SBIR Phase I: Technology for displaying computerized refreshable graphics for the vision impaired

SBIR 第一阶段：为视力受损者显示计算机化可刷新图形的技术

• 批准号: 1912959
• 负责人: Doug Cohen
• 金额: $ 22.44万
• 依托单位: BEACON STREET INNOVATIONS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1912959&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Technology; displaying; computerized

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovations Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be to improve access to digital content by the vision impaired community. This access will improve the quality of life for the vision impaired as well as improve the probability of employment. Multiple studies have shown a connection between Braille literacy and employment rates. Creating a tactile display not only improves access to digital media through braille usage, but also allows several new paths to interact with digital content, including through maps, vertical math and graphical images currently not accessible with existing devices. Our research into a new cell creates a basic building block for new graphical tactile displays. The proposed project targets the problem of creating a low cost and refreshable tactile display cell for the use by the vision impaired. The objective is to design, fabricate and test a series of tactile display cells and then perform a merit evaluation for both usability by the vision impaired and for scaling into low cost production. This research will draw on technology under development for computer display Braille cells, and then modify these designs for use in tactile displays. Samples will be produced based on multiple designs and evaluated for technical and economic merit. The end goal will be to demonstrate tactile display cells which are practical for use by vision impaired, allowing access to graphical information via digital media for the first time.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛影响将是改善视障社区对数字内容的访问。这一机会将改善视力受损者的生活质量，并提高就业的可能性。多项研究表明，盲文识字率和就业率之间存在联系。创建触觉显示器不仅可以通过使用盲文来改善对数字媒体的访问，还可以通过几种新的途径与数字内容进行交互，包括通过地图，垂直数学和目前无法使用现有设备访问的图形图像。我们对一种新细胞的研究为新的图形触觉显示器创建了一个基本的构建块。建议的项目旨在为视障人士提供一个低成本和可更新的触觉显示单元。我们的目标是设计，制造和测试一系列的触觉显示单元，然后进行一个优点评估的可用性由视力受损和缩放到低成本的生产。 这项研究将利用正在开发的计算机显示盲文单元的技术，然后修改这些设计用于触觉显示。将根据多种设计生产样品，并对其技术和经济价值进行评估。最终目标将是展示触觉显示单元，这是实用的视力受损，允许通过数字媒体访问图形信息的第一次。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得支持的评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。