DISPOSITIVO COMPATTO PER LA SANIFICAZIONE DEL CIBO

La presente invenzione appartiene al settore dei dispositivi compatti per la sanificazione degli alimenti. Più in particolare il trovato in oggetto appartiene al settore dei dispositivi per la rimozione sia di metalli pesanti che di microrganismi

SelfLens: a portable tool to facilitate all people in getting information on food items

Independently selecting food items while shopping, or storing and cooking food items correctly can be a very difficult task for people with special needs. Product labels on food packaging contain an ever-increasing amount of information, which can also be in a variety of languages. The amount of information and also the features of the text can make it difficult or impossible to read, in particular for those with visual impairments or the elderly. Several tools or applications are available on the market or have been proposed to support this type of activity (e.g. barcode or QR code reading), but they are limited and may require the user to have specific digital skills. Moreover, repeatedly using an application to read the label contents can require numerous steps on a touch-screen, and consequently be time-consuming. In this work, a portable tool is proposed to support people in reading the contents of labels and acquiring additional information, while they are using the item at home or shopping at the supermarket. The aim of our study is to propose a simple portable assistive technology tool which 1) can be used by anyone, regardless of their digital personal skills 2) does not require a smartphone or complex device, 3) is a low-cost solution for the user

Sistema integrato per l'acquisizione e la restituzione audio di informazioni scritte sulle confezioni dei prodotti commerciali

Il sistema consente di poter leggere le informazioni dei prodotti tramite la scansione del codice a barre ed eventuale codice QR. Le informazioni acquisite saranno lette ad alta voce da una sintesi vocale e mostrate sul display. Il sistema si basa sull'uso della video camera per inquadrare il prodotto, e di conseguenza i codici a barre e QR, e di due pulsanti per avviare la scansione (la lettura delle informazioni) ed aggiungere il prodotto nel carrello per l'acquisto

SelfLens: a personal assistive technology to support the independence of people with special needs in reading information on food items

Grocery shopping or handling food items (e.g. packets, boxes, etc.) can be a very difficult task for people with special needs. Object labels may contain much information that can be difficult to read because the data shown is a lot, and the text is difficult to read by many people. Blind people are unable to get that information autonomously, and many sighted persons (e.g. elderly people and visually-impaired) may have a lot of difficulty in reading labels. Several tools or applications are available on the market or have been proposed in the literature to support this type of activity (e.g. barcode or QR code reading), but they are limited and may require specific skills by the user. Moreover, repeatedly using an application to read label contents or to get additional information on a product can require numerous actions on a touch-screen device. This can make their use inaccessible or unusable for many users, especially while shopping or cooking. In this work, a portable tool is proposed to support people in simply reading the contents of labels and getting additional information, while they are at home or at the shop. Our study aims to propose a portable assistive technology which can be used by everyone both at home and in the shopping, independently from the personal skills and without requiring no smartphone or complex device, and that is a low-cost solution for the user. Such a product could be very useful for the people independence in a period like that one we are living due to the lockdown required by the Covid-19 situation