Computer aided archive system for people with impairments

University of Bridgeport

Summary

• computer-aided system able to identify in any moment the location of a particular file in an archive by aid of a micro-chip attached to each file

• drawer automation, allowing the file to be pushed up to make it easy for the person to grab it

Why this idea?

Increasing demand for archiving in:• Police• FBI• IRS• Embassies• Hospitals• Universities

Visibility impaired

• voice enabled feature which will speak the exact location of the file searched, indicating the row and the column

• the file is already pushed up from the cabinet

Audibility impaired

• can read the location on the computer screen

• the file is already pushed up from the cabinet

Mobility impaired

• can read the position on the screen and can use the wheel chair to go to the right place and pick up the file

• the file is already pushed up from the cabinet, ready to pick up

Speech impaired

• the system will help them with the screen indications

• the file is already pushed up from the cabinet, ready to pick up

Advantages

• a more accessible archiving system for impaired persons

• easy to utilize• less time• lower cost of access to the files • files don’t need to be put in order • how many times it was accessed and by

whom and at what time and date • increased productivity

System Design

Two main sub-systems:1.mechanical system 2.electrical

system

The system

for a three

drawer cabinet

Design - continued

Drawer opening A three drawer cabinet

Design - continued

Engine and sliding stem representation

Drawer representation

Discussions – another idea

• use one or more robotic arms in conjunction with proposed system

• more costly• more effective at moving files and

saving even more time and space.

Thank You!

Thank You!