A portable pneumatically-actuated refreshable Braille cell

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1409-1412

  Wu, Xiaosong ^a   Zhu, Haihong ^b   Kim, Seong Hyok ^c   Allen, Mark G ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoskeletal microbubble actuator; Parylene; Pneumatic; Refreshable braille display

Indexed keywords

LITHOGRAPHY; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROSYSTEMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

APPLICATIONS.; APPLIED PRESSURE; BRAILLE DISPLAYS; ENDOSKELETAL MICROBUBBLE ACTUATOR; FABRICATION PROCESSES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MAXIMUM OPERATING FREQUENCY; MICRO BUBBLE ACTUATOR; MICRO-MOLDING; MICROMACHINED; PARYLENE; PNEUMATIC; REFRESHABLE BRAILLE CELL; REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAY; SHAPE EXPLORATION; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY (SLA); TEXTURE RECOGNITION; UV-LITHOGRAPHY;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 50049127521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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