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Wallet & Handbag-fit Banknote Reader for the Visually Impaired

Ir. Dr. Wong Wai Kit, Mr. Turki Khaled Al-Hila, Dr. Min Thu Soe, and Prof. Dr. Wong Eng Kiong

AFFILIATION
Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Multimedia University

Description of Invention

Visually impaired person facing difficulty in knowing the banknotes denomination that they hold. This invention is a fast banknote reader that aid the visually impaired to reveal the banknotes in their wallet/handbag, allows them to speed up the cash payment process during their queuing at cash payment counter. It is a credit card size dimension (85mm width x 65mm height) of 15mm thickness device place inside a wallet/handbag next to their banknotes. This is convenient for the visually impaired users to touch their banknote on the reader, activate a tactile button to reveal the banknote value. The processed result will be vibrotactile feedback(vibrated on the reader) to the visually impaired on the holding banknote, whether it is a RM1, RM5, RM10, RM20, RM50, RM100, or none of them.