Cane intelligence

Abstract

The Cane is a hand-held device that assists blind or visually impaired people to navigate independently. The smart walking stick helps the blind people toperform navigation and to do their work easily and comfortably. In normal stick, the detection of the obstacle is not done and normal stick is not efficient for visually impaired person, because the blind person does not know what type of things or what type of the objects come in front of them. The person cannot recognize what is the size of that object and how far it is from the object. It is difficult for the blind person to move here and there. In smart walking stick, ultrasonic sensor is used to detect the obstacle. When the obstacle becomes detected camera becomes on and the object is detected with the help of a camera. If any obstacle comes in front of blind person, they can know about the obstacle by hearing the sound generated by the microphone. A person with blindness can easily detect obstacles on ground, surface textures, pot holes etc. while travelling with a standard white cane. However cane cannot detect overhanging objects like tree branches, sign boards, open glass windows, etc. Also, at times using a white cane could result in scratching a parked vehicle with a cane, bumping into another person, etc. This Cane is designed to vibrate when detecting obstacles and identify objects with artificial intelligence, allowing users the ability to understand what objects are around them, where they are located, and even how they appear.