Patent ID: 7051292

Claim:
An information input/output device for visually impaired users, comprising: a braille output unit including a plurality of projectable dotted portions and enabling output of a plurality of braille patterns by controlling projection of the dotted portions; an input device including a push part which is operated by a pushing operation; and a recognition section for recognizing whether or not there is input for an operation toward character information indicated by braille patterns which are output by the braille output unit; input or not; wherein the braille output unit also functions as the push part of the input device, and the recognition section recognizes that the operation toward the character information is input when the push part is pushed within a specified period of time after the character information is indicated by the braille patterns, and also recognizes that an operation toward the character information is not input when the push part is not pushed within the specified period of time after the character information is indicated by the braille patterns.