The smart cane utilizing a smart phone for the visually impaired person

Author

Il Yong Chung ; Sanghag Kim ; Kang Hyeon Rhee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Chosun Univ., Gwangju, South Korea

fYear

2014

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

107

Abstract

This paper deals with the intelligent Android application system for smart cane, which helps the visually impaired person to detect an obstacle in their environment and to guide them towards their destination. In addition, it can increase a convenience to the utilization that networks with smart phone. The designed smart cane supports an application to pair it to smart phone. . It uses an ultrasonic sensor is to detect obstacles while walking, and a gyro sensor is used to prevent falls. The formed experimental board is paired to a smart phone App. using Bluetooth V2.0 serial protocol.

Keywords

Bluetooth; assisted living; biomechanics; biomedical communication; biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; collision avoidance; handicapped aids; orthotics; smart phones; ultrasonic devices; Bluetooth V2.0 serial protocol; gyro sensor; intelligent Android application system; obstacle detection; smart cane; smart phone App; ultrasonic sensor; visually impaired person; walking; Acoustics; Bluetooth; Conferences; Educational institutions; Legged locomotion; Noise; Smart phones; AVR; Application; smart cane; visually impaired person;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2014 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GCCE.2014.7031333

Filename

7031333