SAAF Smart System for Visually Impaired Persons

Project Title

SAAF Smart System for Visually Impaired Persons

Project Area of Specialization Internet of ThingsProject Summary

People influenced by visual deficiency and visual ailments need assistance to triumph over daily assignments, such as moving and exploring unfamiliar environments [1]. Recent statistics from the World Health Organization have shown that approximately 253 million people in the world are visually impaired, from which 217 million have a slight vision, whereas 36 million are blind [2]. The problem is becoming a matter of concern because the number of visually impaired is increasing by 2 million per decade. An estimation has shown that the number of blind people may be doubled in 2020 [3]. Blindness is the imbalance of physiological or neurological components that is called the condition of lacking discernment. Despite numerous evolutions in innovation, blindness remains a critical issue [4], [5]. Researchers have been focusing on this issue to develop supportive tools or assistants for visually impaired people (VIP).

In this system we will design two systems merged together like if any Visually Impaired Person is at home then he/she may perform several tasks like watering plants, locking / unlocking door, turning On/OFF heating / cooling system being seated by just playing a simple music tone that will be enable all these systems. Second system is for educational purpose that VIP may be able to  learn at home with TEXT to SPEECH recognition system. 

[1] E. Cardillo, V. Di Mattia, G. Manfredi, P. Russo,A. De Leo, A. Caddemi, G. Cerri., "An Electromagnetic Sensor Prototype to Assist Visually Impaired and Blind People in Autonomous Walking," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 2568-2576, Mar.15, 2018.

[2] R. R. A. Bourne, S.R. Flaxman, T. Braithwaite, M.V. Cicinelli, A.Das, J.B. Jonas, J. Keeffe, J.H. Kempen, J. Leasher, H. Limburg, and K. Naidoo, “Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” Lancet Glob. Heal., vol. 5, no. 9, pp. e888–e897, Sep. 2017

[3] Velázquez R, “Wearable Assistive Devices for the Blind”, Wearable and Autonomous Biomedical Devices and Systems for Smart Environment , Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 75. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 331-349, 2010.

[4] S.L. Joseph, J. Xiao, X. Zhang, B. Chawda, K. Narang, N. Rajput, S. Mehta, L.V. Subramaniam, “Being aware of the world: Toward using social media to support the blind with navigation,” in IEEE Trans. Human-Mach. Syst., vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 399–405, Jun. 2015.

[5] M. Bousbia-Salah, M. Bettayeb, and A. Larbi, “A navigation aid for blind people,” J. Intell. Robot. Syst., vol. 64, no. 3-4, pp. 387–400, May 2011.

Project Objectives

To target Visually Impaired Persons in order to provide better facilities as they are a part ofour society

To allow cosiness to Visually Impaired Persons

To make sure that the Visually Impaired Persons be able to perform multiple talks simulataneously without much effort

To let the Visually Impaired Persons learn at home using SPEECH to TEXT recognition System

Project Implementation Method

After successful completion of the proposed system we will test and implement ths proposed system on Visually Impaired Persons which are available in our surroundings.

As the proposed system willbe completed we will let the Visually Impaired Person to let us knowexactly are his needs in terms of his daily schedules then we will incorporate those in the proposed system and then let that Visually Impaired Person to operate the proposed system and get results. In this way we will have a real implementation of how a system that is targetted for Visually Impaired Persons can actually be implemented for them.

Benefits of the Project

Doctors, Pjysician, Scientists and Researchers are ficuusing on the research towardsbetterment of Visually Impaired Persons so this is an initiative that evidentlywill target Visually Impaired Persons.

This proposed system will use state of the art technology like Internet of Things (IoT) in order to design and develop a system that helps the Visually Impaired Persons to over come the feeling that they can not perform multiple tasks on a single time.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

In the end we will deliver a smart smart for Visually Impaired People

It will help Visually Impaired People in two aspects

1: Let them do multiple function just sitting on one place and without any effort

2: Education them at home without effort

This system will use Internet as its core technology.1and TEXT to SPEECH as second 

This will be complete hardware with coding in Raspberry Pi

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry TelecommunicationOther Industries IT Core Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other Technologies OthersSustainable Development Goals Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	58300
Raspberry Pi 3	Equipment	4	7200	28800
ESP8266 MODULES	Equipment	15	500	7500
RESISTORS, CAPACITORS, WIRING, PCB,	Equipment	1	10000	10000
CAMERA	Equipment	2	2500	5000
SENSORS	Equipment	10	700	7000