Blind person input support and electronic equipment

By designing an input bracket for the blind, utilizing the structure of hollow areas and positioning blocks, the problem of inconvenient input for blind people on touch screen devices is solved, enabling accurate and convenient button operation.

CN223526752UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-07FUJIAN LANDI COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422828695.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-20
Publication Date
2025-11-07
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-20

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Technical Problem

Existing input brackets for the blind suffer from inconvenience and are prone to errors, especially on touchscreen POS products, where accurate operation is difficult.

Method used

Design a visual input bracket for the blind, including a bracket, a first positioning block, a second positioning block, and a hollow area. The bracket is attached to the keypad of an electronic device, with the keys exposed in the hollow area. The positioning blocks are marked with key positions and tactile embossing. The bracket is detachably connected to the device via a snap-fit ​​mechanism to help the blind quickly locate the keys.

Benefits of technology

The design of the hollowed-out area and positioning blocks reduces the span required to find the keys, and the marking of the keys and the tactile embossing help blind people to locate the keys accurately, thus improving the accuracy and convenience of input.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic equipment input auxiliary tools for blind people, in particular to an input support for blind people and electronic equipment, which comprises the electronic equipment and a support, the support is provided with a touch surface, the support is attached to a key screen of the electronic equipment, a hollow area is arranged on the touch surface of the support, and the touch surface of the support is provided with a touch screen. A hollowed-out area is arranged on the support, number keys on the key screen are exposed in the hollowed-out area, and identification key positions are arranged on the touch face of the support and distributed on the two side edges of the hollowed-out area. According to the utility model, the blind can accurately operate on the key screen of the payment equipment.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to blind person electronic equipment input auxiliary tool technical field especially, relates to a blind person input support and electronic equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the continuous development of POS and other payment devices, there are many touch screen POS products. Moreover, in order to facilitate blind people to use POS machine when paying, auxiliary support needs to be designed for blind people. The input support of the related art has the problems of inconvenient input and easy input error. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0003] The utility model solves the technical problems that provide a blind person input support and electronic equipment to facilitate the accurate and convenient input of blind people.

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problem, the utility model adopts a technical scheme, a blind person input support is used for being installed on electronic equipment, including support, first positioning block, hollow area and second positioning block are arranged on the support, the hollow area is located in the middle of the first positioning block and the second positioning block, is used for matching with the key on the electronic equipment, and the first positioning block and the second positioning block are used to realize the positioning of the key of the electronic equipment.

[0005] Further, the first positioning block and the second positioning block are provided with mark key positions, and the mark key positions are distributed on the two side edges of the hollow area.

[0006] Further, the first positioning block and the second positioning block are connected by a connecting strip.

[0007] Further, the above-mentioned blind person input support further includes a buckle part, the buckle part is connected with the first positioning block or the second positioning block, and the buckle part is used for detachable connection with the electronic equipment.

[0008] Further, the connecting strip includes a splicing male head and a splicing female head that are mutually clamped.

[0009] Further, the first positioning block and the second positioning block are not connected and are installed on the electronic equipment.

[0010] Further, the above-mentioned blind person input support further includes a buckle part, the first positioning block is provided with a buckle part at one end away from the second positioning block, the second positioning block is provided with a buckle part at one end away from the first positioning block, and the buckle part is used for detachable connection with the electronic equipment.

[0011] Further, the first positioning block or the second positioning block is provided with a blind point embossing, and the blind point embossing is located at one side edge of the hollow area.

[0012] Further, the blind spot embossing is strip-shaped or hemispherical or arrow-shaped.

[0013] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts another technical scheme:

[0014] An electronic device comprises the blind person input support in the technical scheme, the support is attached to the key screen of the electronic device, and the keys on the key screen are exposed to the hollowed-out area.

[0015] The utility model discloses the beneficial effect lies in: the support is attached to the key screen of electronic device, and make the key on the key screen expose to the hollowed-out area, and blind person can quickly position the key on the electronic device through the first locating block and the second locating block, and the hollowed-out area is located in the intermediate position of the first locating block and the second locating block, can reduce the span of key search to facilitate blind person to operate on the electronic device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 The utility model proposes a kind of structure diagram of blind person input support Figure One ;

[0017] Figure 2 The utility model proposes a kind of structure diagram of blind person input support Figure Two ;

[0018] Figure 3 The utility model proposes a kind of structure diagram of blind person input support Figure Three ;

[0019] Figure 4 The utility model proposes a kind of schematic of the key screen of electronic device is attached to blind person input support Figure One ;

[0020] Figure 5 The utility model proposes a kind of schematic of the key screen of electronic device is attached to blind person input support Figure Two ;

[0021] Figure 6 The utility model proposes a kind of schematic of the key screen of electronic device is attached to blind person input support Figure Three ;

[0022] Figure 7 The utility model proposes a kind of schematic of the key screen of electronic device is attached to blind person input support Figure Four ;

[0023] Figure 8 The utility model proposes a kind of structure diagram of connecting strip of blind person input support;

[0024] Explanation of reference numerals:

[0025] 1, support; 11, hollow area; 12, identification key position; 13, first positioning block; 14, second positioning block; 15, blind point embossing; 2, buckle part; 3, connecting strip; 31, splicing male head; 32, splicing female head; 4, key screen. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] In order to explain the technical content, the purposes and effects of the present application in detail, the following will be described in combination with the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

[0027] The input support of the related art has the problems of inconvenient input and easy input error. For example, in the actual use process, the distance interval of each number is large, such as input 1 and 6, since the horizontal span between 1 and 6 is large, the blind finger movement is easy to misalign, and thus the operation cannot be accurately performed, causing use difficulty.

[0028] In order to solve the above problems, the present application discloses the following technical scheme.

[0029] Please refer to Figures 1 to 3 The present application discloses a blind input support, which comprises a support 1, wherein the support 1 is provided with a first positioning block 13, a hollow area 11 and a second positioning block 14, the hollow area 11 is located in the middle of the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14, and is used for matching with the keys on the electronic device, and the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 are used for realizing the positioning of the keys of the electronic device.

[0030] Among them, the keys of the electronic device can be touch screen keys or entity keys.

[0031] Working principle: the support 1 is attached to the key screen 4 of the electronic device body, and the keys on the key screen 4 are exposed to the hollow area 11, the blind person can quickly position the keys on the electronic device by touching the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14, and meanwhile, the hollow area 11 is located in the middle position of the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14, which can reduce the span of key searching to facilitate the blind person to operate on the electronic device.

[0032] Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 In an embodiment of the present application, the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 are both provided with identification key positions 12, and the identification key positions 12 are distributed on the two side edges of the hollow area 11.

[0033] Among them, the identification key position 12 can be used to help the blind to identify numbers, or to help the blind to identify characters, pinyin, English. Of course, the identification key position 12 can also be used as a physical trigger key to trigger the corresponding key on the key screen 4 of the electronic device, so that the blind can input in the hollow area 11 or on the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 at the same time.

[0034] From the above description, taking inputting numbers on the electronic device as an example, the blind can know the accurate positions of the number keys 0-9 on the key screen 4 through the identification key position 12, thereby reducing the occurrence of the situation that the blind moves the fingers to the wrong line.

[0035] Please refer to Figures 1 to 3 In an embodiment of the present application, the blind input support described above further comprises a buckle part 2, the buckle part 2 is connected with the first positioning block 13 or the second positioning block 14, and the buckle part 2 is used for detachable connection with the electronic device.

[0036] From the above description, the support 1 is fixed on the electronic device by using the buckle part 2, so as to avoid the support 1 from being activated during the blind touching the support 1.

[0037] Specifically, the structure of the buckle part 2 can be L-shaped, the L-shaped bottom of the buckle part 2 is fixedly connected with one side of the key screen 4 of the electronic device, and the L-shaped side of the buckle part 2 is used for detachable connection with the electronic device. The two sides of the L-shaped side of the buckle part 2 are provided with clamping ribs, and the buckle part 2 is connected with the groove by interference fit through the clamping ribs. The clamping ribs make the buckle part 2 connected with the groove by interference fit, increase the positioning performance of the buckle part 2, and ensure that the blind key is not easy to slide when used on the electronic device. The L-shaped bottom of the buckle part 2 is provided with a through hole, and the battery cover of the electronic device is provided with a protruding part matched with the through hole. The protruding part and the through hole are detachably connected.

[0038] Please refer to Figures 1 to 3 In an embodiment of the present application, the first positioning block 13 or the second positioning block 14 is provided with a blind point embossing 15, and the blind point embossing 15 is located at one side of the hollow area 11.

[0039] From the above description, the blind point embossing 15 can tell the blind the approximate direction of the keys on the electronic device in advance.

[0040] Taking inputting numbers on the electronic device as an example, referring to the key five on the number keyboard of the computer keyboard, a protrusion is provided on the key five, and according to the convention, the blind point embossing 15 is preferably provided near the identification key position 12 representing the number five.

[0041] Further, the blind point embossing 15 is in the shape of a strip, a hemisphere or an arrow.

[0042] From the above description, it is known that the blind spot embossing 15 helps the blind person to identify.

[0043] Embodiment One

[0044] A blind input support, please refer to Figures 1 to 3 It is shown that the support 1 is provided with a first positioning block 13, a hollow area 11 and a second positioning block 14, the hollow area 11 is located between the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14, and is used to match the keys on the electronic device, and the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 are used to realize the positioning of the keys of the electronic device.

[0045] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 3 It is shown that in the first alternative embodiment, the hollow area 11 is a complete operation window for exposing the keys of the electronic device.

[0046] Please refer to Figure 2 It is shown that in the second alternative embodiment, the hollow area 11 is a plurality of operation windows for exposing the keys on the electronic device.

[0047] Embodiment Two

[0048] This embodiment further limits the connection relationship between the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 on the basis of Embodiment One, which is as follows:

[0049] In the third alternative embodiment, the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 are connected through a connecting strip 3, and the connecting strip 3 is integrally formed with the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14.

[0050] Please refer to Figure 8 It is shown that in the fourth alternative embodiment, the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 are connected through a connecting strip 3, and the connecting strip 3 includes a splicing male head 31 and a splicing female head 32 which are mutually clamped. Specifically, the splicing male head 31 has a T-shaped clamping joint, and the splicing female head 32 has a clamping groove which is adapted to the T-shaped clamping joint. It is worth mentioning that the shapes of the splicing male head 31 and the splicing female head 32 can also be other structures for mutual clamping, such as the cooperation of a spherical joint and a spherical clamping groove.

[0051] Please refer to Figure 3 It is shown that in the fifth alternative embodiment, the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 are not connected to each other and are installed on the electronic device.

[0052] Embodiment Three

[0053] The first positioning block 13 or the second positioning block 14 is provided with a blind point embossing 15, and the blind point embossing 15 is located at one side of the hollowed-out area 11.

[0054] Embodiment four

[0055] An electronic device, as shown in Figures 4 to 7 , comprises a device body and a blind person input support arranged on the device body, the blind person input support comprises a support 1 attached to a key screen 4 of the electronic device, the support 1 is provided with a first positioning block 13, a hollowed-out area 11 and a second positioning block 14, the hollowed-out area 11 is located between the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 and is used for matching with the keys on the electronic device, the first positioning block 13 and the second positioning block 14 are used for positioning the keys of the electronic device. The first positioning block 13 or the second positioning block 14 is provided with a blind point embossing 15, and the blind point embossing 15 is located at one side of the hollowed-out area 11.

[0056] As shown in Figure 4 , Figure 5 and Figure 7 , in the sixth alternative embodiment, the hollowed-out area 11 is a complete operation window for exposing the keys of the electronic device.

[0057] As shown in Figure 6 , in the seventh alternative embodiment, the hollowed-out area 11 is a plurality of operation windows for exposing the keys of the electronic device.

[0058] Working principle: when the blind person needs to pay, the cashier first initiates payment on the electronic device, the electronic device will jump to the blind payment program, then the support 1 is attached to the key screen 4 of the electronic device, and the keys on the electronic device are exposed in the hollowed-out area 11, such as numbers 0-9, then the blind person finds the keys on the electronic device by touching the support 1 and the blind point embossing 15, and finally realizes the payment process.

[0059] The above-mentioned is only an embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent range of the present application, and any equivalent transformation or direct or indirect application in the related technical field according to the content of the present application is also included in the patent protection range of the present application.

Claims

1. A blind input support, characterized by: A support for mounting on an electronic device, comprising a support, wherein a first positioning block, a hollow area and a second positioning block are arranged on the support, the hollow area is located between the first positioning block and the second positioning block, and is used for matching a key on the electronic device, and the first positioning block and the second positioning block are used for positioning the key of the electronic device.

2. The blind input support according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first positioning block and the second positioning block are both provided with an identification key position, and the identification key position is distributed on two side edges of the hollow area.

3. The blind input support of claim 1, wherein: The first positioning block and the second positioning block are connected by a connecting strip.

4. The blind input support according to claim 3, characterized in that: The support further comprises a buckle part, the buckle part is connected with the first positioning block or the second positioning block, and the buckle part is used for detachably connecting with the electronic device.

5. The input support for the blind according to claim 3, characterized in that: The connecting strip comprises a splicing male head and a splicing female head which are mutually connected.

6. The blind input support of claim 1, wherein: The first positioning block and the second positioning block are mounted on the electronic device without being connected with each other.

7. The input support for the blind according to claim 6, characterized in that: The support further comprises a buckle part, one end of the first positioning block away from the second positioning block is provided with the buckle part, one end of the second positioning block away from the first positioning block is provided with the buckle part, and the buckle part is used for detachably connecting with the electronic device.

8. The input support for the blind according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The first positioning block or the second positioning block is provided with a blind point embossing, and the blind point embossing is located on one side edge of the hollow area.

9. The input support for the blind according to claim 8, characterized in that: The blind point embossing is in a strip shape, a hemispherical shape or an arrow shape.

10. An electronic device, comprising: The support comprises the blind person input support according to any one of claims 1-9, the support is attached to a key screen of the electronic device, and the keys on the key screen are exposed to the hollow area.