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Primary Examiner: Grieb, William H.
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Attorney: Dowell & Dowell

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Title: Digital segment display to braille converter

Abstract: A converter having an electro-optical sensing head for viewing an alpha-numeric light emitting display, generally of the type having multiple segments selectively energized to display different characters, the converter including decoder means for accepting from the head information as to which segments are illuminated and delivering an output signal representing the character presently being displayed, the converter having a Braille presentation including dot and bar means which can be raised to represent said character but in Braille form, and the converter including electrical circuit means operative in response to one of said output signals to actuate appropriate dot and bar means in the Braille presentation.

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Inventors: Engler, Theodore T.

Application Number: 648991
Filing Date: 1976-01-14
Publication_date: 1977-07-05
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Primary Class(es): 434/114 340/407.1
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US Patent Ref:

2907833	Oct, 1959	Mauch	35/35.
3045364	Jul, 1962	Surber	35/35.
3175038	Mar, 1965	Mauch	35/35.
3229387	Jan, 1966	Linvill	35/35.
3230644	Jan, 1966	Irazoqui	35/35.
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Other Refs: Other References: IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 17, No. 8, Jan. 1975, pp. 2471-2472.