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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ermyas Abebe, Carlton, AU;
Alessio Bonti, Carlton, AU;
Adam H. E. Eberbach, Surrey Hills, AU;
Peter Ilfrich, Fitzroy, AU;
Nicholas I. Waywood, Melbourne, AU;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A hybrid keyboard and associated systems and methods. A disclosed hybrid keyboard includes a set of interactive keys, each having an integrated refreshable braille display, wherein each interactive key includes a momentary switch for detecting a keystroke and includes a actuator system for selectively extending pins through a surface of the interactive key; and a keyboard controller that includes a keystroke input handler for receiving and processing signals associated with detected keystrokes and includes a braille display handler that processes received messages and transmits message signals to selected interactive keys to output braille characters.