Built the White Stick of Immense Help to People with Visual Impairment or Complete Blindness Using Smart Cane
Abstract
According to WHO
(World Health Organization) statistics, around 285 billion people worldwide are
visually impaired. Despite the enormous technological progress in digital
management systems in the last ten years, the topic of assimilation of people
with disabilities in the fashionable society is still topical due to the lack
of the technology in this area. One of the examples is the movement of visually
impaired people who nowadays use a white cane as their main tool for
interacting with the environment. The thing about this ancient technology is
that the white stick doesn't give enough data about nearby objects. They become
aware of the problem during their daily chores and recognize objects in front
of them that could be harmful to them. In response to the current problem, we
have the trend to introduce a white stick system (smart stick) that helps the
visually impaired. The white walking stick is presented as a solution that
should help visually impaired people to discover obstacles while walking and to
invent dangers in the world. The system is designed as an image processing and
alarm unit. It consists of an ultrasonic sensor, water sensors and the
microcontroller (Arduino) to receive and short-circuit the signals from the
sensors to the Arduino pins wherever the buzzer and vibration motor are
connected. A GPS-GSM module is used to send SMS location messages to an
extension phone when someone is lost.
Country : India
1 Deepika M
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malla Reddy College of Engineering for Women, Hyderabad -500100, Telangana, India
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