Patents by Inventor Douglas Jay COHEN

Douglas Jay COHEN 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).

  • Refreshable tactile display
    Patent number: 11574559
    Abstract: A tactile display for dynamically reproducing content from an electronic device, such as a computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device, in a touch-sensory format, such as Braille. The tactile display includes a housing and a plurality of tactile elements. The tactile elements are movable relative to the housing between an extended position for engagement by a user and a retracted position at or inward of a surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BEACON STREET INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Jay Cohen, Thor Leif Hendrickson
  • Refreshable Braille display
    Patent number: 11335207
    Abstract: A refreshable Braille display that connects to computers and serves as a computer monitor for sight impaired people. Integrated within the display are mechanical pins that are activated by either stationary or mobile actuators, such as coils or solenoids. These pins either move rotationally or vertically when activated by the actuators. Spacing of these pins is tight enough to display graphics. Additionally, the pins are arranged such that various heights of the pins enable 3D graphics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BEACON STREET INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Jay Cohen, Thor Leif Hendrickson
  • REFRESHABLE TACTILE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20220051590
    Abstract: A tactile display for dynamically reproducing content from an electronic device, such as a computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device, in a touch-sensory format, such as Braille. The tactile display includes a housing and a plurality of tactile elements. The tactile elements are movable relative to the housing between an extended position for engagement by a user and a retracted position at or inward of a surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas Jay COHEN, Thor Leif HENDRICKSON
  • REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20190385483
    Abstract: A refreshable Braille display that connects to computers and serves as a computer monitor for sight impaired people. Integrated within the display are mechanical pins that are activated by either stationary or mobile actuators, such as coils or solenoids. These pins either move rotationally or vertically when activated by the actuators. Spacing of these pins is tight enough to display graphics. Additionally, the pins are arranged such that various heights of the pins enable 3D graphics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas Jay COHEN, Thor Leif HENDRICKSON