Touching force response of the piezoelectric braille cell

i-CREATe 2007 - Proceedings of the 1st International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology in Conjunction with 1st Tan Tock Seng Hospital Neurorehabilitation Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 174-178

  Smithmaitrie, Pruittikorn ^a   Kanjantoe, Jinda ^a   Tandayya, Pichaya ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Braille touching force; Piezoelectric actuator; Piezoelectric braille cell

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BRAILLE CHARACTERS; BRAILLE DISPLAY; BRAILLE TOUCHING FORCE; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DOT HEIGHT; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; FIELD STUDIES; FORCE RESPONSE; MATERIAL SELECTION; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC BRAILLE CELL; RECTANGULAR ARRAYS; TIME RESPONSE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE;

BIOINFORMATICS; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HOSPITALS; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; ONLINE SEARCHING; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TANNING;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 68949119784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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