Smart Blind Stick

Project Title

Smart Blind Stick

Project Area of Specialization Artificial IntelligenceProject Summary

A few problems that blind people face in their daily life. Many of the assumptions that we make about blind people are really not problems and then there are many other things that we do not imagine as problems but they are for example Navigating around the Places, Finding Readxing Materials, Arranging Clothes, Overly helpful Individuals and Getting Things of Independence etc.

Actually we are focusing on first problem because the biggest challenge for a blind person, especially the one with the complete loss of vision, is to navigate around places. Blind man who is dependent on others on many aspects like moving from one place to another and also he cannot detect obstacles in his way while moving. Sometimes, a blind person forgets where he is now and how to move from one room to other even in his own house. Similarly, he forgets the destination while he is away from home.

 The idea is to facilitate a blind person through a stick that will allow him to resolve such issues. Our Project is about the Smart Stick for the blind people. We are giving a new concept of a stick having sensors and cameras which enables a blind person for detecting obstacles and move to his destination without any help of other person. The stick will have a camera mounted on it and the camera is viewing the calibrated roofs of the house. By processing the images of the roof, the smart stick will calculate the complete route from current location to his destination where he wants to be and give directions in the form of voice (Move Right, Left, Forward and Backward) so that blind man can move freely.

 In global market there are many stick having this feature like google map and hurdles detector but we introduce an Indoor feature to help the blind man to reach his destination at home like bedroom, washroom and kitchen etc.

Project Objectives

1. Empower blind community.
2. Social work for ignored people of the time.
3. Save time of those who are busy in caring of blind.
4. Launch this unique product in market.…

Project Implementation Method

Hardware:

• We need different tools like ultrasonic or IR sensors which detect the heat of the human body and produces sound and if the hurdles comes then their waves come back by hitting that hurdle which tell them about the hurdles.
• We also need a Bluetooth device which is attached with the ear phone from which the user get the sound to his ear.
• Our Stick should be folded type so we use moveable pins in it from which the stick can easily be fold
• We also use water-proofing materials in our product to make it water-proof because we are using sensors and Bluetooth device in it.

Software:

• In our product we are using Google map which is connected with the internet with your and tells the direction to the user.
• For the development of our product we use “Python language”

Benefits of the Project

When complete our product so investors invest our product then effect on economy because when sale this product to organizations and individually then major impact on economy. Because we our project increase not even Lahore whole in Pakistan then no doubt major fact economically. When after sale in market as well as organizations we will get profit then work should be socialize free give to those who work on these kinds of people This project are special for blind as well as low vision people so it’s a socially effect these kinds of people because this work completely social work because we are provide eye to blind people then not depend to others for perform any movement as well as others kinds of frame work even in homes freely move and on another hand others persons who live in our home with this kind of people after getting this product not take tension about blind and many problems solve  who build for others so its major effect perform as well as much helpful for those organizations who work on these kinds of people.

E.g.

• Organizations
• Blind people
• Low vision people
• Old age people

We are provide comfort to these kinds of people through this product it’s very helpful because this stick provide ways to freely move even in home as well as outdoor on another hand organizations get help through this product like hospitals as well as NGO.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

There are about 253 million people live with vision impairment, 36 million are blind and 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment. 81% of people who are blind are aged 50 years and above (WHO estimation). The number of visually impaired people are expected to grow in the future due to various reasons. As a result, there is a need for a cost effective system that can be used by blind people in order to walk easily and comfortably. It is necessary that a smart solution is proposed for the blind people so that they can use this in their daily life. This paper proposes the design and development of a smart stick in order to help the visually impaired people.

Smart Stick for the Blind a complete solution to reach the destination. This system uses IR sensor, Ultrasound sensor and water sensor to detect the obstacle. However, this system just gives an alert if any one of the sensor is triggered, it uses a buzzer to alert the blind person. This system does not use any location identifier or location indicator. Pothole detection for visually impaired which uses a camera that captures image 15 frame per second and based on the concept of image processing the pothole is detected. Problem with this system is use of camera makes it expensive, and also a lot of images captured per second increases overhead and storage requirement. Smart Walking Stick for Blind describes about a Stick which use Raspberry Pi 3 and an ultrasonic sensor to detect objects and intruder, the system also has a camera embedded with it, and based on the images captured the objects are detected.

The objects are analyzed based on the set of image datasets that are already stored. This system however, becomes costly due to the use of high-end camera and also because of storage constraints as large volume of datasets are needed to be stored. This system, sometimes might also be inaccurate because the obstacles are detected based on dataset (large set of images) as different objects vary in their shape and size. Smart Belt for Blind uses a belt embedded with ultrasound sensor which detects the obstacle. The belt also has a buzzer which vibrates when obstacle is detected. The entire system is developed in such a way that the distance calculated is sent as an audio message for the blind person, where in which he hears the distance calculated using a speaker. A wearable ultrasonic obstacle sensor for visually impaired. This system uses a couple of ultrasound sensor on either side over the strap of the goggles. This project can detect the intruder in front of the blind person who is wearing the goggles. This system is not robust as the sensor embedded with the goggles makes it heavier and also it cannot detect complex objects such as water, vehicle etc.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry ITOther IndustriesCore Technology Artificial Intelligence(AI)Other TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Good Health and Well-Being for PeopleRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	69900
raspberry pi	Equipment	1	5500	5500
Pi camera night vision	Equipment	2	7000	14000
Stick	Equipment	1	500	500
Papers	Miscellaneous	500	2	1000
printing	Miscellaneous	500	5	2500
IR sensor	Equipment	1	1500	1500
Infrared sensor	Equipment	1	600	600
water level sensor	Equipment	1	1000	1000
audio device	Equipment	1	6000	6000
bluetooth device	Equipment	1	2000	2000
Pi charger	Equipment	1	500	500
Pi Baterry	Equipment	2	6000	12000
wifi catcher	Equipment	1	1000	1000
Sensor levler	Equipment	1	2500	2500
Motor	Equipment	1	3000	3000
Wires	Equipment	25	100	2500
Water proof sheet	Equipment	1	5000	5000
64 gb sd card for pi	Equipment	1	8000	8000
2nd camera for pi	Equipment	1	800	800