Cell Phone Table With Touch Screen For Vision Accessibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile phones with small digital display screens pose difficulties for users with low vision or those who struggle with close-range viewing, as the small size leads to fatigue and poor readability, especially when consuming multimedia content.
Innovation Solution
A cell phone table with a touch-sensitive screen or keypad interface that connects to a mobile device, allowing users to interact with and display content from the mobile device on a larger surface, providing adjustable image settings and tactile input options, and optionally featuring a docking station or wireless connectivity for power and data transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If a mobile device with a small display screen is used, then the device is portable and compact, but the readability and usability for users with low vision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions the display from a small two-dimensional screen to a large three-dimensional table surface, allowing the mobile device to be docked on the table while projecting or displaying content on the extended surface, thereby increasing the effective display area without increasing the device's portable form factor
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a docking station as an intermediary component that connects the mobile device to the table structure, enabling content transfer, power supply, and display extension. This intermediary facilitates the transformation from a self-contained small device to a connected system with enhanced display capabilities
2Ease of operation
If a touch sensitive screen is added to the cell phone table, then the ease of operation for users with vision impairments is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The touch sensitive screen on the table serves multiple functions: it acts as an extended display surface, a control interface for the mobile device, and an accessibility aid for users with vision impairments. This multi-functionality justifies the added complexity by providing benefits across multiple use cases
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service interaction where the table's touch screen and docking capabilities automatically facilitate content transfer, display extension, and user interaction without requiring manual configuration, thereby reducing the operational burden despite the increased structural complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A cell phone table to interface with a mobile device. The cell phone table includes a mobile device electronically connected to the cell phone table. A touch sensitive screen is disposed upon an upper surface of the cell phone table for interacting with content on the mobile device. A support structure is mounted beneath the cell phone table to hold electronic components which operate and power the cell phone table, and a plurality of legs support the cell phone table and touch sensitive screen.