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The Customer The Requirement Solution Provided The customer is a company providing high-tech products aimed at solving problems for those with visual impairments. The company is based on the single premise: To provide customers with greater independence through technology. The customer approached Mistral to design and develop a portable “all-in- one” talking barcode scanner, that will become the “eye” for the visually impaired. This lightweight product should help visually impaired people in identifying objects through its barcode, offer face/object/currency recognition and also live video streaming to remote locations through Skype connectivity. Additionally, users should be able to listen to music. The requirement was to design and develop a portable “all-in-one” talking barcode scanner. Mistral developed the complete product from design to production, including hardware design, software development - firmware, middleware, embedded applications; product qualification and production support. The product concept was shared by the customer. Mistral designed the hardware and developed the Linux BSP for the hardware. The Mistral team also developed the complete keypad-based user interface application for controlling and configuring the entire product including camera, WLAN and Bluetooth. The team also ported and integrated third party interfaces, such as the Text-to- Speech engine, Skype, Image Processing engines for currency and color identification, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), camera sensors and barcode readers. The product is based on TI's AM/DM37x Sitara Microprocessor. The initial design and development was done around the AM/DM37x EVM from Mistral. Mistral used the development platform as a reference design, customized it to a small form-factor prototype and developed the solution for this product requirement. The team at Mistral assessed the product through independent verification and validation across different stages of the product development including pre- certification tests and FCC Class B pre-qualification tests. Case Study Portable barcode scanner for visually impaired A portable, lightweight, all-in-one device that acts as an 'eye' for visually impaired and allows live video/image streaming through Skype Introduction This case study showcases Mistral's expertise in providing product design services in the consumer electronics segment. Mistral was approached by a leading original device manufacturer (ODM) in the US providing high-tech products for people with visual impairments, to develop a portable “all-in-one” talking barcode scanner. Mistral's concept-to-deployment services helped in realizing the customer's idea of the product and bringing it quickly-to-market.

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Page 1: Portable barcode scanner for visually impaired

The Customer

The Requirement

Solution Provided

The customer is a company providing high-tech products aimed at solving

problems for those with visual impairments. The company is based on the

single premise: To provide customers with greater independence through

technology.

The customer approached Mistral to design and develop a portable “all-in-

one” talking barcode scanner, that will become the “eye” for the visually

impaired. This lightweight product should help visually impaired people in

identifying objects through its barcode, offer face/object/currency recognition

and also live video streaming to remote locations through Skype connectivity.

Additionally, users should be able to listen to music. The requirement was to

design and develop a portable “all-in-one” talking barcode scanner.

Mistral developed the complete product from design to production, including

hardware design, software development - firmware, middleware, embedded

applications; product qualification and production support. The product

concept was shared by the customer. Mistral designed the hardware and

developed the Linux BSP for the hardware. The Mistral team also developed

the complete keypad-based user interface application for controlling and

configuring the entire product including camera, WLAN and Bluetooth. The

team also ported and integrated third party interfaces, such as the Text-to-

Speech engine, Skype, Image Processing engines for currency and color

identification, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), camera sensors and

barcode readers.

The product is based on TI's AM/DM37x Sitara Microprocessor. The initial

design and development was done around the AM/DM37x EVM from Mistral.

Mistral used the development platform as a reference design, customized it to

a small form-factor prototype and developed the solution for this product

requirement.

The team at Mistral assessed the product through independent verification and

validation across different stages of the product development including pre-

certification tests and FCC Class B pre-qualification tests.

Case Study

Portable barcode scanner for visually impaired

A portable, lightweight, all-in-one device

that acts as an 'eye' for visually impaired and

allows live video/image streaming

through Skype

Introduction

This case study showcases Mistral's expertise in providing product

design services in the consumer electronics segment. Mistral was

approached by a leading original device manufacturer (ODM) in the US

providing high-tech products for people with visual impairments, to

develop a portable “all-in-one” talking barcode scanner. Mistral's

concept-to-deployment services helped in realizing the customer's

idea of the product and bringing it quickly-to-market.

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Customer Benefits

Reuse: Usage of Mistral's EVM as the base platform facilitated in bringing

up a prototype quickly, which in turn enabled early software development

and testing

Quicker Time-to-Market: Mistral's team who worked on the project has

vast experience in power management and embedded products; this saved

valuable development time facilitating quicker time-to-market value for

the customer

End-to-end product development: Mistral being a single source for

hardware and software expertise allowed the client to get a complete end-

to-end solution done at one place. This helped the customer to save time in

terms of dealing with multiple vendors, and helped immensely in getting

the product-to market faster.

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