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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Applicant:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Siegfried W. Janson, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/06 (2006.01); H01L 35/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); H01L 35/02 (2013.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal display module configured to create a thermal pattern discerned by a visually impaired user to determine his or her surroundings. The thermal display module includes a plurality of thermoelectric modules, each of which are configured to cool or heat a pixel plate in close proximity to a user's skin. The cooling or heating of each of the thermoelectric modules create the thermal pattern discernable by the user.