Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor skill assistance device
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Application No.: US14998702Application Date: 2016-02-05
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Publication No.: US10054980B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Karl Alan Strieby , Marie Michelle Kelly
- Applicant: York Technical College
- Applicant Address: US SC Rock Hill
- Assignee: York Technical College
- Current Assignee: York Technical College
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Rock Hill
- Agent Charles G Parks
- Main IPC: G09B21/00
- IPC: G09B21/00 ; G06F1/16 ; A47B23/04

Abstract:
A device for assisting individuals having impaired motor skill to actuate a selectable region of touch screen input of a portable computing device. The touch screen is secured in a housing, which includes an operator hand support structure. The hand support include a member for placement of the palm of the operator and allowing the palm to move the hand support structure to a selectable one of a plurality of regions of the touch screen and pivot downwardly to assist the operator to touch activate the touch screen input at the selected region. The device further includes a faceplate, which is positionable over the touch screen and has openings corresponding to the input regions of the touch screen input without interfering with the movement of the hand support. The sidewalls of the faceplate are of sufficient height to assist the operator's actuation of the intended region of the touch screen and inhibiting the operator from unintentional actuation of an adjacent region. The housing still further includes tabletop support for positioning the touch screen input at one of a plurality of selectable angles to facilitate ease of operation. The tabletop support can be repositioned to enclose the touch screen input.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170025036A1 Motor skill assistance device Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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