An electronically guided walking stick for the blind

Author

Debnath, Niranjan ; Hailani, Zul Azizi ; Jamaludin, Sakinah ; Aljunid, Ir Dr Syed Abdul Kader

Author_Institution

Fac. Coll. of Eng., Univ. Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1377

Abstract

Mobility for the blind is always a great problem. Just like a sighted, blind also needs to travel around inside a closed premises like house, factory, office, school etc. They may also like to go for shopping, visiting friends and other places of their interest. Presently available electronic travelling aids like sonic path finder, sonic torch etc. are not suitable for using inside a closed premises such as school, factory, office etc. In this paper an electronically guided walking stick that can be used conveniently inside a closed premises has been discussed.

Keywords

biomedical electronics; sensory aids; vision defects; closed premises; electronic travelling aid; factory; house; mobility for the blind; office; radio frequency signal; school; shopping; sonic path finder; sonic torch; visiting friends; Educational institutions; Laser beams; Laser modes; Legged locomotion; Libraries; Production facilities; RF signals; Radio frequency; Radio transmitters; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1020456

Filename

1020456