MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441078531 A) filed by Thinkerbell Labs Private Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on Oct. 16, 2024, for 'refreshable braille display cell and system.'
Inventor(s) include Saif Ali Shoukat Ali Shaikh; Yashasvi Yadav; Jagadish Sai Varma Kunadharaju; Mohammed Anu Malik; Sanjith Venkatesha; Yugandhar Gupta Durgi; and Aditya Garg.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A braille display cell (100) comprises a reading surface (102) including a plurality of holes (104), a first guide wall (106) coupled to the reading surface (102); and a plurality of braille pin assemblies (110). Each of the plurality of braille pin assemblies (110) includes a braille pin (112) and a rotary actuator (114. The braille pin (112) extends in a longitudinal direction along the first guide wall (106), and includes a tip (304) on a first end and a slot (302) on a second end that is opposite to the first end. The braille pin (112) is coaxially aligned with a respective hole (104), and is movable in the longitudinal direction through the respective hole. The rotary actuator (114) that includes a crankshaft (206) engaged with the slot (302). The rotary actuator (114) rotates to cause the braille pin (112) to move in the longitudinal direction."
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