Smart Cane Stick for Visually Impaired Persons Along With Geographical Location Tracing System

Author(s):

Vini Pashiney , Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; Nishant Bhosle, Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Arduino UNO, CATIA V5, GPS system, GSM/GPRS chip, ISD1820 Module, Ultra-Sonic Sensors, Water Sensors

Abstract:

Most of us are blessed with an incomparable god gifted sense of vision but unfortunately some people are struggling with visual impairment. According to a survey done by WHO, 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 have low vision. To make life a bit easier for such people, we came up with a design of an intellectual and smart blind cane stick linked with geographical location tracing system. This cane stick is incorporated with several sensors (such as ultra-sonic sensors and water sensors) for obstacle prevention and also provides a speech navigation output (by using ISD1820 recording and playback module in conjunction with Arduino UNO). This proposed device can be used to assist visually impaired persons to travel with the same ease and level of confidence as that of a sighted person. An extra facility of geographical location tracing system is integrated with cane stick so that in case of an emergency, tracking location of blind person would become very easy for their relatives. CAD model of cane stick is designed on CATIA V5.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV4I1061
Published in	:	Volume : 4, Issue : 1
Publication Date	:	01/08/2017
Page(s)	:	173-177

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