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Design and Implementation of Smart Cane for Visually Impaired People

시각 장애인을 위한 스마트케인 설계

  • Received : 2018.04.20
  • Accepted : 2018.06.08
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Despite the rapid development of IT technology, people with visual impairments still use simple forms of walking sticks and need more advanced walking aids. Smart Cane, which is developed based on Internet service and sensor, can provide high safety and convenience compared to existing sticks for visually impaired people by conveying peripheral information and walking situation to these visually impaired people through voice and vibration. In this paper, we propose and implement SmartKane to overcome lack of miniaturization, user friendly form, and sensing sensitivity, which have been pointed out as a problem of existing SmartKane.

IT 기술의 급격한 발전에도 불구하고 여전히 시각장애인들은 보행보조 도구로써 단순한 형태의 지팡이를 사용하고 있으며 보다 발전된 보행보조 도구를 필요로 하고 있다. 인터넷 서비스 및 센서를 기반으로 개발된 스마트케인은 이러한 시각장애인들에게 주변정보 및 보행상황을 음성과 진동으로 전달함으로써 기존 시각장애인용 지팡이에 비해 높은 안전성과 편의성을 제공할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존에 연구개발 되었던 스마트케인보다 사용자 편의가 고려된 실용적인 제품을 개발하기 위해 초음파를 이용한 거리측정에서 보다 먼 거리를 측정할 수 있고 음파의 반향파라는 특성으로 생기는 오차의 결과를 최적화 할 수 있는 알고리즘을 기반으로 거리 알람 신호를 촉각으로 전달하고 GPS 정보를 이용하여 현재 위치를 음성으로 알리는 동시에 인체 공학적인 형태로 디자인되어 사용자 친화적인 발전된 형태의 스마트케인을 제안하고 구현한다.

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