Automation To Help The Blind In Navigation
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Sushma K R proposes an automation system to help navigate blind people. The system uses ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles and provide directional information to avoid hazards. It is linked to a GSM-GPS module to pinpoint the user's location and allow two-way communication. The goal is to allow blind individuals to move with the same confidence as sighted people. Sushma is interested in preventing accidents and expanding the system's sensing abilities using additional devices like accelerometers and vibrators to further assist the blind and visually impaired.
Automation To Help The Blind In Navigation
- 1. Name: SUSHMA K R E-mail: sushma.kr3@gmail.com Twitter Id:@sushma_kr University: VISVESVARYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY-BELAGAVI Year/Semester: 1st year/2nd semester Branch: Computer Science and Engineering Automation for navigate the blind people
- 2. Introduction Automation :The technique, method or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. The biggest benefit of automation is that it saves labor, it is also used to save energy and materials and to improve quality, accuracy and precision. Automation has been achieved by various means including mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, electronic and computers, usually in combination. Complicated systems, such as modern factories, airplanes and ships typically use all these combined techniques.
- 3. Introduction-Automation for Blind Blind mobility is one of the main challenges that scientists are still facing around different parts of the world. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 0.4% of the population is blind in industrialized countries while the percentage is rising to 1% in developing countries Automation is used to provide the direction information as well as information to avoid obstacles based on ultrasonic sensors.
- 4. Trends The main aim of this system is used to enable blind people to move with the same ease and confidence as a sighted people. In cane method, an ultrasonic sensor is placed in cane which detects the obstacle in the ground level. The disadvantage in this cane method is the most widespread means that is used today by the visually impaired people, it could not help them to detect dangers from all levels of obstacles.
- 5. Trends-Next five years The new system is linked with a GSM-GPS module to pin-point the location of the blind person and to establish a two way communication path in a wireless fashion. Smart phones :Allow blind people to listen to voice mails and even write and send emails. GSM-GPS module will used in different areas of human activity, such as the navigation of vehicles and navigation aids to guide visually impaired pedestrian and let them to avoid obstacles and reach their destination.
- 6. Interest Areas My interest is to prevent the daily accidents in blinds life and to enable blind people to move with the same ease and confidence as a sighted people. A beeper, an accelerometer sensor and vibrator are also added to the system. The whole system is designed to be small, light and is used in conjunction with the white cane. I will intent to work on GSM_GPS module, to develop another module that comprising different sensing devices to navigate the blind and partially sighted people and to save the human valuable life.
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