Runqi Zhao
A student specialising in Integrated Industrial Design at Loughborough University in the UK, with a research focus on user experience design. I hope you enjoy my project portfolio.
A student specialising in Integrated Industrial Design at Loughborough University in the UK, with a research focus on user experience design. I hope you enjoy my project portfolio.
MediButler is an intelligent medication management device specifically designed for visually impaired individuals, integrating medication identification, dispensing, reminders and management functions. Unlike previous products that only supported tablets, MediButler accommodates the dispensing of medications in the vast majority of packaging formats.
Through voice interaction, artificial intelligence visual recognition, and multimodal alerts (audible, visual, and tactile), it assists users in safely and independently managing their daily medication regimens. This reduces the risk of medication errors while enhancing personal autonomy and providing peace of mind.
Existing conceptual designs and similar products currently available on the market only support the dispensing of individual tablets.
Beyond its traditional functions, MediButler can also dispense blister-packed medications requiring airtight storage and liquid medications requiring divided doses.
The vast majority of visually impaired individuals retain some degree of light perception;
Visually impaired individuals can determine approximate locations through sound.
Experiments concerning sound yielded similar results.
The conclusion is as follows:
Visually impaired individuals exhibit no significant difference in reaction speed to sounds of varying types.
There exists a discernible disparity in the efficiency of identifying sounds originating from different directions, with sounds located to the left or right being recognised most rapidly.
In multiple touch-testing trials, subjects identified raised dots most rapidly, though only when their number was limited. (The symbols used in this test are not Braille, most visually impaired individuals have not mastered Braille. Employing Braille directly as identifiers would actually increase the difficulty for the majority of users.) Consequently, this product employs only a minimal number of tactile markers, with most functions relying on light indicators and voice assistant guidance.
