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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
Hart Intercivic Inc., Austin, TX (US);
James M. Canter, Austin, TX (US);
Drew E. Tinney, Austin, TX (US);
Hart InterCivic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A voting system provides haptic feedback to a visually impaired voter to guide the voter. The haptic feedback may include vibration. The vibration may provide guidance by vibrating tactile written instructions, such as braille. The vibration may also provide guidance to the voter via the location of the vibration. A particular tactile instruction may be selectively highlighted at the appropriate time in the voting process and/or appropriate location on the voting device. In this manner, haptic guidance and cues are provided to a visually impaired voter. In one embodiment, the haptic feedback is provided by vibrating a relevant braille instruction at the relevant time during the voting process. In this manner touch sense guidance and cues are provided to a voter to emphasize what braille instructions are currently relevant to a voter and/or the location of such relevance.