A Smart Walking Stick for Visually Impaired and Deaf Person

In our project we are ceating a smart stick for visually impaired and deaf person which will help them in avoiding the obstacles both indoor and outdoor. Using this stick user will be able to do both video and audio recording in a bad situations. They will be able to take pictures using a camera in

Project Title

A Smart Walking Stick for Visually Impaired and Deaf Person

Project Area of Specialization

Internet of Things

Project Summary

In our project we are ceating a smart stick for visually impaired and deaf person which will help them in avoiding the obstacles both indoor and outdoor. Using this stick user will be able to do both video and audio recording in a bad situations. They will be able to take pictures using a camera in the stick and will be able to post these pictures to online server, from where the visually impaired person's family will be able to retrieve these pictures using android mobile application. The stick will be able to post the current location to the online server both manually and automatically, and the family member will be able to track them in real time using android mobile application. The stick will post location, pictures and other information using GSM and GPRS. The stick will also generate a notification and will send it to the concern family number or mobile application if the stick get fallen down which will indicate that the user or the blind person is fallend down. The stick has facility to ON a flash light if the light intensity becomes lesser than a specified level, to tell other people that there is someone walking in case of dark in streets etc. The stick will inform the user using voice or buzzer and using vibrator in case of deaf person. We intend to use object recognition system as well using Google Cloud Vission API. The stick will have different type of sensors to sense the environment and will generate the notifications accordingly. 

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Project Objectives

• Designing a stick that will make a path or environment free of obstacles , so they can detect objects without physical contact
• To design such a stick that will help blind person to capture picture
• To design such a stick that will help blind person to record video or audio in unwanted situations
• To design a stick through which blind person will post pictures to online server both automatically and manually
• To design a stick which will post longitude and latitude’s data both manually and automatically
• To design a stick that will notify family members in case of irregular orientations

Project Implementation Method

In our project, we are using a microcontroller like Arduino/raspberry pi for giving intelligence and decision making to the overall process. For detecting obstacles, we are using ultrasonic and IR distance measurement sensors. For acquisition of pictures, the videos we will use a microdrone camera and will save them in a micro SD card. The light intensity sensor will be used to sense the light. GPS/GSM and GPRS modules will be used for tracking, sending location info, pictures etc. to an online server. We may also use some type of sensor or technique to detect water pits too. Choosing the quality and type of all these components like ultrasonic sensors, IR sensors and other modules like GPS will depend on our requirements and budget etc. as we know that all these components have limitations. We will keep everything in mind before selecting the types and quality of a component or module. Selecting the right microcontroller also depends on the connectivity, size, space and working capabilities. We will develop an android application for tracking and retrieving data from the online server. Here is a block diagram of our project which may illustrate the over methodology of our project. 

Benefits of the Project

The objectives may clear the benefits of our project, but here I must mention them. 

• The blind or visually impaired person will be able to monitor his/her surrounding using this stick.
• They will be able to send pictures to their family members in case of confirming something, someplace or someone. 
• The family members of the visually impaired person will be able to track his/her location and they won't worry about them. 
• The family members will easily know the orientations of the person by knowing the stick orientations. 
• The visually impaired person and a deaf person will be able to record both audio and audio in case of emergency(ie. misbehavior etc). 
• This will project will try to give a little bit freedom in our society. 

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

In the final deliverable, we will have a prototype of our project in the shape of a visually impaired person's stick, which will have everything we mentioned above. The weight of the stick will be suitable for using and the height of the stick will be suitable for an adult person. The final product will have all the functionally we are intending now. 

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Type of Industry

IT

Technologies

Artificial Intelligence(AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Cloud Infrastructure

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People, Reduced Inequality

Required Resources

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