2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of Product Information Provisioning Environment for the Visually Impaired
| Project/Area Number |
24650345
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 視覚障碍者 / JANコード / 商品情報 / 携帯電話 / 付加情報 |
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| Research Abstract |
To help visually-impaired people to utilize printed barcode for product identification, this research realized improvement of (1) equipments, (2) packages, and (3) provided product information.
(1) includes: image processing algorithm for barcode localization, mobile terminal that speaks best-before-date, and jigs for barcode scanning; (2) includes a new tactile package without additional production cost, package design guide; (3) includes additional data management such as cooking instructions and allergens.
The tactile packages are scheduled to be appeared on the real market in latter half of 2014. Experimental system will be improved and released at the time.
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