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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregg C. Vanderheiden, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/794 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/794 ;
Abstract
A touch screen system for the vision-impaired provides a speed list in which each of the virtual buttons on a screen are duplicated in a line along one edge of the screen to provide rapid access to the virtual buttons while taking advantage of their logical grouping among multiple screens to assist both vision-impaired and fill-sighted individuals.