Accessible Remote Deposit Capture via Haptic and Audio Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote deposit capture systems are inaccessible to visually impaired individuals due to the reliance on camera-based visual interactions, making it difficult for them to position documents correctly within the camera's field of view.
Innovation Solution
The system includes a position module to determine the hardware device's position relative to a document, a direction module to guide movements to align the document within the camera's view, and an accessibility module providing feedback through voice commands, haptic feedback, or audible tones to assist users with visual impairments in positioning the document correctly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If camera-based visual interaction is used for remote deposit capture, then the function simplifies banking operations and enables remote document submission, but the function becomes difficult or impossible for visually impaired users to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces accessibility modules as intermediaries between the camera-based capture system and visually impaired users. These modules convert visual information into accessible formats through audio feedback, haptic guidance, and screen reader integration, enabling visually impaired users to interact with the document capture function without direct visual input
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces the purely visual interaction mechanism with alternative sensing and feedback mechanisms. Audio feedback substitutes visual display, haptic feedback substitutes visual confirmation, and voice commands substitute manual tapping or clicking, allowing visually impaired users to perform document capture through non-visual channels
2Measurement precision
If visual feedback is provided to guide document positioning, then users can accurately align documents within the camera field of view, but visually impaired users cannot perceive the feedback
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements multi-channel feedback mechanisms that provide real-time guidance for document positioning. Audio feedback conveys positioning status through spoken instructions, haptic feedback provides tactile cues when the document is correctly positioned, and screen readers announce positioning errors, replacing visual feedback with accessible modalities while maintaining positioning precision
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of feedback delivery from visual-only to multi-sensory including audio and haptic parameters. By converting visual feedback parameters into audio frequency and haptic vibration patterns, the system maintains the informational content of positioning feedback while making it perceivable to visually impaired users
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AI summary
Apparatuses, methods, program products, and systems are disclosed for accessible remote deposit capture. An apparatus includes a position module that determines a position of a hardware device relative to a document based on input captured from a camera of the hardware device. An apparatus includes a direction module that determines one or more directions for moving a hardware device relative to a document to position the document within a predefined area of a field of view of a camera. An apparatus includes an accessibility module that provides accessibility feedback via a hardware device based on determined one or more directions. Accessibility feedback includes feedback for assisting a user that has a visual impairment with positioning a hardware device such that a document is within a predefined area of a field of view of a camera.