Navigation On Mobile Computing Devices with A Walking Using Object-Oriented Techniques to Communicate Stick
Moving around in their surroundings is challenging for elderly people and people with visual impairments. The majority of functional sticks in use today are not intelligent and lack an innate ability to recognize obstacles. In an effort to address this issue, mobility and orientation specialists who assist the blind by teaching them to move freely and safely using their remaining senses are brought in. They can navigate around obstacles with the aid of guidance dogs as well. These techniques have drawbacks, such as the dogs' inability to comprehend complicated instructions, the high cost of maintaining these trained dogs, and the need to hire an expert. In light of the aforementioned difficulties, the "Smart walking stick" has become a potential answer. The "Mobile based walking stick" is a useful mobility aid with the capacity to call a relative who can help in the event of an accident, detect obstacles above ground level and pits using ultrasonic sensors, recognize when a collision has occurred, and call the user's mobile phone if it has been misplaced to share the location's GPS for use with GSM connectivity and to share with the user's mention contacts. With some visually disabled people as test subjects, a test case was run, and 95% of the time it was successful.
Authors
- K. Karthika
- E. George Dharma Prakash Raj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7096-2190)
- Pooja Guhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1551-8163)
- Ramesh Prabhakaran R
- Angel Maanu P
Institutions
- Mizoram University (IN)
- Bharathidasan University (IN)
- Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (IN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ccis63231.2024.10931970
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Learning in Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00