SBIR Phase I: Tactile Graphic Array

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将利用研究团队在电子盲文显示器方面的经验，将其优势扩展到触觉图形显示器，以大幅提高其便携性并降低其成本。 C.A.Technology对形状记忆致动器进行了广泛的实验，并打算测试基于该技术的低轮廓触觉阵列的可行性。 在研究计划的第一部分中，将测试我们的美国专利申请中描述的单点触觉模块的可行性。在第二部分中，将测试阵列的可行性，该阵列包括多个单点模块插入到基础母板中，这些触觉阵列可以容易地实现到广泛的电子数据采集和处理设备中，特别是便携式设备：笔记本或袖珍计算机、数码相机、手机。 通过消除限制当前电子触觉显示器市场渗透的成本和尺寸因素，这项新技术将使更多的盲人和非盲人能够使用，并显着改善他们的就业机会。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will draw on the research team's experience with electronic Braille Displays to extend their benefits to Tactile Graphic Displays seeking to considerably increase their portability and decrease their cost. C.A.Technology has performed extensive experiments on Shape Memory actuators and intends to test the feasibility of low profile Tactile Arrays based on this technology. In the first part of the research program, the feasibility of a single dot tactile module as described in our US Patent Application will be tested. In the second part, the feasibility of an Array comprising a plurality of single dot modules plugged into a base motherboard will be tested.These Tactile Arrays could be easily implemented into a wide range of electronic data acquisition and processing devices, particularly portable devices: notebook or pocket computers, digital cameras, cell phones. By removing the cost and size factors which have limited the market penetration of current electronic Tactile Displays, this new technology will be accessible to many more blind and deaf-blind individuals and significantly improve their employment opportunities.