Design and implementation of elctronic aid to blind´s cane

Author

Nieto, Luis ; Padilla, Carlos ; Barrios, Mauricio

Author_Institution

Mechatron. Eng. Program, Univ. Autonoma Del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia

fYear

2014

fDate

22-24 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper shows the design of an electronic device which was developed to suit a white cane or Hoover cane in order to provide an intelligent assistant for blind people. This device has a haptic interface, which establishes communication with blind people through the touch by the use of vibrations of a motor. To get data from the environment to the microcontroller, an array of proximity sensors is used. The device is designed to be an embedded ergonomic module. The designed device exhibited a high efficiency at detecting obstacles, which offers reliability and confidence to blind people.

Keywords

handicapped aids; haptic interfaces; Hoover cane; blind cane; blind people; elctronic aid; electronic device; embedded ergonomic module; haptic interface; intelligent assistant; microcontroller; motor vibrations; proximity sensors; white cane; Acoustics; Microcontrollers; Prototypes; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Visualization; Hoover cane; Visual impairment and blindness; embedded module; sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Mechatronics and Automation (CIIMA), 2014 III International Congress of

Conference_Location

Cartagena

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7931-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIIMA.2014.6983468

Filename

6983468