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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
J. Bern Jordan, Madison, WI (US);
David P. Kelso, Madison, WI (US);
Gregg C. Vanderheiden, Madison, WI (US);
J. Bern Jordan, Madison, WI (US);
David P. Kelso, Madison, WI (US);
Gregg C. Vanderheiden, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
An interface system that allows for tactile manipulation of a touch screen for people with disabilities and which provides appropriate tactile marking for the action they wish to carry out and that may afford a sensation that a button is being pressed to a user, is provided. The system includes a touch screen and a tactile button assembly that extends over at least a portion of the touch screen. The tactile button assembly includes tactile buttons with tactile indicia that can be felt by a user. The tactile buttons are arranged with respect to the touch screen so that when a tactile button is pressed by a user, a contact end of the tactile button contacts a button on the touch screen to perform a predetermined task associated with pressing such button on the touch screen.