Development of an integrated staircase lift for home access

Mattie, Johanne; Borisoff, Jaimie; Leland, Danny; Miller, William C.

doi:10.1177/2055668315594076

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“…This system can be implemented on straight stairs only, not on curvy Stairs. Johanne L Mattie et al (2015) proposes an integrated staircase lifts for home access. This is conventional looking stair case, each end can operate as a platform lift, A person in a wheelchair or otherwise can enter either the top or bottom staircase plat form, thus there is never a need to 'call' or wait for the Platform, Option for either use of stairs or a lift, Ready for use on either level, Potential aesthetic advantages when integrating the device into an existing home, descent during a power outage, Self-powered versions are there.…”

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Smart Vertical Lift for Disabled Person

Bhalerao,

Ohol

2022

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

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This paper proposes the voice command operated design of vertical lift for differently challenged people, suitable for three out of four Disability categories, for elderly, physically challenged, visually impaired, auditory impaired, and people with some degree of motor inability. The Preliminary design is the result of the study of an actual site, understanding the requirements of four major disability types, their ergonomics, available assistive devices, and literature review. In addition, other factors like the disability act, user equipment regulations, user safety, emergencies, and operational requirements of lift were studied. The first part of this paper is the mechanical design, actuation design with the capacity to lift one "wheel-chaired" person (or any differently challenged person) along with an assistant in case available. Scissor-type electro-hydraulic actuated design takes care of 500 kg., Safe load for 02-meter lifting height, supported by FEA results. For Voice command operation experiments, used ATmega328P microcontroller, SPCE061A Sound controller, APR33A3, USB-TTL, HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor, and LCD. Used "Access port" and "HTerm" software. Recorded and tested 05 commands to drive the test motor & LED signals for defined logic. The paper includes a block diagram and flow diagram of lift Operation. This paper details the experiments for voice recording & playback, voice recognition using SPCE061A, the software for voice commands input, and usable format conversion and testing of 05 commands to operate the motor. The paper consists of hardware information, methods, and connections of hardware used during the experiments, step-by-step processes, and cases of logic, failure and success of the techniques before the final results.

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confidence: 99%

Smart Vertical Lift for Disabled Person

Bhalerao,

Ohol

2022

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

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“…A fully functioning prototype was fabricated for user testing, with aesthetic details considered to make the ARISE look as close as possible to a commercially available product. Further details of the ARISE prototype development have been reported elsewhere [23].…”

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User perceptions of existing home access solutions and a novel home access device

Mattie

Borisoff

Wong

et al. 2015

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Purpose-This study aimed to evaluate end user perspectives of four existing home access solutions (HAS) and a newly designed experimental device (the ARISE).Method-A cross-sectional design was used to evaluate the ARISE prototype against other HAS. Specifically, participants trialed stairs, a ramp, a platform lift (PL), a stair glide and the ARISE, after which they completed questionnaires aimed at soliciting their perspectives of these solutions. The time taken by participants to use each HAS was also collected.Results-Five HAS design features were deemed as important by 90% of participants: ease of use, ability to use independently, reliability, safety and security. Time taken to use each HAS from fastest to slowest was: stairs, the ARISE, ramp, PL and stair glide. The ARISE prototype was rated as the first or second most preferred device by the most number of participants, followed by the PL, then the ramp.Conclusions-Results from this study provide greater understanding of user perspectives of HAS. End user feedback on a novel prototype device has provided valuable insight into its usability and function, which should not only guide future development of this device, but also provide direction for other innovations around home access.

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