MUMBAI, India, Aug. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621076298 A) filed by Ies University Bhopal; and Ies College Of Technology Bhopal on June 19, 2026, for Braille Display Device For Visually Impaired Users.
Inventors include Dr. Manmohan Singh; Akhilesh Dwivedi; Jamvant Omkar; Nishesh Nigam; Yogendra Thakur; Manoj Chopra; Dr. Amit Kumar; Vaishnavi Agrawal; Neelesh Vishwakarma; and Sandeep Pandey.
The application for the patent was published on August 07, 2026, under issue no. 32/2026.
Abstract: A braille display device for visually impaired users, comprising a flat body 101 having a Braille display surface 102, a plurality of 6-dot Braille cells each consisting of pins 103 disposed in cylindrical slots 104, a rack-and-pinion arrangement 105 to actuate pin 103 through slot 104, a scanning unit 106 comprises of an array of cameras works in collaboration with OCR module for detection and conversion of printed text into Braille characters, an Braille character database assist in converting detected text into Braille dot patterns by actuate each rack-and-pinion arrangement 105 accordingly, a language translation module for translating captured character data into user language based on voice input received through audio interface 107 to mapped into corresponding Braille dot pattern for pin 103 activation, a mode-switching knob 108 for manual toggling between Braille mode and partial blindness visual mode that display detected characters via a display unit 109.
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