The document discusses a company called Noptel that manufactures optical distance measurement devices that can measure distance thousands of times per second with centimeter accuracy. Noptel would like to use this technology to help the blind better understand their surroundings by developing a wearable product called Compass that uses vibration, a wristband, distance sensor, and compass to provide intuitive navigation assistance. The summary evaluates the viability of this market and discusses feedback from visually impaired users on an early prototype.
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1. SENSE OF DISTANCE
Noptel manufactures optical distance measurement
devices. They can measure the distance thousands of
times a second with centimeter accuracy. Noptel would
like you to use this technology to help the blind to make
sense of their surroundings.
2. sales and marketing areas
Martin Andrle
project contact person,
medicine and wellness,
engineering
Mia Hautala
IT, coding and hardware areas
Luis Rodrigo-Rincon
usability and medical device
areas
Mira Kekkonen
ABOUT US
Team members
Juho-Pekka Orjala Mikko Lehto
usability, electronics and
medical device areas
signal analysis
4. 285 worldwide
30 million in Europe
80 000 visually impaired
people in Finland
CUSTOMER BASE
How big is this market? Is it worth it?
2030
156 000 visually impaired
in Finland
1.92 billion
market size in Finland
5. 39% of respondents were visually impaired
61% of respondents were blind
Some kind of app (71%)
White stick (86%)
Assistance (71%)
PROBLEM
What are the biggest challenges for them?
Sensing distance
Usability
Knowing direction
Receiving information
6. INNOVATION
bracelet/wristband
wereable technology
movable
vibration
INTUITIVE AND EASY TO USE
SOLUTION
light and small
two buttons
rechargeable
67%
Vibration,
Wristband