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New type of remote support system for handicapped persons is proposed in this paper. Body-Braille system is consisted of six small vibrators which have been used in cellular phones. And this system is put on the any part of human body. Supports method are similar to usual Braille, and the impaired persons acquire the communication or information about circumferences by reading the vibration patterns on the skin which are consisted of six on-off vibrations of small motors. This paper has shown the remote support system and experiment in which Body-Braille system and cellular phone are connected to realize its functions. The deaf-blind persons have cellular phone with small camera, and remote supporter can get the necessary information by receiving images from the phone, and then send recognition result to subject using Body-Braille. From the results of the experiment, proposed support system has been clarified to be effective.

In this paper the authors propose IPPITSU, an eyes-free, Braille-based text entry method for touch panels. In IPPITSU the user inputs a Braille cell by selecting the raised dot in it. In order to select the dots the user touches the regions corresponding to the raised dots by sliding the finger on the panel with one continuous stroke. IPPITSU is expected to be used by visually-impaired people. IPPITSU is implemented as an IME for Android devices and is available on Google Play.

Body-Braille is a mechanism for presenting one Braille cell using micro-vibrators on any part of the body. One application of Body-Braille is the Helen Keller Phone system which is a communication system for deaf-blind people. It is currently in the commercial stage. Since it is expected that users of Body-Braille will increase in number, a self-learning system for Body-Braille is required. Moreover, such a self-learning system must be easy for deaf-blind users to use. In this paper, we describe a wireless device which we have developed for this purpose and details of a self-learning system for Body-Braille. In order to test the system, we performed an experiment in which 14 subjects recognized Body-braille patterns in the first stage of self-learning. The recognition rate was 74.1%. However, post-experiment interviews revealed a keystroke issue that if corrected, would yield a 92.0% recognition rate.

In this paper, two new Body-Braille devices are described. After the Body-Braille system and its current development status is explained, first, a new device for Braille-based real-time communication over internet (via Skype) is introduced and second, a new device for autonomous learning, which adopts wireless communication, is explained. The former is already developed and being used in the field test stage; the latter one is being developed now.

There are several barriers to communicate between deaf-blind people and non-disabled people. The communication method of deaf-blind people is totally different from the language of non-disabled people, so they can't communicate with each other directly. Most importantly, deaf-blind people can't understand whether a communication partner is nearby or not. We resolved these issues by developing a system in which deaf-blind people can communicate bidirectionally using an infrared remote control system. In this system, as a result of the establishment of an infrared communication link, deaf-blind people can detect that communication partners are nearby.

This paper describes the support system for deaf-blind people using Japanese mobile communication system and new Braille system. We present how deaf-blind people can get enough daily support using this system.

During the last five years, we have been developing the Body-Braille system which uses 6 vibration motors corresponding to the units of Braille. Disabled people can wear this system and sense Braille characters by vibration patterns on any part of the body. We have performed several experiments in which disabled people could get needed support for daily life through Body-Braille. Since we are developing a new type of equipment, we chose to make one of its main applications a game. Our new equipment is so small that it is very easy to carry it anywhere, such as on a train. Disabled people can play a game using the equipment while traveling around. The software of the game application employs a table based structure so that anyone can create a new game application with very little programming work. As a result, we have successfully developed the software for game creation.

500°Cで水素還元した酸化チタン(ルチル)の表面において,その常磁性格子欠陥(［D］)の濃度はESR吸収法により,また,その水素ラジカル源(［D］-H)の濃度はDPPH法によりそれぞれ測定された。還元初期においては［D］が,その後［D］-Hが生成する。 一方，還元した酸化チタン(ルチル)の焼結膜の光電流は［D］-Hの濃度が増加するとともに大きくなることがわかった。

The official braille in Japan is Louis Braille’s six-dot code. Braille was first actually read and written in Japan in 1887, at the public Blind and Deaf School (now the School for the Blind attached to Tsukuba Univ.) in. Tokyo, utilizing the English alphabet and a braille board imported from England.