Low-frequency RFID based mobility network for blind people: System description, evolutions and future developments

Faggion, Lorenzo; Azzalin, Graziano

doi:10.1109/rfid-ta.2011.6068663

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“…The RfID grid system with an RFID reader integrated into the user's shoe and walking cane with Bluetooth connection to the user's cell phone [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Mobile Platform Devices: Mobility is one of the main problems encountered by the blind in their life.…”

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Design of Microcontroller based Virtual Eye for the Blind

Sharma¹,

L²

2015

International Journal of Innovative Research in Electrical, Ele

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Vision is a beautiful gift to human beings by GOD. Vision allows people to perceive and understand the surrounding world. Till date blind people struggle a lot to live their miserable life. In the presented work, a simple, cheap, friendly user, virtual eye is designed and implemented to improve the mobility of both blind and visually impaired people in a specific area. The presented work includes a wearable equipment consists of head hat, mini hand stick and foot shoes to help the blind person to navigate alone safely and to avoid any obstacles that may be encountered, whether fixed or mobile, to prevent any possible accident. The main component of this system is the ultrasonic sensor which is used to scan a predetermined area around blind by emitting-reflecting waves. The reflected signals received from the barrier objects are used as inputs to Arduino microcontroller. The microcontroller carry out the issued commands and then communicate the status of a given appliance or device back to the earphones using SD Card Technology. The system is cheap, fast, and easy to use and an innovative affordable solution to blind and visually impaired people in third world countries.

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Section: Literature Review and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design of Microcontroller based Virtual Eye for the Blind

Sharma¹,

L²

2015

International Journal of Innovative Research in Electrical, Ele

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Assistive technology solutions for aiding travel of pedestrians with visual impairment

Chanana

Paul

Balakrishnan

et al. 2017

Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineerin

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This work systematically reviews the assistive technology solutions for pedestrians with visual impairment and reveals that most of the existing solutions address a specific part of the travel problem. Technology-centered approach with limited focus on the user needs is one of the major concerns in the design of most of the systems. State-of-the-art sensor technology and processing techniques are being used to capture details of the surrounding environment. The real challenge is in conveying this information in a simplified and understandable form especially when the alternate senses of hearing, touch, and smell have much lesser perception bandwidth than that of vision. A lot of systems are at prototyping stages and need to be evaluated and validated by the real users. Conveying the required information promptly through the preferred interface to ensure safety, orientation, and independent mobility is still an unresolved problem. Based on observations and detailed review of available literature, the authors proposed that holistic solutions need to be developed with the close involvement of users from the initial to the final validation stages. Analysis reveals that several factors need serious consideration in the design of such assistive technology solutions.

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Low-frequency RFID based mobility network for blind people: System description, evolutions and future developments

Cited by 2 publications

References 21 publications

Design of Microcontroller based Virtual Eye for the Blind

Design of Microcontroller based Virtual Eye for the Blind

Assistive technology solutions for aiding travel of pedestrians with visual impairment

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