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SMART WALKING STICK FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE

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dc.contributor.author ALAM, MUHAMMAD NAZMUL
dc.contributor.author MAMUN, ABDULLAH AL
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-09T09:04:18Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-09T09:04:18Z
dc.date.issued 2018-12-01
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1952
dc.description Vision is the most vital piece of human physiology as 83% of data individual gets from the earth is by means of sight. The 2011 measurements by the World Health Organization (WHO) evaluates that there are 285 billion individuals in world with visual debilitation, 39 billion of which are visually impaired and 246 with low vision. The conventional and most seasoned portability helps for individuals with visual debilitations are the strolling stick (additionally called white stick or stick) and guide hounds. The most critical disadvantages of these guides are essential aptitudes and preparing stage, scope of movement and next to no data passed on. With the quick advances of current innovation, both in equipment and programming front can possibly give shrewd route abilities. As of late there has been a ton of Electronic Travel Aids (ETA) structured and conceived to enable the oblivious in regards to explore freely and securely. Additionally top of the line innovative arrangements have been acquainted as of late with help dazzle people explore freely. While such frameworks are appropriate for outside route, because of the requirement for observable pathway access to satellites, regardless they require extra parts to enhance the goals and nearness discovery to avert impact of the visually impaired people with different articles and subsequently subject his/her life to risk. Anyway in contrast with different innovations many visually impaired direction frameworks use ultrasound as a result of its invulnerability to the ecological clamor. Another motivation behind why ultrasonic is well known is that the innovation is moderately economical, and furthermore ultrasound producers and locators are little enough to be conveyed without the requirement for complex hardware. The venture depends on a hypothetical model and a framework idea to give a shrewd electronic guide to daze individuals. en_US
dc.description.abstract The smart walking stick based on ultrasonic sensors and Arduino for visually impaired people. There are approximately 37 million people across the globe who are blind according to the World Health Organization. People with visual disabilities are often dependent on external assistance which can be provided by humans, trained dogs, or special electronic devices as support systems for decision making. Thus, we were motivated to develop a smart white cane to overcome these limitations. We accomplished this goal by adding ultrasonic sensors at specific positions to the cane that provided information about the environment to the user by activating the buzzer sound. We proposed low cost and light weight system designed with microcontroller that processes signal and alerts the visually impaired person over any obstacle, water or dark areas through beeping sounds. The system consists of obstacle and moisture detection sensors for receiving, processing and sending signals to the alarm system which finally alerts the user for prompt action. The system was designed, programmed using C language and tested for accuracy and checked by the visually impaired person. Our device can detect obstacles within the distance of about 25cm and 10cm from the user. This paper describes the working of a Blind Stick based on a microcontroller ATmega328 (Arduino Uno). Most monitoring systems that are in use in the present world works in disconnected mode yet our framework is planned with the end goal that a patient can be checked remotely progressively. Shrewd stick for visually impaired man is a machine that can pursue a way. The way can be unmistakable like a dark line on a white surface (or the other way around) or it very well may be undetectable like an attractive field. Detecting a line and moving the robot to remain on course, while always redressing incorrectly moves utilizing criticism component frames a basic yet compelling shut circle framework. As a software engineer you inspire a chance to 'educate' the robot how to pursue the line consequently giving it a human-like property of reacting to improvements. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Daffodil International University en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries ;P12794
dc.subject SMART, WALKING, STICK, VISUALLY, IMPAIRED, PEOPLE en_US
dc.title SMART WALKING STICK FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE en_US
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