Simple Hand Gesture Controlled Wheelchair for Physically Impaired Person

In the present world for a good quality of life mobility is very important. Loss of mobility causes a severe damage to a person’s life which leads to decrease in there self-confidence. Smart wheelchairs equipped with Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) represent a significant technological advancement aimed at enhancing the mobility and independence of individuals with disabilities. In the present world, physically impaired people and elderly people who are in need of wheel chair are estimated to be over 100 million. Usually wheelchairs are driven manually by the help of another person or by self-propelling. So, the wheelchair are automated to reduce the complexities for those who don’t have strength to move wheelchair by themselves. The automated wheelchairs which are currently available are joystick-controlled wheelchair. This project is to develop an automated wheelchair which can be controlled by hand movement. The proposed hand gesture-controlled wheelchair costs is cheaper methods. It employs IR sensor which controls wheelchair motion by detecting user’s hand. By detecting the hand of the user, the system can move in specific directions (forward, backward, left, and right).