Author : Ms. Mamatha G M 1
Date of Publication :7th November 2016
Abstract: A Smart stick system concept is devised to provide a smart electronic aid for blind people. Blind and visually impaired people find difficulties in detecting obstacles during walking in the street. The system is intended to provide artificial vision and object detection, real time assistance via GPS by making use of Raspberry Pi. The system consists of ultrasonic sensors, GPS module, and the feedback is receive through audio, voice output works through TTS (text to speech). The proposed system detects an object around them and sends feedback in the form of speech, warning messages via earphone and also provides navigation to specific location through GPS. The aim of the overall system is to provide a low cost and efficient navigation and obstacle detection aid for blind which gives a sense of artificial vision by providing information about the environmental scenario of static and dynamic object around them, so that they can walk independently.
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