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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC WALKING STICK (EWS)
FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS
PRESENTED BY:
1. Richa Pathak
2. Sadaf Amjad UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF :
3. Iba Mehfooz
4. Twinkle Gupta
Mr. Shahnawaz Uddin
5. Priyanka Gupta
CONTENT
Problem Statement
Introduction
Block Diagram
Components detail
Circuit Diagram
Operation
Testing of the circuit
Observation
Result
Advantages and disadvantages
Future scope and Conclusion
The problem lies in our point of view
PROBLEM STATEMENT
• The main aim of our project is to detect obstacles with the help
of electronic walking stick (EWS).
• This will assist the blind person during the walk and provides an
alarm if any hurdle is detected within the pre-decided range.
• This system is equipped with regulated power supply,
microcontroller (Atmega328P-PU), ultrasonic sensors(HC-SR04)
along with vibrator and buzzer.
• The system facilitates the blind people to navigate
independently without any external support
Novelty in the Project Work
Many Electronic Walking Sticks (EWS) were developed earlier but the
EWS to be developed in this project work is having advantages in
terms of:
Fig (8) Complete Circuit Diagram of the Electronic Walking Stick (EWS)
OPERATION
Ultrasonic sensors detect obstacle ahead using ultrasonic
waves
On sensing obstacle, the sensor passes this data to the
microcontroller
The microcontroller then processes this data and calculates if the
obstacle is close enough
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2. 200 193
3. 100 92
4. 80 71
5. 40 40
6. 10 8
RESULT
• The electronic walking stick(EWS) alerts the blind by vibrating the vibrator
and beeping the buzzer with different tones at different distances
• The vibrator vibrates when the obstacle is far from the user and the buzzer
starts beeping as fast as the object becomes closer to the user
Disadvantages
Usage of this device during monsoon is not advised
FINAL VIEW OF EWS
FUTURE SCOPE
• It can be further enhanced by using VLSI technology to design the PCB unit
• Advancement in programming
• Automatic charging of battery
CONCLUSION
This system offers a low-cost, reliable, portable, low-power consumption and
robust solution for navigation with obvious short response time
Light in weight