Patents by Inventor Abdelhamid Mohamed MOSTAFA

Abdelhamid Mohamed MOSTAFA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for enabling a visually impaired or blind person to use an input device having at least one key
    Patent number: 9418572
    Abstract: System for enabling a visually impaired or blind person to use an input device having at least one key, comprising: at least one tactile sensor array, in particular a pressure sensor array, attachable to a fingertip of a visually impaired or blind person for acquiring a pressure distribution image of a key slightly touched by a finger of said person when attached to said finger, a pressure distribution image processing and character recognition unit that is connected to said tactile sensor array for processing said pressure distribution image and for recognizing the key label of the touched key and an audio output device that is connected to said unit for outputting and acoustic reproduction of said key label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: King Saud University
    Inventor: Abdelhamid Mohamed Mostafa
  • SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR BLIND PERSON TO USE AN INPUT DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE KEY
    Publication number: 20140242554
    Abstract: System for enabling a visually impaired or blind person to use an input device having at least one key, comprising: at least one tactile sensor array, in particular a pressure sensor array, attachable to a fingertip of a visually impaired or blind person for acquiring a pressure distribution image of a key slightly touched by a finger of said person when attached to said finger, a pressure distribution image processing and character recognition unit that is connected to said tactile sensor array for processing said pressure distribution image and for recognizing the key label of the touched key and an audio output device that is connected to said unit for outputting and acoustic reproduction of said key label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Abdelhamid Mohamed MOSTAFA