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: 8529538
• 负责人: JOHN A GARDNER
• 金额: $ 59.55万
• 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 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8529538
• 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; public health relevance

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.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案的具体目的是开发和实施一种新型的技术，用于生产盲文和触觉图形，该技术使用了一个系统，其中金属打孔销将其射向光滑的聚合物涂层轴，而不是与大多数当前浮雕技术一样。该项目的成功完成将产生一种新的盲文和触觉图形，它利用了基于聚合物的压花系统，并在剪切纸上打印全彩色墨水，最高为A3/小报尺寸。这种新的压力器将允许在页面上的任何地方进行压花，从而允许符合特定的国家标准的盲文，并且可以通过全彩色打印在同一页面上共同创建更加连续的图形。如果在I期研究结束之前未完成，并且选择金属打孔销尺寸和形状以生成最佳的质量点，则新压力器的开发将从最终确定聚合物辊设计的最终确定。接下来，将开发压花的硬件和电子设备，然后是控制硬件以饰有图形和盲文所需的固件和驱动程序，并沿着聚合物辊的光滑表面进行期望。完成此开发后，将针对新的压花系统优化盲文翻译和图形编辑软件。新压力器中实施的技术进步将通过视觉障碍改善并加快对图形信息的访问，从而为在科学，数学和工程等技术领域学习或工作的人提供了巨大的好处。使用基于聚合物辊的压力系统的新压力器也将比基于当前技术的类似型号便宜20％，从而使更好的浮雕以较低的价格出售，从而使更多的客户可以购买它们。这将导致更多有视觉障碍的人获得更好的教育，专业和日常生活所需的触觉材料，这当然有可能改善其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。