Embosser Using Polymer Roller for Production of Improved Braille and Tactile Grap

使用聚合物辊生产改进的盲文和触觉抓握器的压花机

• 批准号: 8394738
• 负责人: JOHN A GARDNER
• 金额: $ 40.45万
• 依托单位: VIEWPLUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8394738
• 关键词: Build-it; Caliber; Cells; Child; Color; Computer software; Computers; Congresses; Country; Development; Education; Electronics; Engineering; Fire - disasters; Height; Ink; Japan; Lead; Legal patent; Libraries; Library Services; Marketing; Mathematics; Mental Health; Metals; Mission; Modeling; National Eye Institute; Oregon; Paper; Phase; Physically Handicapped; Polymers; Price; Printing; Production; Professional Education; Quality of life; Research; Research Project Grants; Resolution; Science; Shapes; Speed; Surface; System; Tactile; Technology; Testing; Thioguanine; Translations; Universities; Vision; Visual impairment; Visually Impaired Persons; Work; base; blind; braille; cost; design; improved; meetings; new technology; peer; print disabilities; prototype

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The specific aim of this proposal is to develop and implement a new type of technology for production of braille and tactile graphics that uses a system in which metal punch pins fire into a smooth polymer-coated shaft rather than into a machined metal die as with most current embossing technologies. The successful completion of this project will yield a new braille and tactile graphics embosser that utilizes a polymer roller based embossing system and prints full color ink on cut sheet paper up to A3/tabloid size. This new embosser will allow embossing anywhere on a page, permitting braille that meets specific national standards and smoother, more continuous graphics to be created together on the same page with full color print. The development of the new embosser will begin with finalization of the polymer roller design, if this is not accomplished prior to the end of the Phase I research, and selection of metal punch pins sized and shaped to produce the best quality dots. Next the embosser hardware and electronics will be developed, followed by the firmware and drivers necessary to control the hardware to emboss graphics and braille where desired along the smooth surface of the polymer roller. After this development is complete, braille translation and graphics editing software will be optimized for the new embossing system. The technical advancements implemented in the new embosser will improve and speed up access to graphical information by the visually impaired, providing a great benefit, especially to those studying or working in technical fields such as science, mathematics and engineering. The new embosser utilizing the polymer roller based embossing system will also be up to 20% cheaper to manufacture than a similar model based on the current technology, permitting better embossers to be sold at a lower price, allowing more customers to purchase them. This will lead to more people with visual impairments getting better access to tactile materials they need for education, in their professions and in their daily lives, which certainly has the potential to improve their mental health and quality of life. Mental health and quality of life issues for blind people are pat of the mission of the National Eye Institute. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal is relevant to the mission of the National Eye Institute because it is expected to lead to faster and more widespread availability of braille and high resolution tactile graphics to the visually impaired. This could open up more avenues of study for those with visual impairments, especially in technical fields like science and mathematics that require the frequent use of graphics, and have a highly beneficial effect on education, professional opportunities, mental health and quality of life of blind people. Mental health and quality of life issues for blind people are part of the mission of the National Eye Institute.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案的具体目标是开发和实施一种用于生产盲文和触觉图形的新型技术，该技术使用一种系统，其中金属冲头冲入光滑的聚合物涂层轴，而不是像大多数当前的压花技术那样冲入机加工的金属模具。该项目的成功完成将产生一种新型盲文和触觉图形压花机，该压花机采用基于聚合物辊的压花系统，并在最大 A3/小报尺寸的单页纸上打印全彩墨水。这种新型压花机将允许在页面上的任何位置进行压花，从而可以在同一页面上通过全彩打印来创建符合特定国家标准的盲文和更平滑、更连续的图形。如果在第一阶段研究结束之前没有完成的话，新型压花机的开发将从最终确定聚合物辊设计开始，并选择尺寸和形状可产生最佳质量网点的金属冲头。接下来将开发压花机硬件和电子设备，然后是控制硬件所需的固件和驱动程序，以便沿着聚合物辊的光滑表面在需要的地方压花图形和盲文。开发完成后，盲文翻译和图形编辑软件将针对新的浮雕系统进行优化。新型压花机所实现的技术进步将改善并加快视障人士对图形信息的访问，特别是对于那些在科学、数学和工程等技术领域学习或工作的人来说，带来了巨大的好处。采用基于聚合物辊的压花系统的新型压花机的制造成本也将比基于当前技术的类似型号便宜20%，从而使更好的压花机能够以更低的价格出售，从而让更多的客户能够购买它们。这将使更多有视力障碍的人能够更好地获得他们在教育、职业和日常生活中所需的触觉材料，这当然有可能改善他们的心理健康和生活质量。盲人的心理健康和生活质量问题是国家眼科研究所的使命之一。 公共健康相关性：该提案与国家眼科研究所的使命相关，因为它有望为视障人士更快、更广泛地提供盲文和高分辨率触觉图形。这可以为视力障碍者开辟更多的学习途径，特别是在科学和数学等需要经常使用图形的技术领域，并对盲人的教育、职业机会、心理健康和生活质量产生非常有益的影响。盲人的心理健康和生活质量问题是国家眼科研究所使命的一部分。