iInventory

Senior Design Final Presentation

Anju Chaudhari, Manish Uprety
Spring 2014
Need Statement Workplan Design Prototype Testing Conclusion

 Approximately 6.6 million people with visual disability in United States

(reference)
 Problems with product identification and home inventory management
 Need for an user friendly inventory control system that can be easily accessed by
visually impaired
 Able to scan barcodes and identify the product
 Store the scanned products to inventory list as necessary for easy access and shopping
assistance
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 Current solutions
 Smartphone apps (Digit Eyes, Can Barcode, Tap-Tap
See)
 Portable Devices (ID Mate Quest, Scan Talker, Voila
talking label scanner)
 Identify the object through barcode scanning and image
processing ID Mate Quest

 Problems
 Do not build inventory list
 ID Mate Quest
 Not compatible with accessibility features (voiceover
screen reader)

Digit Eyes
Need Statement Workplan Design Prototype Testing Conclusion

 Task 1: Understanding the problem to be addressed

 A. Talk with mentors to understand the biomedical significance of the project
 B. Direct communication with end users (people with vision impairment) to better understand the problem
 Task 2: Obtain information on currently available solutions
 A. Research on similar assistive technology to obtain greater insight to the project
 B. Understand the basic functioning mechanism of the devices to avoid problems with devices
terminologies and functions for future modifications.
 Task 3: Modify the best possible solution
 A. Identify the problems with current solution
 B. A solution that meets the user needs will be modeled.
 Task 4: Build the Prototype and Test it
 A. Build the Prototype: Integrate scanner and inventory software in to a testable smartphone application.
 B. Test the Prototype: People with vision impairment will be requested to volunteer in testing the
prototype. The accuracy of the design will be determined.
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 Immersions
 Center for Rehabilitation Engineering Science and Technology (CREST)
 Mr. Michael Shipp (CREST Center Director), and Mr. Ricardo Cerna (Rehabilitation Engineer)
 Louisiana Center for the Blind, Ruston
 Pam Allen (Executive Director)
 Louisiana Association for the Blind (LAB), Shreveport
 Richard Walls (Assistive Technology Director)
 John James (Customer Service Instructor)
 Company consultant
 Digital Miracles LLC (Nancy Miracles, Chief Operating Officer)
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Need Statement Workplan Design Prototype Testing Conclusion

Specifications I
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Specifications II
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Design Standards

 Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act with subsections on technical standards:

 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems
 1194.22 Web-based Internet Information and Applications
 1194.23 Telecommunications products (iPhone in compliance – platform for our final
product)
 1194.25 Self Contained, Closed Products
 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria
 1194.41 Information, Documentation, and Support
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iOS vs Android

0: Unacceptable, 1: Acceptable, 2: Satisfactory, 3: Good, 4: Very Good

Need Statement Workplan Design Prototype Testing Conclusion

External Laser Scanner vs Camera based scanner

Weighted External laser Weighted
Criteria % Weight Camera based Scanner Score Score
Score Scanner Score

Scans only 1D
Dimension 5 Scans 1D and 2D barcodes 5 0.25 barcodes 3 0.15

Orientation 30 Multiple Orientation 4 1.2 Only 1 orientation 2 0.6

Typically in range of 10 - 15
cm
Distance 15 ~Cannot focus if too close
3 0.45 Range from 6 - 24 cm 4 0.6
~Low resolution if too far
Sensitivity 30 within optimal range 3 0.9 within optimal range 5 1.5
Cost 20 No additional Cost 5 1 Additional Cost 1 0.2
  100 Total 20 3.8   15 3.05
1: UNACCEPTABLE, 2: ACCEPTABLE, 3: SATISFACTORY, 4: GOOD, 5: VERY GOOD
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User Interface (UI) Design

 The user interface (UI) was designed using Xcode 5 for mac.
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Workflow Process

Multipage View of App

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 Outsourced on freelancer
website
 Developer from China (Jin
Zuoping) to work on
Prototype version 1 and 2
 User Interface (UI),
functional components of
app like scanner, inventory
list
 Digital Miracles LLC
 Application Programming
Interface (API) for UPC
database access
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DEMO VIDEO
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 Test Locations
 Louisiana Center for the Blind, Ruston
 Louisiana Association for the Blind, Shreveport
 Senior design Lab
 Total subjects volunteer: 6
 Total items scanned by each subject: 5-6
 Non-perishable food products, Milk, Cleaning products
 Scan result attributes:
 Positive: Item is scanned within 2 minutes with correct product information
 Negative: Item not scanned within 2 minutes
 False Positive: Item scans within 2 minutes but with wrong product information
Need Statement Workplan Design Prototype Testing Conclusion
Test Data from subjects with visual disability
TESTING FINAL PROTOTYPE AND DATA COLLECTION N: Negative
iInventory Senior Design Team, Louisiana Tech University N/A: Item was not scanned

Date: 5/2/2014 and 5/5/2014 Scanner Interface iPhone 4

SCAN TIME (sec)
ITEM # PRODUCT P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6
1 Vienna Sausage (Can) 20 10 60 108 38 7
2 Ketchup (Bottle) 11 N 120 N 80 60
3 Oven Cleaner (Can) 10 7 N N 40 N
4 Lysol Spray (Can) 26 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
5 Aquafina Bottle Water N 45 N 23 N/A N/A
6 Milk Gallon N/A N/A 20 32 33 35
7 Cereal Box N/A N/A 20 10 99 N
8 Can Coke 75 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Age Range (Yrs) 50-60 50-60 25-30 40-45 20-25 50-60

Gender M M M F F F

False Positive (<2 minutes

% Success
Total number of trials Positive (< 2 minutes) Negative (>2 minutes) scan time but with wrong/no
(positive/total trial)
information)
34 26 8 0 76.47058824
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No Vision Scan With Vision Scan  Testing with normal vision users for a comparative study
Time (s) Time (s)
20 40
11 11  Statistical Analysis
10 6
26 21  Two tailed T-test assuming unequal variances
75 40  P(0.00027)< 0.05
10 2
7 27
6 7
45 2
52 8
60 5
120 16
20 39
20 1
108 3
23 4
32 26
10 3
38 5
80 2
40 10
33 3
99 2
7 5
60 4
35 20
Need Statement Workplan Design Prototype Testing Conclusion

 Higher time allowed for each product to scan would probably yield more results but it
would not be reasonable
 Barcode detection mechanism with audio feedback would reduce the scan time
 Barcode localization engine
 Ability of the app to notify subject with audio feedback whenever the barcode is within the field
of camera view
 Smith and Kettlewell Eye Research Institute has developed this technology in Android
(DroidBlade open source project)
 Development of an assistive technology for people with vision impairment
 To help keep track of home inventory
 To help export inventory for shopping assistance
Thank you

 Dr. Patrick O’Neal

 Austin Hoggatt
 Center for Rehabilitation Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST)
 Louisiana Association for the Blind, Shreveport
 Louisiana Center for the Blind, Ruston
 Nancy Miracles, Chief Operating Officer at Digital Miracles LLC
 Jin Zuoping