Smart Glasses
Estimated statistics show that 285 million people around the world are considered blind. People with low vision may be oppressed, knowing that they have a better chance to improve their quality of life, and therefore, provide a better lifestyle which contributes to build up a stronger self-confidenc
2025-06-28 16:29:18 - Adil Khan
Smart Glasses
Project Area of Specialization Wearables and ImplantableProject SummaryEstimated statistics show that 285 million people around the world are considered blind. People with low vision may be oppressed, knowing that they have a better chance to improve their quality of life, and therefore, provide a better lifestyle which contributes to build up a stronger self-confidence, while the totally blind people have much narrowed options. Because of their condition, many blind persons struggle to move around independently. This may make individuals shy away from social situations. They frequently struggle with navigation and obstacle avoidance. The most common method of navigation for the blind is to use blind sticks, which are ineffective in terms of safe walking.
Many researches with different solutions have been done, but yet, no radical solution can cure and fix the various cases. The design of the proposed smart glass aims to facilitate the users’ life and increase their efficiency, reliability, and mobility while moving through an unknown or known environment.
In light of the aforementioned issues, our team decided to address them by developing wearables that will help blind people navigate indoors. They may walk freely thanks to obstacle detection. It will be of immense benefit to humanity, particularly those who are reliant on others.
These glasses have an Indoor Navigation System, which will navigate the person through rooms and other areas. User’s position is continuously updated and accuracy ranges from 2 to 5 meters. The technology used for indoor navigation is Indoor Positioning System(IPS). Simply small wireless tags are placed in the area which continuously transmit signals, these signals are detected by a mobile phone and then the distance is calculated through algorithms. Secondly, these glasses also have the ability to detect objects. Object detection will be done using python. Also it will calculate distance between user and the object. All these operations will be computed by Raspberry Pi.
Project ObjectivesOur main purpose of this product is to help blind people see, not literally but make life a little bit easier for them.
- To assist blind people with safety solution.
- The second objective is to create a system that works for different indoor buildings by creating map and feed to the system.
Agile development methodology will be used in ‘Smart Glasses’ project. Agile methodology is a method of project management that divides a project into various phases. It will save time during development and testing because there would be no need to restart the entire process if a fault is discovered. Iterative testing is required for features like obstacle detection and indoor navigation in this project.
Because of its iterative nature throughout development and testing, the Agile Development Model is recommended. Obstacle detection, distance measures, Indoor navigation and voice help are all key parts of this project that will require repeated testing. This helps to save time because we won't have to restart the entire procedure if we encounter an issue with the project. As a result, the Agile Development Model will be preferred.
- Requirements:
Requirements will be gathered. This project requires hardware as well as software development. Hardware like Raspberry pi, Glasses frame, camera and other components. The software part contains development of obstacle detection feature. A mobile application will be developed so the user can interact with glasses.
- Design:
The physical design will be produced. Raspberry pi and other components are held in a small packing and attached to the glasses with a wire. The camera mounted on glasses will start identifying objects with their distances, informing the person with voice commands. Also the app will navigate the user indoors through voice commands.
- Development:
In this phase, development will begin. Mobile application will be developed by the team. Working on distance measurement will also start in this phase. After development, all the segments will be connected.
- Testing:
In this phase the team will start testing the application for bugs and other features for any errors. Object detection will be examined until it works perfectly and no other improvement is needed. If any error or bug is detected then it will again go to development step until the error is fixed.
- Deployment:
After successful testing the project will be launched into the market to facilitate blind people.
Through the voice commands the user will be guided from origin to the destination.
Obstacle Detection Flow Chart:
Application interface:
Smart glasses can navigate indoors and identify obstacles. The user will be able to walk freely inside buildings with the help of these glasses. Obstacle detection will recognize objects based on their distance from the camera. The most common technology employed is augmented reality. Augmented reality is a type of technology that adds layers of digital information to our actual experience. Obstacle detection and warning can improve the mobility as well as the safety of visually impaired people especially in unfamiliar environments. The spectacles will be linked to a mobile app that will navigate the user indoors through voice commands. Also the mobile camera will be used to precisely detect the object at distance. The mobile application will scan image frames to identify the objects based on their position. An algorithm will be used to command the person to avoid colliding based on the distance calculation.
- Better exploring in indoor environment.
- Avoiding Collisions.
- Notify warning.
- More information.
BENIFICIRIES: Visually impaired people.
Technical Details of Final DeliverableOur Indoor Navigation System will be implemented on Android. So the output of the project will be delivered through an android application to the user. The application will be deployed on the playstore. So user can download it from there also user can download an APK file from google and use the services of Smart Glasses. The Smart Glasses will provide better usability for the user to use the output ectively. User presses the navigation button and provides the details for sources and destination.The Smart Glasses will navigate the user from source to destination. The Glasses will guide the user in arranged arena and help avoiding collision by reconization the object.
Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry EducationOther Industries IT Core Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other Technologies Artificial Intelligence(AI), Robotics, Wearables and ImplantablesSustainable Development Goals Life on LandRequired Resources| Item Name | Type | No. of Units | Per Unit Cost (in Rs) | Total (in Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total in (Rs) | 80000 | |||
| Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4GB Basic Kit | Equipment | 1 | 25000 | 25000 |
| Raspberry Pi Camera Module | Equipment | 2 | 5500 | 11000 |
| Ultra sonic Sensors/ buzzer | Equipment | 3 | 1500 | 4500 |
| Power bank 2000mAh | Equipment | 2 | 3000 | 6000 |
| Wearable Frame | Equipment | 1 | 5000 | 5000 |
| Electronic components | Equipment | 10 | 150 | 1500 |
| Earbuds Headphones (Ronin) | Equipment | 1 | 3000 | 3000 |
| Report, Printing, Posters | Miscellaneous | 1 | 10000 | 10000 |
| SD Card for Raspberry Pi | Equipment | 2 | 2000 | 4000 |
| Google Api , Web hosting | Equipment | 2 | 5000 | 10000 |