Patents by Inventor Yula Wohl

Yula Wohl 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 and method of tactile access and navigation for the visually impaired within a computer system
    Patent number: 8665216
    Abstract: A tactile access and navigation system and method for a visually impaired user operating within a computerized data environment includes a bi-directional input-output system having one or more tactile displays and user-operable input controls; a data transformer for extracting display data from the computer and transforming that data into a form suitable for display by the one or more tactile displays; apparatus for arranging the display data into a predetermined structure of GUI elements for navigation by the bi-directional input-output system; and apparatus for providing display data to the one or more tactile displays in any of one or more viewing modes for displaying on the one or more tactile displays a tactile representation of graphical and textual data content; and one or more navigational modes for displaying on the one or more tactile displays a tactile representation of the orientation of the GUI elements within the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Tactile World Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Karasin, Yula Wohl
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TACTILE ACCESS AND NAVIGATION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITHIN A COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100134416
    Abstract: A tactile access and navigation system and method for a visually impaired user operating within a computerized data environment includes a bi-directional input-output system having one or more tactile displays and user-operable input controls; a data transformer for extracting display data from the computer and transforming that data into a form suitable for display by the one or more tactile displays; apparatus for arranging the display data into a predetermined structure of GUI elements for navigation by the bi-directional input-output system; and apparatus for providing display data to the one or more tactile displays in any of one or more viewing modes for displaying on the one or more tactile displays a tactile representation of graphical and textual data content; and one or more navigational modes for displaying on the one or more tactile displays a tactile representation of the orientation of the GUI elements within the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Igor Karasin, Yula Wohl