technology to assist vision impaired people

Developed a word processor for Braille documents, a digital library for Braille documents an app for improving accessibility of streaming devices Netscape browser plug-in that converts text to speech and a suitcase that allows visually impaired people to navigate in a crowded or changing environment

Computer methods & program for effectively notifying others of problems concerning accessibility in content; Voice output device file selection device telephone set & program & recording medium of same; Data editing for improving readability of a display; Method device & computer program for mapping moving direction by sounds; Content creation system content creation method computer executable program for executing the same content creation method computer readable storage medium having stored the same program graphical user interface system & display control method; Method for obtaining accessibility information computer program & accessibility information device; common input/output interface for application program; Information processing for creating a document digest; Content creation graphical user interface system & display; Method program & device for analyzing document structure; Information processing for creating a document digest; Processing structured/hierarchical content

Category:
Computer Science

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
9792834;9349302;9262386;8589067;8494860;8438470;8244541;8132099;7913191;7890883;7877260;7698627;7600185;7502995;7403897;7246041;7225397;7197462;7058695;6985147;6205427

Co-Inventor:
Shinya Kawanaka; Daisuke Sato; Hironobu Takagi; Tohru Ifukube; Shuichi Ino; Kentaro Fukuda; Junji Maeda; Hidemasa Muta; Susumu Harada; Hisashi Miyashita; Tatsuya Ishihara; Hiroshi Nomiyama