Mind map

Here is a quick map of ideas that I had for my research project.  The major branches were of hardware and software.

Questionnaire

Midterm research proposal elements

Braille points for texting.

How it works.  Thousands of pins would push into the topological shape of the image taken.

Facetime video, or shapshots that can be touched.

This is an example of how the device might work.

These are images from my midterm research project proposal. 

Pert Chart

Updated (again) and final Problem and Purpose statements

Problem: Visually impaired people have a hard time identifying physical features in their surroundings and are in need of a device that will allow them to feel the shape or form of that image.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to research the software and hardware necessary to translate a photographic image into 3d data to form a topological surface comprehensible to the touch of a visually impaired person.

Timeline

This timeline concept evolved from the concept of topography as related to the topography that a visually impaired person would feel from my imaging device.  The flags along the timeline represent surveyors flags.

Updated Problem and Purpose Statements

Final Problem and Purpose Statements

Problem:  Visually impaired people need a device to photograph their surroundings that will deform to allow them to feel the image.

Purpose:  The purpose of this study was to research the software and hardware needed to translate an image taken with a handheld device into 3d data to drive pins in the screen of the device to form a topological image comprehensible to the touch of a visually impaired person.