JP2002154287A - Menu card with braille - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a menu card with braille, with which a plurality of information of services offered can be surely understood even by a sound person, a visually handicapped person and a visually disturbed person. SOLUTION: Visible information 11 consisting of a plurality of information of services offered 11a, 11b, etc., displayed on a board 15 as handwritten or printed character information, image information such as photographs and illustrations or the like. At the same time, braille portions 12a, 12b, etc., having the same contents as the information of services offered 11a, 11b, etc., are formed by embossing or imitation die stamping near the information of services offered 11a, 11b, etc., as braille information 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Braille menu, and more particularly, to a plurality of service providing information for a healthy person, a blind person, or a blind person. It is about providing a menu with braille that can be understood.

[0002] In this specification, the term "menu" means all items displayed so as to be freely selectable from a plurality of service providing information in accordance with the preference of a customer, and more specifically. Includes menus for providing food and drinks at restaurants such as restaurants and coffee shops, menus for providing various services such as barbers and accommodations, and menus for providing various services at anma, massage, and shiatsu-in. Can be illustrated. Hereinafter, in this specification, a menu for providing food and drink will be described as an example for convenience.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of menu is prepared by handwritten or printed character information, graphic information such as a photograph or illustration, or a mixture of character information and graphic information. That's all.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, recently, with the improvement of the welfare administration, the social environment for people with visual impairment or gait disability is being prepared, However, for example, when you enter a restaurant and choose what you want to drink and eat, even if you look at the menu,
Because it is not possible to understand what it is and how much it is, blind people need to have the people reading the menu read aloud, and those who are not able to see need to bring the menu close to the face There was inconvenience.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a problem to be solved is to solve the above-described problems and problems of the conventional menu. Even those who are blind or hard to see,
The aim is not to provide a menu with braille that can reliably understand a plurality of service provision information.

The act of receiving and paying for food and drink and paying for it is different from a discount such as a railway fare or a taxi fare, and the same service is provided under the same conditions as a healthy person. That should be done.

[0007]

The gist of the means adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems is as described in the above-mentioned claims.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
A menu with braille, wherein both visual recognition information comprising a plurality of service providing information and braille information formed by forming the same content as the service providing information in the vicinity of the service providing information are displayed. Is the gist.

A second aspect of the present invention is the menu with braille according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the visual recognition information and the braille information are formed on both the front and back surfaces of the substrate. Is the gist.

A third aspect of the present invention provides the menu with braille according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the visual recognition information is handwritten or printed character information, a photograph, illustration drawing information, or both. The gist is a menu with braille having characteristics.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the menu with braille according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the braille information is formed by plastic raised printing. The menu is the gist.

According to the braille menu according to each of the claimed inventions, the service providing information having the same contents is displayed as the visual recognition information and the braille information. You can get common service offer information with people who can see without having to read the menu or approach the face, and you can freely choose what you want to drink and what you want to eat You can choose at will.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a braille menu 10 according to the first embodiment, and FIG.
3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part schematically showing a braille display portion in the braille menu 10, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a menu 1 in which a plurality of leaves of the braille menu 10 in FIG. It is.

In the figure, a Braille menu 1 of the first embodiment is shown.
0 indicates a plurality of pieces of service provision information 11a, 11b,.
A substrate 15 on which visual information 11 consisting of
5 in the form of Braille information 12.

[0015] The substrate 15 is provided between a plastic sheet 16 and visual information 1 comprising a plurality of dishes and prices of the dishes.
This is formed by sandwiching a single piece of Japanese paper 17 on which No. 1 is printed, and by heat-welding while pressing vertically. Instead of printing the visual information 11 such as the name of the dish and the price, a part or all of the information may be handwritten or displayed as graphic information such as a photograph or illustration of the dish (not shown). It may be displayed as both information and drawing information. Further, as the plastic sheet, any kind of plastic sheet can be used as long as the paper piece 17 such as Japanese paper can be inserted firmly and integrally.

The Braille information 12 is provided near (at the top of) each of the service providing information 11a, 11b,... Displayed on the board 15, and each of the service providing information 11a, 11b,.
Braille portions (embossed braille) 12a, 12 having the same contents as
are formed by stamping and forming b,.

When graphic information including a photograph or an illustration is used as the visual recognition information 11, if the Braille information 12 is formed near each photograph or illustration so as not to overlap with the visual information 11, the graphic This is preferable because the information can be displayed as an easy-to-view photograph or illustration without any unevenness.

Each of the Braille menus 10 described above is bound in such a manner that a plurality of sheets can be opened, and a booklet-type menu 1 is bound.
(FIG. 3).

Next, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a menu 5 in which a plurality of sheets of the braille menu 20 according to the second embodiment are bound, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. That is, it is a main part partial cross-sectional view schematically showing a braille display portion.

The braille menu 20 includes a plurality of service providing information 21 on both sides of a substrate 25 made of synthetic paper.
, and the service providing information 21a, 21b,... are displayed.
・ ・ In the upper part (nearby), each service providing information 21a,
, A braille portion 22a displaying the same content as 21b,.
22b are formed by protruding printing of the Braille information 22.

When graphic information including a photograph or an illustration is used as the visual recognition information 11, if a braille portion 22 is formed near each photograph or illustration so as not to overlap with the visual recognition information 21, This is preferable because it can be displayed as an easy-to-view photograph or illustration without distortion (drawing information).
Also, similar to the menu of the first embodiment, the Braille menu 2
0 can be used by binding them in a booklet shape (FIG. 4).

It is to be noted that a plastic sheet can be used in place of the synthetic paper as the raw material of the substrate, and any kind of plastic sheet can be used as long as it has rigidity.

By the way, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, in the menu with braille of the first embodiment, a board in which visual information is displayed on both sides of Japanese paper is created, and It is assumed that the design can be appropriately changed within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention, for example, by performing raised printing processing of Braille information on both sides, and can be implemented.

[0024]

As described above, according to the Braille menu according to the present invention, the service providing information having the same contents is displayed as the visual recognition information and the Braille information, so that even a visually impaired person can see. Since it is possible to provide common service provision information with people on the same menu, there is no need to have the people read the menu aloud or the menu to be close to the face, unlike the past, Can be selected as appropriate.

In addition, there is no need to separately prepare a Braille menu or a large print menu for a shop that welcomes visually impaired persons, and promotes the socially independent orientation of persons with visual impairment. And can contribute to the improvement of the welfare and social environment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a braille menu according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, that is, a partial cross-sectional view of a main part schematically showing a braille display portion in the braille menu 10; It is a perspective view which shows typically the booklet type menu which binds.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a booklet-type menu obtained by binding a plurality of leaves of the braille menu of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a menu in which a plurality of sheets of a braille menu are bound according to a second embodiment.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 4, that is, a partial cross-sectional view schematically illustrating a main part of a Braille portion.

[Description of numbering]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Menu consisting of the braille menu of the first embodiment 5 ... Menu consisting of the braille menu of the second embodiment 10 ... Braille menu of the first embodiment 10a ... Braille menu of the first embodiment 10b ... Braille of the first embodiment Menu 11: Visual recognition information 11a, 11b, 11c, ... Service providing information 12: Braille information 12a, 12b, 12c, ... Braille portion (embossed braille) 15: Substrate 16: Plastic sheet 17: Paper (Japanese paper) 20: Braille menu of the second embodiment 20a: Braille menu of the second embodiment 20b: Braille menu of the second embodiment 21: Viewing information 21a, 21b, 21c, ... Service providing information 22: Braille information 22a , 22b, 22c,..., Braille portion (bump-printed Braille portion) 25, Substrate

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. On a board, both visual recognition information composed of a plurality of service providing information and Braille information formed by forming the same content as the service providing information in the vicinity of the service providing information are displayed. Menu with Braille that is characterized by being. 2. The menu with Braille according to claim 1, wherein the visual recognition information and the Braille information are formed on both the front surface and the back surface of the substrate. 3. In the menu with braille, the visual recognition information is handwritten or printed character information,
The menu with braille according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the menu is a photograph, a drawing information of an illustration, or both. 4. The menu with Braille according to claim 1, wherein the Braille information is formed by plastic raised printing.