Smart Blind Stick

Abstract

The conventional stick does not help to locate the walls in the front or the potholes in the route. There is a need to upgrade conventional stick using the technologies of today. Therefore, we aim to create a stick that can help the blind people walk safely without fear of hitting others on the way or other solid objects. The smart stick comes as a proposed solution to enable them to identify the world around, it is a tool for helping blind people who are sightless to recognize their path. The stick was designed using tools from Solid Jobs. Using Proteus tools to design and model electrical circuits, the electric circuit was simulated. So, a solution, provide in the form of a smart stick with infrared sensor to detect stair-cases and pair of ultrasonic sensors (To sense the depth below or the obstacles in there, it uses two HC SR 04 ultrasonic sensors) to detect any other obstacles in front of the user, within a range of four meters. I used many tools in this project tools like Ultra sonic sensor, IR sensor, day night sensor, water sensor, battery, arduino, wires etc. Moreover, another sensor is placed at the bottom of the stick for the sake of avoiding puddles. Speech warning messages and the vibration motor are activated when any obstacle is detected. This proposed system uses the microcontroller embedded system, vibration motor. The stick is capable of detecting all obstacles in the range 4 meter during 40 ms and gives a suitable respect message empowering blind to move twice his normal speed because she/he feels safe.  As a Bluetooth interface among the device and the mobile, sheeld. Whenever there is some impediment in front. The range from the barrier is detected by the sensor and sent to the controller. The smart stick is of low cost, fast response, low power consumption, and light weight.

Keywords: Stick, Blind Stick, Smart Blind Stick

Keywords

Stick, Blind Stick, Smart Blind Stick

References

Malik, M. A. (2022). Smart Blind Stick. In Proceedings of the All World Muslim Educational Conference (AWMEC’22) (p. 33). IJSmart Publishing.

Editors and Affiliations

Muhammad Abdullah Malik

IT department, University of Sargodha, Pakistan; malikmuhammadabdullahnasir@gmail.com

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About this paper

We aim to create a stick that can help the blind people walk safely without fear of hitting others on the way or other solid objects.