and more electronic ones
  • the thinking and imagining device / tablet according to the invention can be manufactured in different sizes and types.
  • the invention can be simplified in its electromechanical mechanism and design.
  • cards can be used for the buttons and visual forms, which are programmed according to the question, instead of the rear electromechanical part.
  • Figure 1 shows a front view of an inventive thinking
  • Figure 2 shows a rear view of an inventive thinking
  • Figure 3 shows a side view of an inventive thinking
  • FIG. 4 shows the highlighted and non-highlighted buttons (projections) in the rear part of the invention in a rear and a side view of a thinking and imagining device according to the invention.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a front view 1 of a preferred thinking
  • the front side preferably comprises a capacitive one
  • Touchscreen 5 which extends over a large part of the front.
  • the front side also has a border designed uniformly around the capacitive touchscreen.
  • an ON and OFF button 2 on one side of the thinking and imagining device there is an ON and OFF button 2, a headphone connection 3 and a power connection 4.
  • FIG. 2 shows a rear side 6 of a preferred thinking and imagining device. On the side are an on and off button 2, a headphone connection 3 and a
  • Power connection 4 arranged in front. Furthermore, the rear side has a plunger matrix 10, comprising 17 ⁇ 27 plungers 7.
  • the plungers 7 can on the one hand convey haptic and / or tactile information values to a user.
  • Figure 3 shows a side view of an inventive thinking
  • Imagination device In particular, the ON and OFF button 2, headphone connection 3 and a power connection 4 are arranged on this side.
  • the individual tappets 7 can also be seen, these being configured in an extended position.
  • buttons 9 in the rear part 6 of the invention in a rear and a side view of a thinking and imagining device according to the invention.
  • the plunger matrix 10 has due to the arrangement of the buttons (plunger) 7 a

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L'invention concerne un appareil de réflexion et d'imagination servant à l'amélioration de l'apprentissage, à l'expansion de la capacité d'imagination et au renforcement de la capacité de réflexion chez les utilisateurs et étudiants ainsi que chez les personnes à besoins particuliers (handicapés), caractérisé en ce que l'appareil de réflexion et d'imagination est constitué de deux parties qui se complètent l'une l'autre, la partie avant étant un écran visuel destiné à la vision, à la suggestion de thèmes et de questions ainsi qu'à l'entrée des réponses et la partie arrière couverte étant destinée aux utilisateurs qui peuvent résoudre les problèmes de l'appareil de façon tactile et sensorielle. Selon divers modes de réalisation, la partie arrière comprend des boutons mobiles qui créent une forme en relief, les boutons affichant une question ou un élément similaire, la solution étant affichée par le toucher au moyen des doigts et étant ensuite aussi reproduite sur la partie avant.
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