Proceedings of the IEEK Conference (대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집)

The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (대한전자공학회)
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A study on electronic moving aid system

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  • Seo, J.B. (Dept. of Electronic Eng. MyungJi Univ.) ;
  • Ham, K.K. (Dept. of Computer Eng. Hoseo Technical College) ;
  • Han, S.C. (Dept. of Electronic Eng. MyungJi Univ.) ;
  • Huh, W. (Dept. of Electronic Eng. MyungJi Univ.)
  • 서정범 (명지대학교 대학원 전자공학과) ;
  • 함광근 (호서전문학교 전자계산기과) ;
  • 한순천 (명지대학교 대학원 전자공학과) ;
  • 허웅 (명지대학교 대학원 전자공학과)
  • Published : 1998.06.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we implemented the electornic moving aid system for safe walking of the blind. An obstacle detecting of each sector used ultrasound and a distance measurement used time of flight. The alarm is designed to have a sound and a tactile function that can be selected on an user's convenience. This system can detect and obstacle of upward, forward, downward and optimally warn to the blind with vibration, beep sound by appling warning algorithm on object detection. Experimental testing and performance evaluation have been successfully carried out with a prototype cane, and the experiment shows the capability of the function to detect unknown objects within an assigned distance, under knees, over head height, and crushed puddles.

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