Tremor Touch: Touchscreen Input Method For Users With Hand Tremor

The Tremor touch technology was developed by Ido Elad as part of his first degree at the Hebrew University with the guidance of Yuval Kochman and Aviva Aviva and got the first prize in a competition on novelty and academic excellence.

"This technology could be a breakthrough if implemented correctly, to a growing number of people effected by muscle tremors. In today's world of touch devices this could be a true game changed", says Tamir Huberman, VP Business Development at Yissum which holds the Intellectual Property rights for the technology.

Highlights:

► Muscle tremors can affect users' ability to accurately manipulate touch screen icons, leading to frustration, lost productivity, and social exclusion.

► We eliminate the “noise” produced by the tremor and allow individuals with tremor to be able to use a touch-screen tablet device exactly like everyone else

► Solution is transparent and not obvious to user or intrusive in any way to the user

The innovation:

We run a software layer underneath the tablet’s UI. The software collects all the “noisy” touches and uses noise-reduction techniques to extract the intended input. This allows a user to use a tablet UI even with shaky hands.

Key features of the Technology:

► Our software neutralizes the effect of the tremor on the user input.

► Input is interpreted in real time, causing no perceptible delays.

► Input processing is transparent to the user: There is no need to learn any new technique or tool. The user interaction is the same as anyone else’s.

► Our solution is personalized and can deal with different kinds of tremor patterns

The Opportunity:

► Makes tablets accessible to users with tremors, facilitating social and economic inclusion and improving quality of life for millions of users

► Holds potential for enabling touch-screen usage in shaky environments (such as turbulent air, sea or space travel)

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem Ltd. was founded in 1964 to protect and commercialize the Hebrew
University’s intellectual property. Products based on Hebrew University
technologies that have been commercialized by Yissum currently generate $2
Billion in annual sales. Ranked among the top technology transfer companies
in the world, Yissum has registered over 8,500 patents covering 2,400 inventions; has licensed out 750 technologies and has spun out 90 companies. Yissum’s business partners span the globe and include companies such as Syngenta, Monsanto, Roche, Novartis, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Intel, Teva and many more. For further information please visit www.yissum.co.il.

Tamir Huberman
Hi-Tech Park, Givat Ram, PO BOX 39135
Jerusalem, Israel
91390

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